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Twitter
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
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Twitter has entered the mainstream over the last few weeks with political pundits and politicans harnessing the technology. What I find quite funny is how Newt Gringrich believes he will snake this technology from the left and use it to rebuild the GOP brand. Sorry Newt, the GOP lost the internet years ago and trying to use Twitter to combat the blogs won't work. The Left has been all over Twitter from the start so you are still playing catch up.

Expect to see more politicans jump onboard over the next month and bloviate about how cool it is. Problem with these people is that the staff tends to write the postings and not the actual people. You will see some candid spots but for the most part they are just more campaign fodder. There are a few that are still doing it themselves and I hope it stays that way.

Posted by mardenhill 2/26/2009 08:57:00 AM 1 comments  

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Leonard Cohen
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Time to get your pocketbooks out, one of our favorite legends is in quite a bind. Depending on how much tickets are and how fast they sell, I plan on going to the Detroit show....

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Leonard Cohen performed his first US show in 15 years at New York’s Beacon Theatre last night, and today it was announced that he will head out across the continent on an extensive summer tour.

The singer songwriter has not released a new album since 2004’s ‘Dear Heather’, and recently resumed live shows to earn money after his business manager and lover Kelley Lynch misappropriated more than $5 million of his money, leaving him with just $150,000.

A court awarded him a $9 million in civil judgment, but he has not been able to get the money from Lynch.

The tour calls at:

Austin, TX Michael and Susan Dell Hall at Long Center (April 2)
Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie (3)
Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre (5)
San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall (7)
Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre (10)
Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre (13)
Indio, CA Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (17)
Vancouver, British Columbia General Motors Place (19)
Victoria, British Columbia Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (21)
Seattle, WA WaMu Theatre at Qwest Field Events Center (23)
Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place (25)
Calgary, Alberta EPCOR Centre's Jack Singer Hall (26)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Credit Union Centre (28)
Winnipeg, Manitoba MTS Centre (30)
Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre (3)
Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre (5)
Detroit, MI Fox Theatre (9)
Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion (11)
Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music (12)
Waterbury, CT Palace Theater (14)
New York, NY Radio City Music Hall (16)
Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum (19)
Quebec City, Quebec Pavillon de la Jeunesse (21)
Kingston, Ontario K-Rock Centre (22)
London, Ontario John Labatt Centre (24)
Ottawa, Ontario National Arts Centre (25)
Boston, MA Wang Theatre (29)
Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre (June 2)

Posted by mardenhill 2/22/2009 10:08:00 AM 0 comments  

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Obama and the GOP
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Well Obama just got Rick Rolled this afternoon by his Commerce Secretary nominee Sen Judd Gregg (R-NH). Gregg who agreed a few weeks ago to position somehow came to the notion that there are irreconcilable differences and he must step down. It blows me away that Judd didn't think about this before, that he would be supporting Obama's positions and not the positions of the GOP leadership. Well in typical Washington fashion, one of the few remaining senators who actually believed in bi-paritisanship just showed his true colors. I don't know if the GOP leadership or Rush Limbaugh spooked him but someone did for him to bow out and throw Obama under the bus.

This speaks volumes of the GOP, they are nothing but a bunch of crybabies that still can't realize why they are no longer in power. Everything to them is politics, scorched earth policy and when someone is willing to work with them will strike out when their backs are turned. They are just a bunch of useless twats that only want to see Obama fail and use it as a political weapon in the next election. Now Obama will stand tall and take the current political menuevering as same old DC but I have a feeling the GOP will get burned big time in the near future. I see Obama steam rolling them and laughing all the way.

With next to no GOP support on the stimilus I say use it againt the GOP in the next election cycle. Expose them as the frauds that they are and how they put politics above the country. And btw, this will be the biggest tax cut passed in US history, and by a democrat. This is what pisses the GOP off most.

Posted by mardenhill 2/12/2009 06:00:00 PM 1 comments  

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Dogfish Head - Theobroma
Monday, February 02, 2009

Dogfish Head, you have made my day once again. The Theobroma rules, its an ale brewed with with Aztec cocoa powder, cocoa nibs , honey, chilies, and annatto (fragrant tree seeds). The recipe comes from a chemical analysis of Honduras pottery dating back to 1200 BC. Like the Midas Touch, the Theobroma looks to recreate drinks from previous civilizations. Ignore the whole cocoa flavor, there is little chocolate going on, mostly honey and chilies which provides a nice heated finish. The beer reminds me of the Rogue Chipolte Ale but is much lighter and actually has a more powerful chili flavor. This is one that I would buy again, I am impressed and highly recommend.

http://www.dogfish.com/brewings/Occasional_Rarities/Theobroma/66/index.htm

Posted by mardenhill 2/02/2009 10:41:00 PM 0 comments  

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