I've always been a fan of Google's. The company has done an amazing job of predicting the online market and the progression of modern technology, well enough to see its stock remain one of the largest in recent years.
UPDATE: Pennsylvania State Senator John Eichelberger, during a radio debate on June 19, revealed his thoughts about his attitude toward homosexuals. "They're not being punished.
It is not the death of Michael Jackson that is being universally mourned by the world. To many, his death occured admist the decade-long period of constant ridicule and allegation of child abuse and bodily reconstruction.
Pam Richter I sat tuned in. Waiting. Waiting for a big deal to be made actually during the draft. The NBA draft is complete, and there's no more waiting to see who will be drafted where.
The death of a celebrity is always a tough time. It brings people out in full force, ready to offer condolences to each other and show support for the family, or whoever's left.
We here at the Pendulum aren't immune to jumping on the bandwagon, so take a peek at our new Twitter, I'm sure it'll have all of the wit and brillance of the blog, only ridiculously shortened and littered with tinyurls...
As a good friend of mine said about a month ago, if anyone suggested the idea of a library in this day and age, a sort of communal stomping ground where books and in many cases, DVDs, CDs and even video games (something I've never been able to understand) were available for no charge, with the only limitation would be a system of time limits and fines if said limits are exceeded coupled with the scornful gaze of the librarians when you try and check something out only to find that you owe $5 for renting "Derailed," they would immediately be kicked around by publishing and media companies as a nutcase.
For the first issue of the summer, the opinions section will have a nice little balance of that warm, fuzzy optimism that you've grown accustomed to reading in other publications, and the typical grizzled, commentary that tends to dominate the editorial pages.
"Tonight is the night journalism died," according to Fox News, all because of ABC's big series of broadcasts from inside the White House in which they're basically serving as a megaphone for the administration.
Pam Richter It's that wonderful time again, when separation is started to be created in the MLB standings.
Democracies are such a problem. Sure, they provide a solid basis for capitalist enterprise, grant people greater control of the government and give a nation greater credibility on the world stage.
Hulu has dominated the internet television and movie industry ever since it began, offering a legitimate home for shows that couldn't be shut down by copyright laws.
Pam Richter On Friday morning, sports talk shows across the nation went crazy trying to figure out who was to blame for Thursday night's loss for the Orlando Magic in game four of the NBA finals. Jameer Nelson did play poor defense on Derek Fisher.
It's not too often that an opinions section will have an editorial or contributor that writes only to commend something--I'm pretty sure Morgan has made that point before--but I think that it is well deserved in this case. In my blog entry about the Where the Wild Things Are movie, I totally failed to mention, or focus on if I did mention it, the fact that Dave Eggers wrote it.
America's a wonderful place, isn't it? It's the sort of wonderland where everyone can have opportunities, where paupers can become industrious princes at the tip of their soot-ridden caps.
The information age is over. If you'd like to attend the wake, please wear black and be courteous to the grieving windows, they've been through a lot.
No, the title doesn't pertain to this blog. I mean, who wouldn't want to read this blog, in all of it pre-templated glory, upon the first look?
Characters that resonate with audiences take on a multitude of identities, each unique to the particular cultural consumer.
The problem with success is that it builds upon itself like sentient Lego bricks, continuing skyward until eventually, one pillar looks a bit ugly, or a awkward arrangement of pieces is necessary to continue.
Look at this girl. She seems perfectly happy and content, what with her working phone, face free of terribly unsightly pores and braces, and if the New York Times' caption is to be believed, she's an honors student as well.
