Viacom is pulling the plug on putting some of it’s shows on Hulu. Most notably, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart — the one freakin’ show I go to Hulu for.
I guess, why give Rupert Murdoch’s baby all that web traffic when people can just go to the Comedy Central website directly so they [...]

So, it’s not completely official, but I’m probably moving to Minneapolis in the near future.
I just got a call from The Hittman — he just got an offer accepted on a condo in Minneapolis. And he’s going to be my landlord come March/April once he closes on everything.
I just couldn’t stand to be away from [...]

I always find too many informative political and economic articles to share, so I’ll select a few and throw them all in to one post of important stuff you should read to get your week started:
1. Maybe we shouldn’t be blaming our leaders for not being able to lead:
A thought-provoking read from Slate.com: Down With [...]

Now that football season is almost over, The Great Wahl is going to be struggling for regular content. I guess that means I will have to revert back to my pre-NFL blogging about politics, economics, and random nonsense (like a hamster on a guitar eating popcorn).
But for now, I’ll start in the political realm. As [...]

Unless you live under a rock or Bill Gates has you locked in his basement, you know that Apple has a big event today where they will hopefully almost certainly announce the release of a tablet computer. There have been rumors of one coming out since 2003, but I really think it’s finally here. The [...]

We’re not there yet:
From supermarkets to department stores, sales fell 0.3 percent from November, a decline that economists attributed to a bleak jobs market and a reluctance by consumers to spend freely. Analysts, encouraged by signs that consumers were regaining confidence, had expected sales to rise 0.5 percent.
Consumer spending drives 70% of the US economy. [...]

We might not have the best vertical leaping ability. But we sure do a good job of making idiots of ourselves.
There really isn’t much commentary to add to this story. It pretty much speaks for itself. Consistently crazy Rod Blagojevich manages again to make headlines for all the wrong reasons saying that he is/was/always will [...]

I have a few friends from New Jersey. I have a few friends who went to school in New Jersey. I have a few friends currently living in New Jersey. I have a few Italian-American friends. I also have friends that go to the Jersey Shore on an annual basis. So….I have to be a [...]

From Paul Krugman at the New York Times: The Jobs Imperative
If you’re looking for a job right now, your prospects are terrible. There are six times as many Americans seeking work as there are job openings, and the average duration of unemployment — the time the average job-seeker has spent looking for work — is [...]

As the NFL season is in full swing, I’ve neglected posts about some other things. Here’s an interesting read from Robert Shiller, a Yale economics professor, in the NY Times about the psychology behind economic cycles. Interesting stuff.
Beyond fiscal stimulus and government bailouts, the economic recovery that appears under way may be based on little [...]