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It's Time To Reclaim "Geek" [Rant]
Mouse ATC | 6 hours ago
A professor recently declared "nerd" and "geek" derogatory words, to "be avoided." I agree it should be avoided—but for different reasons. It was pretty surprising to read Dr. David Anderegg's comments in the New York Times yesterday. Dr. Ander read more
Work parties and Christmas
About Grief | 14 hours ago by tom
I was at our Christmas party yesterday. It is strange how for some people they cannot seem to switch off the work mode. There is always one person that will after about 5 minutes of chat, start bringing the conversation back to work. I know that it i read more
Refuting My Own Bullshit
An American Lion | 14 hours ago by norman rogers
Few “bloggers” audit themselves. As in, few bloggers refute their own bullshit, by choice, when it makes sense to do so. I am that kind of a blogger. Sure, you get your European porn stars here, but I go classy when damp and moist seems read more
Pacquiao Will Beat Mayweather
Boxing House | 16 hours ago by Jo gabriel Tulio
While I always try to be subjective with my write ups, please indulge me to be a fan for just once and say what I really think would be the outcome of the coming bout between pound-for-pound top dog Manny Pacquiao and the former holder that mantle Fl read more
Pacquiao Will Beat Mayweather
Boxing News | 16 hours ago by Jo gabriel Tulio
While I always try to be subjective with my write ups, please indulge me to be a fan for just once and say what I really think would be the outcome of the coming bout between pound-for-pound top dog Manny Pacquiao and the former holder that mantle Fl read more
Pacquiao Will Beat Mayweather
Boxing Champion | 16 hours ago by Jo gabriel Tulio
While I always try to be subjective with my write ups, please indulge me to be a fan for just once and say what I really think would be the outcome of the coming bout between pound-for-pound top dog Manny Pacquiao and the former holder that mantle Fl read more
Pacquiao Will Beat Mayweather
Boxing Showdown | 16 hours ago by Jo gabriel Tulio
While I always try to be subjective with my write ups, please indulge me to be a fan for just once and say what I really think would be the outcome of the coming bout between pound-for-pound top dog Manny Pacquiao and the former holder that mantle Fl read more
Sun Dog over Cascades
Pentimento | 23 hours ago by webduck
Sun Dog over Cascades, originally uploaded by webduckie. It gets pretty cold up there in the clouds over the Cascades in Washington state. We were driving west on I-90 and had just left Snoqualmie... What is "webduck" up to today? A rant, or a rave? read more
Documentation….
Amy's Life in Brief | December 21st 2009 by Amy B
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted and I feel a little badly that my first post in so long is a bit of a rant…but whatever breaks the writer’s block, right? So, as a social worker, why do we document? To protect against liabi read more
Things that Annoy Me
Celebrity Burner | December 21st 2009
I know that I have a million things to be thankful for but today is starting off to be very irritating to me. I'm so annoyed I have to rant and list them.This is literally happening while I'm typing. When people at work brag about their kids and thei read more
RANT: Climate change, Copenhagen, and why vegans should give a sh…
VeganSaurus | December 21st 2009
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard something about the climate conference in Copenhagen this week. The media declared it a failure before the conference even started, but leaders from all over the world are, at the tim read more
A roast beef rant
are you gonna eat that? | December 21st 2009
I fully believe the only saving grace to buffets are carving stations, where they have a big juicy roast beef with a decent gravy and an endless bowl of horseradish. And so it was with Jason’s company’s Christmas party, held in the Calgar read more
For all the Cold Weather Mommies!
Mom Spark | December 21st 2009 by Mom Spark
There is a lot about winter that makes a Mom’s job very hard. And I am talking about the Moms that live in climates that hit below freezing- not the Moms who have year around 70 plus degree weather. Those moms with the warm weather have no id read more
Book Review: Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Better Closer Blog | December 21st 2009 by Bill Rice
I love books. I love to read. Unfortunately, the two passions don’t always run on the same timeline. So, although I pre-ordered Hugh MacLeod’s Ignore Everybody I just recently plucked it off the bookshelf. It was wonderful, as expected. With Hugh read more
TheKoalition.com: 2009 Recap (Q1)
The Koalition | December 21st 2009 by Killakap
2009 is almost over but it was a phenomenal first year for us here at The Koalition. If you’re relatively new to the site sit back and relax because over the next few days I’m going to give you a recap on our biggest news, features and ac read more
RoM Reads
The Republik of Mancunia | December 21st 2009 by Republik of Mancunia
Oliver Kay writes for The Times about United’s current situation. Make sure Ryan Giggs is voted player of the year on The Spoiler. United Rant reviews our defeat at the weekend. Gary Lineker reviews the year for The Daily Mail, with Rooney as h read more
Rafa furious after losing to Pompey
Liverpool Fc Forever | December 21st 2009 by liverpoolfc4ever
Liverpool FC manager Rafa Benitez offered a bizarre response to defeat at Portsmouth by repeating referee Lee Mason had a "perfect" game at Fratton Park.After losing 2-0 through goals by Nadir Belhadj and Frederic Piquionne, Benitez’s reaction had read more
Politician's Husband Shows Up at Gay Bar to Drunkenly Heckle Oppo…
StarDirt | December 21st 2009
"Chicago Politics" is a comedy troupe, right? Blagojevich-tainted incumbent Heather Steans is mighty embarrassed after her husband followed her opponent to a gay bar, then went on a shitfaced rant after a suspicious trip "into the men's room." Rant v read more
RANT: Butting heads with anal people!!! GRRR!
