Via this Washington Times article:
Sen. John McCain is famously superstitious — he won’t take a salt shaker from a passer’s hand: bad luck
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McCain has a whole slew of superstitions and rituals, many stemming from his days as a Navy fighter pilot, a notoriously superstitious bunch. He won’t throw a hat on a bed (bad luck), and [...]
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April 15th, 2008 at 10:00 am by Ari Shohat
Presidential Superstitions
| General Rants, Politics | 0 Comments |
March 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am by Ari Shohat
A Piece of Colored Plastic for $49.95
| General Rants | 1 Comment |
Okay seriously, this is some kind of a chair for babies between 3-6 months old. After that it’s useless, and even then it’s a “luxury item” if you are too lazy to sit your kid on your lap.
But 50 bucks for a colored piece of plastic? I am definitely in the wrong business. As my [...]
March 27th, 2008 at 9:38 am by Ari Shohat
Funny And a Bit Sad at The Same Time
| General Rants | 2 Comments |
This made for a good chuckle today on my bus ride, so here’s a repost of “Dumb Brits” from Julia’s blog:
Winding down for the weekend already, I got this via email and I just love stuff like this. Here are some real examples of dumb Brits on various game / quiz shows.
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Jeremy Paxman: What is another [...]
Thanks James for telling me about an obvious type in a post title a whole day later!
Seriously, that’s what comments are for. Yes I sometimes rush things so I make typos, I really did have good grades in school. Honestly…
March 24th, 2008 at 10:58 am by Ari Shohat
Okay, I Think I Finally GET Twitter
| General Rants | 3 Comments |
I am giving Twitter another go - here’s my Twitter page.
I finally figured out just “why” someone might want to use it. Hey I gotta keep up with the times and see where trends are going, how things are being used, etc.. If I don’t, who will
I am sure most of you don’t [...]
March 12th, 2008 at 4:55 pm by Ari Shohat
Comments on that Referring Traffic post
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That post I made about referring traffic from radio directories got a good number of interesting comments from Internet radio folks. Thanks to RAIN for linking to it.
Click here to read what people had to say, and feel free to chime in too.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pm by Ari Shohat
Random Stuff About Me
| Blogging, General Rants, Life Happens | 4 Comments |
I didn’t have a topic staring at me today, and didn’t exactly have time to write up a reserved topic for later.
But I know that the reason blogging works for many online is that people are often interested in personal details. It’s not fun to read press releases, facts and people hiding behind corporate write-ups. No, it’s [...]
March 11th, 2008 at 10:49 am by Ari Shohat
Posting Job Ads on Craigslist Gets You This…
| General Rants, Technology, Web | 0 Comments |
If you’re looking to hire a web developer, Craigslist is a good resource to try. However you’ll still get a lot of garbage resumes, or in some cases weird applicants. Well maybe the following I’d classify under over-qualified…
While in the Navy trained, operated, and instructed Nuclear Engineer. Graduated from the Nuclear Navy program in [omitted] with high [...]
