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Monday Blogging - 11/10/08

Monday, November 10th, 2008

8:50am
Good morning everyone. I took the liberty of sprucing up the design of this site a little bit. I changed the logo graphic, added the gray background, adjusted the style of the sidebar and made some other small changes. Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. My next task will be to [...]

Election 2008 Results Liveblogging

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

11:00pm
NBC just called it for Barack Obama. This insanely long election is finally over! I don’t know what to say. It’s hard to believe actually.
10:15pm
Not happy that McConnell won… but Ian I think it’s safe to drink now. At least it is for me…
9:50pm
I don’t see how Obama loses this one. He’s already got 199 [...]

2008 Presidential Debate III: Liveblogging

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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9:00pm
Is Bob Schieffer older than John McCain?
9:05pm
McCain repeats his plan to buy $300 billion worth of home mortgages. He says it hurts everyone if these homes are abandoned, even those who were responsible with their money. Sounds good.
9:10pm
Obama talks very specifically about tax breaks for the middle class and [...]

Monday Blogging - 10/13/08

Monday, October 13th, 2008

8:00am
<whinefest> I worked more than 10 hours yesterday. Not only that, my car - which two weeks ago required $800 to get running again - started making a weird noise in the rear end when the car is moving. That can’t be good. I know I already need nearly $2000 in other repairs to completely [...]

2008 Presidential Debate II: Liveblogging

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

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9:00pm
Already had a Mai Tai at dinner, so no drinking during the debate… unless it’s required
As with the last couple debates, you should be able to watch it live on MSNBC.com if you’re not near a TV.
9:05pm
And it begins.
9:10pm
Obama begins by stoking the fires of populism against [...]

Monday Blogging - 10/6/08

Monday, October 6th, 2008

7:35am
Last night I went to see the Black Keys, so I was a bit too busy having awesome amounts of fun to write a post for today. So instead, you’re getting treated to some equally awesome blogging updates throughout the day and a video of the Black Keys playing on Letterman:

9:20am
You didn’t think your investments [...]

2008 Presidential Debate I: Liveblogging

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Dü-ba-dü-ba-debate!
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8:15pm
I’m eating pizza and cooling some beer (Big Boss Bad Penny) in the fridge in preparation for liveblogging the debate. Luckily, I won’t have to work too hard on my analysis tonight. According to an ad leaked this morning, McCain has already won.
8:45pm
If Nader is so popular and powerful [...]

I’m on vacation but there’s Twitter

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

While I was on vacation in NYC, I posted to a Twitter account that was automatically updated on this page. Now that I’m back from my vacation, I’ve archived the “tweets” I posted during my trip. Exciting eh?

Archive of Twitter Feed:
Timestamp: Sept. 22, 10:30pm EST

I see that Palin is supposed to meet with Kissinger. Shouldn’t [...]

Wednesday Blogging - 9/17/08

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Woop woop. Consider this an open thread until I post something substantive… any requests?
11:45am
We’re all communists now. “Fearing a financial crisis worldwide, the Federal Reserve reversed course on Tuesday and agreed to an $85 billion bailout that would give the government control of the troubled insurance giant American International Group.”
When Jim Cramer was on MSNBC [...]

Wednesday Blogging - 9/3/08

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Good morning everyone!
10:15am
People at the McCain campaign are having fun sticking their feet in their mouths.
“The vetting process was completely thorough and I’m grateful for the results.” - John McCain
“This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.” - Rick Davis, McCain Campaign [...]