December 2008
14 posts
“And never doubt that the world will always need us in that never-ending search...”
– At the end of an email from my former Iowa State Daily adviser.
Watchstreeter:
rickyv:
MTV, drunk on profits from The Hills, decided to give us our own TV show.
We’re excited. More details to come, obviously.
BTW, not a reality show. It’s a scripted comedy. VMAs, here we come!
I’m so extremely, incredibly, totally excited about this.
It's time to get out of Iowa....
Des Moines’ hockey team recently changed their name to the Iowa Chops. Bad. Today, I saw an ad promoting their dance team’s first performance. Their name? The Pork Bellies.
Classy.
The Power of a Little Word
I went to Barnes&Noble over lunch to pick up Malcom Gladwell’s new book, Outliers.
There’s a display as you stand in line at the check-out. You can pick a card with a child’s name on it and buy a book to give to them. I passed it up.
But then, I got to the front of the line and this nice old man asked me if I “would mind donating just one book for a much...
“All I can say for sure is it’s gonna snow.”
– -Meteorologist quoted in the DM Register. The article talks to the “huge” snow storm that is supposed to hit tonight and tomorrow.
Nice work, dude.
I'd hate to be the owner of this ring.
A $2,000 diamond ring was dropped into a Salvation Army red kettle - either by accident, or as a donation. But, if you read the story, and were the owner of the ring, they sure make you think twice about claiming it - the money would be used to “provide meals for hundreds of needy folks this winter.”
I’ve noticed lately that I’ve been using “woot” a lot in emails. Today, as I was looking around for something completely unrelated, I found this.
Apparently “W00t” was named Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year in 2007.
2007: W00t — “Expression of joy or triumph, or an obvious victory; abbreviation of ‘We Owned the Other Team,’...
