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Big Brother 10: The Houseguests React to Today’s Earthquake

[Photos: © 2008 ® CBS Broadcasting Inc.] So you weren’t watching the live BB10 feeds today when the California earthquake happened? No problem, here’s how the houseguests reacted. (I think Ollie going outside with his head half covered with shaving cream and wearing only a towel is priceless!) Check it out: [video source] And you can have a 24/7 peek inside the house by clicking on the banner below. The first two weeks are free! Big Brother, big-brother, Reality TV, reality-tv, Televisi read

Big Brother 10 Episode 8

Big Brother 10 Episode 7 by deciding two weeks ago that she hated everybody. Not to be outdone, Jessie opened up his big mouth and put a bigger target on his own back rather than just letting Angie take the fall. Jessie tells us that nominating him was disrespectful. Uh. What? Michelle, who’s in a not so secret alliance of four, is wondering when the other not so secret alliance of four changed their plan. Jerry doesn’t like or respect Memphis, but he’s afraid he’ll win the game. Jessie imme read

Big Brother 10: America’s Player Returns!

[Photos: © 2008 ® CBS Broadcasting Inc.] This just in! CBS is bringing back America’s Player tonight!!! No, Eric Stein isn’t entering the house. But we, the viewers will choose which houseguest to make America’s Player for a week and give them the opportunity to win as much as $20,000. Here are all the details: The houseguest with the most votes will be offered the chance to become America’s Player for one week. If they accept, they will do America’s bidding and will have the opportunity to w read

WELCOME TO THE TOTALITARIAN OLYMPICS: BIG BROTHER IS LISTENING

L ast month, two US Congressmen visited Beijing to assess the human rights situation preceding the Olympics. Representatives Chris Smith and Frank Wolf had invited a number of Chinese civil rights lawyers and others to have dinner together and discuss the subject on the evening of June 29. A number of the prospective dinner attendees were then pre-emptively detained.On the morning of June 29, police seized Teng Biao and confined him to Huairou, a Beijing suburb. Police also warned Li Baiguang th read

Video - Skyzoo performing at B.B. Kings

As you can see, the Boom is undergoing a facelift. Things should be looking a lot better real soon. Stay tuned. Facebook | MySpace | Twitter | Digg | Technorati | YouTube | Feedburner "Martha Stewart, Oprah, your wife. You gotta f*ck one, kill one, and marry one - who do you pick?" I just saw this movie last night. Pure stupidity at it's comedic finest. Props to Small Eyez for putting me on to this. Freeway - "Bumpin' My New Shit" Lainked from X. Termanology f/Bun B - "How We Rock""Around the ti read

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Quake rocks southern California

An earthquake measuring 5.8 rocks the US city of Los Angeles, causing buildings to sway but no injuries, early reports say. read

LOS ANGELES JOLTED BY EARTHQUAKE

BY DAN WHITCOMB An earthquake struck just east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, rocking tall buildings and rattling nerves across Southern California, but causing no serious injuries or major structural damage. The quake hit at 11:42 a.m. local time (1842 GMT) about 30 miles (48 km) east of Los Angeles in suburban Chino Hills and registered magnitude 5.4 — making it the strongest seismic event centred near America’s second-largest city since the 6.7-magnitude Northridge quake in 1994. It w read

“downtown dog day afternoon” at the cathedral this evening

For those with pets that got a little rattled in today’s earthquake, now may be the best time to take your pooch out for some socializing… doggie-style! The Downtown Dog Day Afternoon, sponsored by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District, is running from 6:00 to 9:00pm today at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.  Food will be available at the Cathedral’s cafe. I’ll be there with Bear (pictured above) for the evening. This evening’s event is dedicated to the memory of “Buddy,” read

Astrology Around The Web: Kathryn Cassidy On The California Earthquake, July 29th 2008

Outtakes and various other sundries... CALIFORNIA SHAKING Kathryn writes: “News filtered in this evening that Los Angeles has suffered a moderate earthquake. Having been in a couple of severe earthquakes (7.1 and 7.3) in California, I know all about the anxiety levels in the first few hours and indeed days and weeks after a strong tremor. People try and laugh it off , some even feel thrilled by the short sharp adrenaline rush and sudden community spirit as everyone discusses what happened, bu read

