Today John McCain announced he has picked
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. In its morning broadcast, NPR reported that McCain's choice showed up on Wikipedia (and the AP) before it had been officially confirmed as fact.
This isn't exactly an irregular event in wiki world, considering the content is created by millions of users, but it says a great deal about the power of the Internet.
Comcast dropped the bomb yesterday that
it'll be placing caps on Internet service — 250 GB per month. When a customer goes over, they'll be contacted by Comcast and asked to curb their usage, and there's also a possibility that the company will charge $15 for every 10 GB over the limit.
Considering
Comcast is the country's second-biggest Internet provider, this should affect tons of people (yours truly included), and in general, I'm wary of new limits on services.
Guess they don't call it doggie breath for nothing. How's your pet smell when he comes in close for a kiss — super stinky or super sweet?
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In the Summer, I prefer to eat light flavors and — especially if it's as hot as it is in San Francisco today — avoid the oven as much as possible. For these reasons, I'm obsessed with my
Calphalon grill pan, possibly the best $40 investment in the world. What about you.
If aspiring writer Rebecca Land Soodak wanted attention for her penned words,
she certainly got it. Seeking a nanny, the 40-year-old mother of four — Rubin, 12; Ellis, 9; and twins, Cassie and Shay, 6 — wrote a Craigslist post her kids will likely remember. In the ad, she explained her offspring are a pain in the rear (though she used a choice word) and went into depth about her other quirks.
From the woman who brought you Taradise, bad plastic surgery, and the drunken nipple slip to end all nipple slips fully-exposed-breast slips, comes Mantra,
Tara Reid's new line of bathing suits. Short on fabric and high on beaded strings, these are swimsuits I think I'll pass. What do you think about Mantra.
Stores are doing their best to motivate shoppers to spend their hard-earned money over the long Labor Day weekend which is, a bit ironically, in recognition of hard-working Americans.
The National Retail Federation has projected that some retail categories will have stronger sales figures than this time last year, thanks in part
to the higher-than-usual discounts some stores are using as bait. Are there any particular store sales you plan to check out, or will you be holding onto your moolah this weekend.
When I was in college, running shoes with jeans was quite a popular look. But although I wear casual sneakers for everyday comfort, I reserve my running shoes for running and working out. How about you?
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If you're looking to move, chances are you suss out a neighborhood first: schools, crime rates, sex offenders nearby, and the like. If you live in Jefferson County, MO, you can
add another criteria to your info gathering: whether a meth lab is located nearby.
Not limited to hardcore crack houses, the sheriff's department is listing places where it's seized any materials tied to meth production that indicate a past presence of a secret drug lab in the past two years.
The housing crisis has made it clear that owning a home isn't all roses. Beyond the financial commitment that comes with owning a home, including maintenance and a mortgage, it suggests a sense of permanence that not everyone is comfortable with. Is buying a house one of your goals?
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