yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/25/2008
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Today Pandora told me I might like “Ego” by The Sounds. And I did! Apparently this came out in 2006, but it was the first I’d heard of it. Here’s a video:
My half-formed ability to make aesthetic judgments is telling me that this song has certain qualities ...
fraterslibertas.com - 12/31/2008
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In Fee Battle With Time Warner, Viacom Enlists
Cartoons (WSJ-sub req): Tapping emotional images such as a
weeping Dora the Explorer and a distraught SpongeBob, Viacom Inc. is launching a marketing blitz Wednesday aimed at demonizing Time Warner ...
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This Is What It Sounds Like When The Sponge Cries
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/1/2009
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Christmas Eve Open Thread
Balloon Juice —
Made it home in one piece, and the puppies are so adorable that you just want to lie on the floor and roll around with them. Ginny is really quite the card, and is simply fearless. Lots of pics when I get home and have my editing software handy.
Some random thoughts:
1.) I ate a handful of pine nuts sitting in the kitchen. Is it just me, or do pine nuts have a distinctly bacon-like flavor?
2.) Speaking of nuts, at some point we were talking about crazy people who walk up and down city streets talking to themselves. Not sure what brought ...
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