Taste of Hunni | December 21st 2009 by Tiffany
Hey people! I haven’t been in this site for a while but I haven’t abandoned it just yet! I’ve been working extra days to make up for the days I got off from being sick last week. Well, remember how I said I haven’t experienced read more
The Blue Room: Podcast
ryan(s)pace (A Nerd's Life) | December 20th 2009 by Ryan
Charlie and I have started a podcast called the Blue Room. It’s called The Blue Room, because we podcast in my room, where the walls are blue and pretty much blue everywhere. In Episode One, we rant about Obama, the Iraq War, cool and stupid st read more
Sheldon Whitehouse’s ingnorant rant: Who is really a member of…
Pundit | December 20th 2009 by Damien Baldino
If you are in Washington, D.C. and talk about the simpleton from Rhode Island, you might automatically think of Patrick Kennedy. However, we can’t forget that Rhode Island has another simpleton in D.C.: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. In cas read more
Go Ask Alice To Do Your Shopping
Pentimento | December 20th 2009 by webduck
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Alice.com. All opinions are 100% mine. There are times when I find it very difficult to wander around a grocery store shopping. I might go in with... What is "webduck" up to today? A rant, or a rav read more
RBO Rant: Carl Davidson Was Right
The Real Barack Obama | December 20th 2009 by B Merry
RBO is always willing to admit when it is wrong. This time we were 1000% wrong. We admit it. We were bamboozled, okey-doked, flim-flammed by Barack Obama. Although there is no doubt that there is an endless line of radicals on whose coattails he road read more
One of the smartest guys on the block discusses climate change so…
Epiphanyblog | December 20th 2009 by Valerie Curl
This Sunday morning’s highlight is not watching Washington politicians and pundits talk, rant, spout party lines, and so on. No, it is watching CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. While the other Sunday morning political shows can be interesting. Sa read more
My Rant on Health Clubs, Fresh Towels, and a Whole Lotta Dough
ABQblogs.com | December 20th 2009
Photo credit: dmscs from morguefile.com I belong to a Health Club. Translated that means I get towels at the front desk. Little hand towels to wipe my sweaty brow. Or big towels to make a soft bed in the locker room instead of getting sweaty at all. read more
Dailymotion de retour sur l'App Store
iPhoneAddict.fr | December 20th 2009
L'application Dailymotion du site de partage de vidéos est de retour sur l'App Store. Ou plutôt les applications puisque l'on trouve cette fois la version gratuite en plus de la version Premium (sans publicités, à 4,99€). Éditeur : Dailymotio read more
iTunes replacement software – SharePod
A Cape Town blog by Chris M | December 20th 2009 by Christopher M
<rant>iTunes is honestly some of the most rubbish software I’ve ever had to deal with</rant> After having absolutely no luck with iTunes, and having to spend time finding out how to fix a frozen iPod, I decided to search around a li read more
Quick Tip #7: Your Grandma Can Find You Online
India Drummond | December 20th 2009 by India Drummond
(I’ve had a really difficult week this week, health-wise, thus the lack of posts. But since I’d rather rant or laugh than share the woes, I’ll share something that is both funny and scary for my Quick Tips category.) After reading s read more
I'm Learning A Lot About New Stuff and Having A Great Time Too!
2Rivers | December 20th 2009 by Jonathan Aquino
As a former ESL instructor in a Korean language school and a private tutor, I am used to self-study – gathering my own materials and customizing my personal syllabus. My product training for AT&T is the complete opposite. Not that I’m c read more
Fix our planet
Future Day Dreamer | December 20th 2009 by Daniel M
I had my little rant about the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit yesterday, and how useless I think a majority of the world leaders are. So what do I think should be done about the damage we are doing to our planet? For a start, we need to release our read more
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