OK. It took me about 15 minutes or so to get over the fact that Ohio State won’t be playing in this year’s NCAA championship tournament, thus killing the potential for enduring a fourth bitter major-sport title-game defeat in the last 16 months. Know what helped? It’s time for the Third Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA… Read More thaucnffc.
What I learned today: 1) Hillary Clinton still looks pretty good, even at 8:30 a.m. 2) 8:30 a.m. is early enough that neither Cindy nor I thought to take a picture of Hillary Clinton as we walked by her in the lobby of the Omni William Penn. 3) Nothing can disrupt a conference quite like… Read More smart.
I was just thinking the other day — my music collection is out of control. A big part of the disarray is attributable to my own flighty attention span. I’m constantly remembering that song that got stuck in my head earlier in the day and then digging through the racks, books and stacks of CDs… Read More that one song.
Today’s edition: Pittsburgh’s favorite bloggers. 1) Thatnight.net. Rachel didn’t win the Bloggie she deserved at this afternoon’s ceremony at SXSW Interactive in Austin, but what she’s done — and continues to do — is still more than enough to make the rest of us back home proud. The only drawback? I don’t think she’s going… Read More pretty short list.
Something bizarre happened on Twitter today, something that’s worth a follow-up here. I think Jesse Hambley was having an odd morning and tweeted something about Ghostbusters … and within minutes, nearly everyone I know in Pittsburgh with a Twitter account had switched avatars to a Ghostbusters character. Quotes from the movie flew back and forth,… Read More that’s a big twinkie.
Remember back in November when I successfully completed my first shot at NaBloPoMo? The at-least-one-post-a-day thing that nearly had me in tears a few times while I tried to come up with something worthwhile to say each day? It’s back. Kind of. Actually, NaBloPoMo threw us a curve at the beginning of 2008, suggesting that… Read More just listed.
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