Amazing News: Alexi Giannoulias Plans to Run for Obama’s Former Senate Seat

Holy Toledo! Former mob-connected investment banker and Obama basketball buddy and current Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is going to challenge recently appointed Senator Roland Burris for Senate in 2010, according to Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times. Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, 32, opens his exploratory bid for Senator today hoping his close association [...]

Podcasts: A vast untapped potential

I’m a recent convert to podcasts.  Well, sort of.  There were a couple of radio shows that I really loved but for some reason couldn’t always listen to.  When I bought my first iPod, I hunted them down and started downloading regularly.  But then my attention started to wander: how many podcasts are there anyway?  [...]

Monday: I really *need* this job. Please God, I need this job!

Howard Dean auditioned for Secretary of HHS. God, I hope I get it, I hope I get it! How many people does he need? How many people does he need? God, I hope I get it! I hope I get it! How may boys, how many girls How many boys, how many… And was sent [...]

Open Thread: Snow Day!!!

Late Season Nor’Easter Blankets Much of East Coast With Heavy Snow From the Carolinas to the shores of Maine, a brutal late winter snowstorm has paralyzed much of the Eastern Seaboard….Up to a foot of snow piled up in places like Jackson, Tenn., which saw 12.5 inches — the heaviest one-day snowfall there ever. Even [...]