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Critics Say Gates-Seinfeld Duo No Laughing Matter - WSJ.com

"Jerry Seinfeld's long-running sitcom is often described as a show about nothing. The same might be said of a baffling new Microsoft Corp. commercial featuring the comedian and Bill Gates -- not, as "Seinfeld" characters might say, that there's anything wrong with that." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

I had no idea what they were advertising. - Anne Bouey

The ad is quite confusing, I must agree. It's also not funny. - Amy Tureen

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AFP: Palin to give first interview since being picked McCain's VP

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""There are going to be no ground rules," Mark Salter, senior advisor to presidential candidate John McCain, told reporters on the campaign plane Sunday." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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“Happy Birthday, Jessie!”

yesterday at 12:00 am - Link

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thanks! :D - Jessie Norris

Happy Birthday!!! - Karen Padham Taylor

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Like a Prayer

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Steve Andres and Noelle Wesolek wedding video. - Anne Bouey

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Earthquake rattles SF Bay area during Giants' game - International Herald Tribune

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"A light earthquake has rattled the San Francisco Bay area and was felt during the Giants' game with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

The Vanishing Republican Voter - An Analysis - NYTimes.com

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"As America becomes more unequal, it also becomes less Republican. The trends we have dismissed are ending by devouring us." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

Gadafy gets his reward with historic Rice visit |

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"Condoleezza Rice last night became the most senior US official to visit Libya in more than half a century when she arrived for a meeting with its leader, Muammar Gadafy." Never thought I would see this! - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Top 10 Web Applications for FriendFeed

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"Over the last few months, a plethora of tools — addons, scripts, Web apps — have emerged using the FriendFeed API. Here is a list of the top 10 Web applications that you can check out to get the most out of the service." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

Good lord I had no clue, think of how much more time i could have been wasting at work if I used all these things. - Steve Craft

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Disposable diaper breaks fall, saves child's life

August 28 at 1:50 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

That's another reason i never leave the house without my huggies. - Steve Craft

@Steve You made me laugh! - Anne Bouey

@Anne It was probably just gas. - Steve Craft

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Sydney orchestra faked 2000 Olympics performance

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"China isn't the only country to fake a musical performance during an Olympic opening ceremony. Turns out Australia knows a thing about miming music, too." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Usain Bolt Celebrates Early ... Very Early

August 30 at 12:32 am - Link

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Calif. to tie auto insurance to miles driven

August 27 at 11:24 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"The less California motorists drive, the less they might pay for auto insurance under regulations proposed Wednesday." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

...that is stupid. - Amy Tureen

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But good for us with 1 mile commutes to work, although it was already tied to mileage as we got a big discount already for not driving much. - Steve Craft

@Steve - But horrible for a state in the middle of a housing crunch and damn near dastardly to those people who are consigned to look in low income house and/or ghettos (because sometimes, frankly, they're the same thing) where business are not so keen and erecting satellite offices. - Amy Tureen

If only there were more alternatives to driving... unfortunately the structure of American conurbations was predicated on cheap gas and subsidized roads. - Jim Norris

@Jim - actually in California a deal was struck between Ford and Pacific Railway to ensure limited competition. Ford agreed to not sell extensively in the north of the state and not assist in the lobbying for more roadways (in the north) and Pacific Railway agreed to not lobby for extensive railways in the south and to assist in lobbying against public transit plans (in the south). - Amy Tureen

And yet we still don't have a decent rail system in northern California... - Jim Norris

@Amy, I'm not sure what you find to criticize. There's nothing stupid about charging people for what they use -- indeed, that's how most other things work. - j1m

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'Bottle Shock' - Sonoma gets its revenge | Napa Valley Register

August 29 at 5:39 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"A cute, imaginary story, with cute, imaginary people, sure. Then it could be reviewed as another lightweight piece of entertainment, sort of like a generic bottle of jug wine — nothing serious, but OK for a picnic. After all, “Bottle Shock” was formula-plotted — made quickly to be out by the harvest and to beat out the pending movie that features the real story from Taber’s book, “Judgment in Paris.”" - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

The movie was fun to watch, especially in a Sonoma Valley theater with a running audience commentary that rivaled the onscreen dialogue. Now I'll have to see it again at home with a Napa Valley audience! - Anne Bouey

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Grgich celebrates 50 years of making wine - and history - the Napa Valley | Napa Valley Register

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"Taber, 'Judgment of Paris' author, blasts 'Bottle Shock' for leaving out man who made the winning white wine" - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug

August 28 at 1:54 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?" - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Clinton Soap Opera, R.I.P. - Campaign Stops - 2008 Elections - Opinion - New York Times Blog

August 27 at 11:28 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"For now, though, Hillary and Bill came through with back-to-back speeches that made the case for Mr. Obama with rare passion and eloquence." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Michelle Obama's Savvy Sacrifice - TIME

