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A Brilliant Mess…

May 27th, 2009

While I’m sure my father will lecture me for making a post like this…I’ll do it anyway.

I was reading the NYTimes.com, one of my favorite sites, and I came across an article that will be in the NYTimes Magazine about President Bill Clinton.  Its a somewhat lengthy read, but it really dives into a few different aspects of Clinton’s post presidency.  When it comes to politics I only like diving deep into a few areas, their first “100 Days”, their post presidency, and the funeral.  Before you judge me on the funeral part, you get more history in one presidential funeral than any history book.  Case in point, did you know that Regan only tied his ties in a double Windsor?  Read more…

Misc

Things I Like…

May 25th, 2009

Wow, so berate me if you must about my lack of blogging…but…ok I’ve to nothing. No great excuse.  We’ll just say that I was on a blogging sabbatical looking for inspiration.

So while I was on this little sabbatical I stumbled across a few things that I think are pretty much the coolest thing since sliced bread.

  1. iTunes.  I know, it’s been around pretty much since the advent of the iPod, but hear me out.  It started when I was trying to watch President Obama get sworn in as president in January.  Our lovely news channels did such a bang up job of their internet feeds that I wasn’t able to watch it.  This lead to my thinking, hey…maybe I can find something on iTunes.  Like NPR or something.  Read more…

    Misc, Music