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Crocs Take a Dive
A sign of troubled economic times, or just the decline of a worn and tired fad? Either way, Crocs Inc. reported plunging sales and high restructuring costs as its stock shares took a massive dive.
The company, founded in 2002, manufactures the shoes known as Crocs, clunky, neon-colored sandals touted for their comfort. A [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2008 under Business.
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Get a life, get a phone.
So while I think it is substantially mental to own a phone that checks my e-mails, pushs all my Facebook messages to me and can find me on a (google) map, I love it. Life in the digital age before the blackberry was a barren desert. And I didn’t know it.
Today, despite not [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Life in Digital.
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Oh Sorry, But No You Can’t
Nationally voters may have said “Yes We Can,” but the voters of California told many of its citizens “No You Can’t” with the passage of Proposition 8 against gay marriage in that state, along with voters in Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas who approved their own antigay measures.
Posted: November 9th, 2008 under Politics, Society and Culture.
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The whores and baptists love me.
For some reason the ladies of the night swarm to me, much like cult members of some space invader Jesus sect. Maybe they smell my reticence like a perfume and can’t resist approach. I hear cats have that same sense of things.
Maybe though it’s a symptom of their own desperation, not mine. I’m [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2008 under Humor, Relationships.
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Iron Man, Avengers on Tap But How Long Can Marvel Ride the Hero Train?
Let’s face it, Hulk never translated on to the big screen (call it the Lou Ferrigno ® curse) and the Uncanny X-Men films were brilliant in the hands of Bryan Singer but lackluster in the hands of director Brett Ratner, despite cranking up the action quotient in the third installment. (It’s funny because among [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Buzz, Movie Reviews.
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Talking Politics
It is always weird to me to watch the gloves come off during election season. For weeks now, my friends have been jousting over their support for Obama and McCain in ways that are none too pretty and seriously intolerant of the diversity of views that our country is supposed to stand for. Sure, so-called [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2008 under Politics.
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