Andrew J. Chinnici : Blog

Newsweek has just published a bunch of fascinating tidbits about the 2008 presidential election that they, apparently, had agreed not to publish until after the election. Among them:

Both democratic and republican campaign websites had been hacked by foreign entities with the FBI and Secret Service warning that "you have a problem way bigger than what you understand..."
McCain was reluctant to use Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue.
Governor Palin's shopping bill could have been a much bigger issue: "According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards."

This one's for you...

It isn't often that you're compelled to tip your bartender more than what your drink costs. Chris McMillian, ~~bartender~~ mixolgist at the New Orleans Ritz-Carlton's Library Lounge, makes it happen by reciting the 1880's prose of Kentucky colonel and journalist Joshua Soule Smith while building a mint julep (at 4:22):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJV-O1e10z8#t=4m22s

UPDATE: Check out the New York Times' profile of Chris McMillian.

from the one, the only, Screamin Jay Hawkins:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc

This map shows which camps did good, fair and bad jobs at picking up their junk and leaving no trace out in the desert.

Our camp was at 6:30 and the Esplanade (on the Wheel) (goofiest address ever), straight down from the "Do" in "Don't touch the MOOP map!" Woo, another green year (for our camp, anyway)!

"Corduroy pillows are making headlines across America."

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

PS...