August 25 at 3:54 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"What she is less likely to talk about is just how instrumental she has been to launching her husband's political trajectory or that this tough, razor-smart Chicago native had to sacrifice many of her own career ambitions along the way." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Some men going for the package deal

August 17 at 6:33 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Paul, a retired school administrator from Indiana, was tired of his wife's complaints. "She kept saying, 'You've got no butt,' " Paul says. "So I thought, 'I'll show you. I'll buy me a butt.' "" - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

steve, is this going on your christmas list? - Jessie Norris

You know, his birthday IS next week... - Janelle Scarpelli

Has Dad seen this yet? Is he working on a version filled with Mountain Dew? - Jim Norris

You know my ass way too well Jessie. If I had an Amazon list this would be right there, right next to the goblins eating the flamingo lawn thing. - Steve Craft

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BBC NEWS | Health | 'Bravest' students do not cheat

August 17 at 5:25 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Two studies of more than 400 students at Ohio State University found those who did not cheat scored highest in tests of courage and empathy. They also, perhaps unsurprisingly, scored higher than cheaters on tests of honesty." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan - Yahoo! News

August 9 at 11:57 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

"What does it mean, though, when accepted fact decays into mere folk tale? When a belief that helped tie a land together is relegated to myth, what happens to the culture that believed in it? And how can a country that entered the 20th century just a few years ago make its way in the globalized world of the 21st?" - Anne Bouey

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Only here for the cheer at the Olympic Beach volleyball - Times Online

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"We were all very excited. We all hoped that someone would win. It did not matter precisely who, or how, or why - we were there to cheer." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

“We learnt the etiquette one should observe when watching the game,” she said. “We shouldn't walk around when games are in progress, we shouldn't talk loudly and we should applaud for both parties.” She was rather vague about who provided this training, saying merely that they were taught by “someone who is good at it”. - Anne Bouey

Red Sox fans need to go through this training. - Steve Craft

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"Hot chicks dig Obama," a new John McCain ad proclaims | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

August 12 at 6:07 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Another day, another John McCain Web ad that depicts Barack Obama as an air-headed creation of celebrity culture." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Georgia and Russia agree on truce

August 12 at 6:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"Russia and Georgia have agreed a truce brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and have approved the principles of a full peace plan." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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You thought the 5 Booger clones were colorful?

August 10 at 12:30 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She's the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Barack Roll

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Dark Roasted Blend: Weird Use of Laptops

August 7 at 9:14 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Steve Craft, Lu Tao, Amy Tureen, Shannon Jiménez and 2 other people liked this

"Looking to get the most value out of your laptop? Then check out these unusual ways of using your old trusty notebook (Note: actual results may vary, DRB can not be held responsible for the accompanying data loss)" - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

I bet I can cook an egg on my MacBook Pro. It only takes it a few minutes until it gets super hot. - Karen Padham Taylor

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Midday Muse: Bright Lights in the Darkness | CasaSugar - Home & Garden.

August 6 at 11:36 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"This building, which was part of the Archstoyanie Summer festival, had thousands of holes drilled into the planks that compose its walls." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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BBC NEWS | Health | Human malaria jab tests nearing

August 4 at 5:41 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"A type of malaria vaccine for humans is to be tested, following the success of trials undertaken with animals." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

Little early in the morning for the zoom in on the Mosquito picture. - Steve Craft

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Instant-Messagers Really Are About Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon - washingtonpost.com

August 3 at 3:49 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"What we're seeing suggests there may be a social connectivity constant for humanity," said Eric Horvitz, a Microsoft researcher who conducted the study with colleague Jure Leskovec. "People have had this suspicion that we are really close. But we are showing on a very large scale that this idea goes beyond folklore." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Russian dissident, novelist Solzhenitsyn dead - CNN.com

August 3 at 4:43 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"The Russian novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose works detailed the Soviet labor camp system, has died at 89, Russian news agencies reported Monday." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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Americans look abroad to save on health care / Medical tourism could jump tenfold in next decade

August 3 at 11:09 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"Consumers increasingly are trying alternatives to their local hospitals and doctors, from going abroad for less-costly surgery to seeking quick, basic care at new clinics in drugstores and discounters, experts say." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

Why Chinese startups draw big U.S. bucks

August 3 at 11:03 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

""For entrepreneurs and investors, it's much safer and it makes much more sense to take a mature and proven model from the U.S. and copy it in China," said Allen Guo, founder of music site Yobo. But one day soon, the expectation is that Chinese Internet startups could dominate their U.S. brethren. Intel CEO Paul Otellini, one of Tudou's partners, said popular Chinese videos, blogs and music could eventually be created in Mandarin and translated into English, instead of the other way around." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Sad end for bear with jar on head

July 30 at 8:11 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"US wildlife officials who tried to capture a bear that had a jar stuck on its head, have shot the animal after it wandered into a busy Minnesota town." - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

:( - Amy Tureen

People suck. - Steve Craft

could as well have shot the jar - Gregory Lent

un-like. poor bear. :-( - Jessie Norris

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