Zemetreseni v Los Angeles

Dneska jsme zazili zemetreseni. Byl jsem zrovna na telefonu a na druhe strane me ten clovek rika.. “Shit.. we have an earthquake”. A v tom okamziku jsem to ucitil. Trepalo se to docela dost a taky dlouho. Videl jsem jak se steny nasi kancelare doslova vlni. Vlnily se jeste chvili po skonceni. Ale nic se nerozbilo, takze vse je v pohode. read

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On the demise of Bennigan's

In lieu of the news that broke this morning that Bennigan's is circling the drain, a quick flashback... During the summer after my first year of college, I got a job waiting tables at Bennigan's. I worked there for a little over a year in total, it was actually pretty fun even though the money was shit, and I was damn good at my job. So damn good was I in fact that, I shit you not folks, I was named Bennigan's service employee of the year during the time that I was there. Do you want to know read

Steak & Ale and Bennigans Closing Nationwide

Steak & Ale and Bennigans Closing Nationwide Posted by Robbie Cooper on July 29th, 2008 | Trackback From the KXAN News Tweeter feed, I just learned that Steak & Ale and Bennigan’s restaurants are closing nationwide. National restaurant chains Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale have closed their doors and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, shuttering more than 300 locations and letting go of thousands of employees. It is one of the country’s largest restaurant bankruptcies and elimin read

Paulson, Bernanke draw the line at Bennigans

From the WSJ: National restaurant chains Bennigan's and Steak & Ale have closed their doors and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, shuttering more than 300 locations and letting go of thousands of employees. It is one of the country's largest restaurant bankruptcies and eliminates two sit-down chains that have been part of the casual-dining landscape for decades. The chains will liquidate and aren't likely to re-open. What about the systemic risk, people? Can't the Fed gin up a Term Rest read

A great chain of restaurants closes and files for bankruptcy protection.

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Bennigan's chain to close?

Filed under: Restaurants, Food News According to the Dallas/Ft. Worth NBC affiliate station, Bennigan's, a nationwide restaurant chain with nearly 800 locations, is closing the doors on all their stores, effective immediately. Calls to the the national headquarters, located in Plano, TX, are going unanswered and managers have been asked to call their staff members to tell them not to come in. Upon hearing that they were shutting down, I placed a call to Philadelphia's local Bennigan's. My cal read

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Google Doodle: 50 Jahre Nasa

Google Doodle: 50 Jahre Nasa 29.Jul.2008, 14:00 Uhr by Pascal (77 mal gelesen) Heute vor 50 Jahren wurde die amerikanische Weltraumbehörde NASA gegründet. Wer bei Google nach NASA established sucht, erhält als Antwort "July 29, 1958" » Google USA [Merci Tom] Fun with Google read

(July 29) Today we're observing . . .  The Anniversary of NASA

The Anniversary of NASA Established in 1958, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been responsible for the US space program, all its successes and its failures. read

SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 28, 2008

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Cuil Launches -- Can This Search Start-Up Really Best Google? Can any start-up search engine "be the next Google?" Many have wondered this, and today's launch of Cuil (pronounced "cool') may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search engines. Cuil provides what appears to be a comprehensive index of the web, a unique d read

President Gloria Macapagal_Arroyo’s State of The Nation Address 2008

July 28, 2008- Philippines’ President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had her Speech or should I say SONA yesterday 3:00 PM. While most of my countrymen were watching it on Televisions, or for some listened to their respective Radios, well, me my friend was asleep…dreaming..and getting ready for work at night. ^_^ Anyway since somehow, I am aware of what is going on in our country, I watched the SONA on youtube and decided to post it here too. Same thing..over and over again..promises….promises…promi read

SONA 2008 Photos, Videos & Transcript

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her State of the Nation Address on Monday, 28 July 2008 before the joint chambers of Congress as Senate President Manuel Villar (left) and House Speaker Prospero Nograles listens intently. (Photograph: Julius Reyes/PCPO HO-NPPA) Thousands of protesters marched towards the House of Representatives in Quezon City, northeast of Manila, on Monday, 28 July 2008, demanding the ouster of Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Photogra read