Over 57,000 Filipinos are on Plurk (1)
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At least, according to Plurk’s new search feature. Users on Plurk may choose to not provide their real location, age, and even gender, and that may affect the data collected by social-networking and micro-blogging service. With various pundits basically calling Plurk dead, will Plurk go the way of Friendster, fail to find a significant audience in the Western world, and gradually accept that many of its fans are from the Philippines? (Don’t have a Plurk ...
Please help me win election to the Vancity Board of Directors (1)
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As Air Farce (on radio) once parodied Jean Cretien: “My Campaign Is Underwear!” (He meant UNDERWAY.) Last month, I won nomination to the Action slate of candidates for the Board of Vancity. For the last 20 years, the Action Team has been the leading force of growth and innovation at Vancity. I’m very proud and honoured to have been placed on their slate. I’m just developing a full blog for our site, but in the ...
2nd Annual What Google Thinks I Wrote About This Year (1)
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Instead of going through all the trouble to find a fun and pithy way to summarize 2008, I've decided once again to let Google do it for me. Google search terms are in bold.We had some holdovers from last year's Google searches that people are still finding here. I think we can agree that I am the foremost authority on autism and constipation (although I'm referring to two different kids here), on suppositories, and on ...
What I got for Christmas (1)
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With a title like “What I got for Christmas” you’re probably thinking it’s going to be something about how I got inner peace or Jesus’ kiss or something, but no. This is a list of shit I got for Christmas because people keep asking me and I’m tired of having to go into the details when they’re all, ”Uh…what?”. 1. My cat’s ovaries. Technically it’s not really a gift but it cost so much to ...
Fox News Apologizes For "Magic Negro?" - Not!!!!!! (1)
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Via Think Progress and TV Newser: Fox News VP of programming Suzanne Scott "explains" (not apologizes) the offensively racist New Years chyron, "We received tens of thousands of text message submissions during our New Years Eve special, and this particular viewer submission was inadvertently cleared for air. At FOX we recognize our error as opposed to networks who allow their hosts to utter crude vulgarities to the public." As noted by Think Progress, this isn't ...
عبادی: ایران را ترک نخواهم کرد (1)
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شیرین عبادی گفت که در برابر فشارها تسلیم نشده و تا زمانی که زنده است از ایران مهاجرت نخواهد کرد. خانم عبادی این اظهارات را در گفتگو با وبسایت کانون زنان ایرانی ایراد کرده است. برنده جایزه صلح نوبل در پاسخ به این پرسش که آیا برابر فشاها برای مهاجرت از ایران تسلیم خواهد شد، گفت: «تا زندهام تحت هيچ شرايطی ايران را ترک نخواهم کرد. من ايرانی هستم و بايد در ايران زندگی کنم ...
