January 2010
12 posts
6.1 Magnitude Aftershock Rocks Haiti →
Haven’t these people been through enough?
(Also, if I hear so much as a peep from Pat Robertson about this, I’m going to lose my mind!)
Haiti Earthquake: How You Can Help
News sources are reporting untold numbers of people dead following the devastating 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday. NPR has information on how you can help - including donating to Red Cross via text message.
Find out more at the NPR site
Photo via Time.com
Conan Says No
Conan O’Brien says he will not host The Tonight Show following Leno, as NBC proposed. O’Brien said today:
“In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been...
Lenovo IdeaPad U1 is awesome!
It’s a notebook with a detachable 11.6 inch screen - thus making it both a notebook and a tablet! It also comes with 3G connectivity.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Dating website expels "fatties" →
“A dating site that markets itself as an elite community for beautiful people with a “strict ban on ugly people” has axed about 5,000 members for packing on the pounds during the holiday season.”
*facepalm*
Being Obama's Brother
George Obama: “I stood in a bar in Kenya watching Barack Obama give his victory speech. I felt as if the people of America knew this man far better than I, even though we shared the same father.”
Read more at Newsweek