xlo's friends' friends' newest posts Atom Feed from Searchles Fri Aug 22 01:25:40 -0400 2008 en-us Lisa de Moraes - D.C.'s a Party Town? On Lifetime, It Is. - washingtonpost.com Kimberley McKee Finally, Washington is getting its own rich white blond party chicks reality series. Hooray! Video: Madrid holiday crash plane had cancelled two flights previously - Times Online Sarge Cabin crew aboard the the ill-fated Spanair flight which crashed on take-off at Madrid airport yesterday refused to let a passenger off despite earlier technical problems with the aircraft, the man's family said today. The chilling accusation came to light as the budget airline defended its decision to clear the MD-82 jet for take-off despite aborting an earlier attempt because a gauge showed an overheating air-intake valve. The device was switched off and the flight went ahead Jake and Farmer Ted after the party Kimberley McKee Why Journalists Are The Worst Possible Moderators Of Debates Kimberley McKee The great faith-based debate is over, and the reviews are in: It was a blowout of Bentsen-Quayle proportions. The back-to-back performances of Barack Obama and John McCain may have been judged roughly even, but in the battle of Pastor Rick Warren versus George Stephanopoulos, Charlie Gibson, Chris Matthews, Wolf Blitzer, Gwen Ifill, Bob Schieffer, Brit Hume, Judy Woodruff, Tim Russert's Ghost, Jim Lehrer, and just about every other full-time network or cable news employee to ever moderate a presidential forum, there was no contest. Sam Donaldson, you're no Rick Warren. Bush calls Phelps - Politico.com Kimberley McKee President Bush telephoned U.S. swimming phenom Michael Phelps, who recently became the most prolific Olympic champion by winning an eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. U.S. Women's Soccer Team Beats Brazil, 1-0, For Gold Kimberley McKee The U.S. women's soccer team just won the gold medal, with a 1-0 win over heavily favored Brazil in overtime at Beijing's Workers Stadium. Does ӂeing Green* Influence College Decision? ecocollegecampus Contributing Author, Elizabeth Kudner is the co-founder of myUsearch, a free and unbiased online service that matches students to colleges, and the manager of the myUsearch blog. She recently sent me this great article that she wrote about college students and their true committment to living an eco-lifestyle and having a green campus. School Wars - Politicians, Billionaires, and Mavericks Can't Fix Public Schools Kimberley McKee This summer, as I listened to the unbridled joy of children playing outside my window, I read a New York Times article about first graders being placed in “Gift of Time” summer schools. Charge your iPod with Vodka? Kimberley McKee A Chinese company is releasing a product that you might not be able to show off at the fifth grade science fair this year. Microsoft taps Seinfeld for ad campaign Kimberley McKee Jerry Seinfeld will appear as a celebrity pitchman as part of a new $300 million ad campaign being developed for Microsoft, The Wall Street Journal reported. OpenSocial Now Reaches 350 Million Users, And Growing Kimberley McKee Six months ago, OpenSocial was nothing but a list of promised partnerships. But the social network application platform backed by Google has made a lot of progress since then as those partners started to go live with their OpenSocial Apps. First there was MySpace and Orkut, then Hi5, and most recently Friendster. At least 153 people killed at Aircrash Barajas Madrid,Engine fire Spanair crash Barajas Madrid Sarge Spanair Flight 5022 Crash Sarge Many dead in Madrid plane crash Sarge Spanair MD-82 crashed at Madrid airport Sarge Spanair Flight 5022 Crash at Madrid's Barjas Airport Sarge Russian aid slow to arrive to Georgian refugees sdtud The 9 Best Liberties Taken with the "Say Anything" Boombox Scene Kimberley McKee Just like the scene in Say Anything where the little dude at the Gas Mart says "Bitches, man" speaks volumes to men everywhere (Disclaimer: likely that men have never even seen Say Anything - but if they did...), the Lloyd Dobler boombox scene set to Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes causes ladies everywhere to swoon - to wonder, "where is my knight in a trenchcoat with a shining boombox circa 1989?"