Bob O’Leary

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Which is the Worst Company in America?

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Inspired by the NCAA basketball tournament, The Consumerist has a way to decide the Worst Company in America.
Based on nominations by its readers, the site put 64 of the most reviled and customer service challenged companies in a bracket. Right now, the tournament is completing its first round with News Corp, the parent company of [...]

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It’s Gnarls Barkley! Run!

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s the first video from Gnarls Barkley’s new album, Odd Couple – Run.
The duo has the enviable problem of trying to follow up St. Elsewhere and its smash hit “Crazy.” It’s like Springsteen trying to follow “Born to Run.” “Crazy” not only topped the charts, it competed for Grammy’s. Gnarls could have gone down a [...]

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Frank the pug joins the Star Wars cast

March 29th, 2008 · No Comments

And he’s gone to the Dark Side!
see more loldogs are funny dog pictures!
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I do care

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

see more crazy cat pics
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My Hillary Problem

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Much to my delight, Barack Obama won in Iowa by eight points over John Edwards. The alleged front-runner, Hillary Clinton, came in third.
The results did not surprise me. Hillary represents a problem to a moderate Democrat like me. Her views on most issues match mine more than any other candidate, including Obama. She is a [...]

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St. Pete Times bucks trend of newspapers’ falling circulation

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Yes, circulation is down at most papers. Supposedly, the Internet and blogs are killing them off.
Newspaper executives are panicking and laying off reporters and editors. Florida papers are suffering too. The Orlando Sentinel has cut back and forced many into retirement. Although the Sentinel’s circulation has risen for its Sunday paper, its daily figures are [...]

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Rilo Kiley – The Frug

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Ok, I was actually planning on writing something instead of posting another video.
But while looking for something serious to write about, I found a blog linking to this clip from a band I never heard of before, Rilo Kiley. It was too cute, I had to post it. Here it is, “The Frug.”

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Tags: Miscellaneous · Music · video

Cat Wake-Up Call

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

This is for Ronda and all you cat owners!
Hope Sasha never finds a baseball bat.

Cat Wake-up Call | Funny Jokes at JibJab
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Am I too old for MySpace and Facebook?

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

At a recent family gathering, I shared that I had both a MySpace page and a Facebook page.
My nieces and nephews looked at me as if I had said Zac Ephron was “groovy.”
“That’s something college kids have!” one of my nieces said.
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Night of the Living Republicans

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Our worst nightmare!

Actually, this came from JibJab, which allows you to insert your own images to make your personalized movie. They have “Night of the Living Democrats” if you are one of those people who can’t vote right.
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