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Star Wars: The Old Republic publicity stunt
While I'm watching my wife play this game, I saw the following on the game's YouTube channel.
Plainclothes warriors join the battle among Jedi and Sith in the first ever lightsaber freeze mob duel in the heart of New York's Times Square. Watch as over 100 fans joined the battle to celebrate the launch of STAR WARS™: The Old Republic on 12.20.11
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#Weather report for metro #Detroit this week
The prediction is for nice mild weather the rest of this week, which I'm looking forward to. It beats the heat we had late last week along with the storms that hit on Saturday from which the area is still recovering. It also means that the air conditioning can finally go off. My wife and I have the windows open and the cool evening breeze ( Read more... ) -
It's been a wild couple of days
Yesterday afternoon, I posted a video in Next Media Animation on the Debt Ceiling Hostage Crisis that portrayed Chinese displeasure with the debt ceiling deal, which I'm just going to call the Satan Sandwich from now on (I'm also adding a "Satan Sandwich" label/tag to all my posts about it), along with all kinds of wild financial news from the day ( Read more... ) -
The Chinese think the debt ceiling deal is a Satan Sandwich, too
A Chinese ratings firm yesterday made financial history and downgraded the US' credit rating from A+ to A. Meanwhile, hot money flowing into hedge funds and gold saw gold prices yesterday shoot to a historic high of US$1,670 per ounce.
It looks like the Chinese think the deal was a Satan Sandwich, too, and that we should have chosen the prize behind ( Read more... ) -
R.I.P Borders Books
WTNH on YouTube: On Thursday, Borders will ask a judge to begin liquidation of the company.
Reuters has even more details.Borders Group Inc, the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, said it has canceled an upcoming bankruptcy auction and will close its doors for good.
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I present to you Mythbuster Adam Savage in a Faraday cage...
...between two Tesla Coils, dancing to the theme from Doctor Who. Yes, really.
Originally crossposted to neonvincent on Dreamwidth. Comment here or there, whichever you prefer. http://neonvincent.dreamwidth.org/44673.html
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Gas prices drop for a second week in Metro Detroit
Meta note: I chose the following post to promote on Kunstler's blog this past Monday. There, I made the following editorial note.I figured that you would write about President Obama, along with the rest of the International Energy Agency, releasing oil from their reserves. If I had written a Karnak predicts post, both of those topics would have ( Read more... )
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