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Stuff For Kids Who Can Read Good

By Wahl, on February 8, 2010, at 12:07 pm | One comment - (Comments are closed)

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 [...]

Mavericky Sentence Structure

By Wahl, on December 5, 2009, at 8:36 am | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

The Great Wahl crowd tends to lean to the left or, at the very least, can’t stand Sarah Palin. I know everyone enjoys a good political bashing — and today, I’ve got a really good one.

Slate recently ran a “write like Sarah Palin” competition in honor of her book, Going Rogue.

They [...]

Couldn’t Agree More

By Wahl, on November 28, 2009, at 1:41 pm | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Early in the season, we got a free preview weekend of the NFL RedZone Channel.

I couldn’t agree more — The Red Zone Channel Is Crack for NFL Fans:

Diehard football fans have long been able to watch whatever game they wanted via DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket. Failing that, you could always go [...]

Another Day, Another Tech Tip

By Wahl, on November 4, 2009, at 9:20 am | Comments are closed

The other day, I shared with you Google’s new music search function. In an never-ending effort to improve the quality of your life, I bring you two more ways Google can make your life better. The first is tangible. The second is just interesting/thought-provoking.

1) You can set up your regular voicemail through Google [...]

Drawn and Quartered

By Wahl, on July 23, 2009, at 9:23 am | Comments are closed

I’ve always been of the opinion that companies that take advantage of the uneducated and poor, just because they can, should be charged as criminals. Calling me a bleeding-heart would be too much, since normally I don’t have any sympathy for most people, but something genuinely bugs me about ‘legally’ swindling people under [...]

Do you still love me?

By Wahl, on June 22, 2009, at 9:29 am | Comments are closed

Sure, XX is the chick section of Slate, but that doesn’t mean that all of their articles are completely worthless to men. As proof of my point, I came across an article about how The Recession Wrecks Friendships. Most of the article is fluffy b.s. and feelings, but there are a couple valid [...]