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Graduate School.
Wow.
Web video like this is what sets the Obama campaign far apart from its rival and from every other political campaign waged in American history. The tone, style and content of this ad – aimed at volunteers – is emotional and inspiring. It taps into the energy of people who have devoted the last few months or years to his campaign. It’s so good, in fact, that it should be aired as a national spot – seen by millions – in these last days of the campaign. My favorite part? When he says, “do some organizing…do some community organizing.”
Needless to say, I’ve been devoting my time over the past couple of weeks. You should consider doing the same.
I’ll have a post up soon on what I’ve seen in other parts of Virginia, and why I think Obama will win in this state. in the meantime, watch it:
Added to My Blogroll:
GaiJen. Check out her thought blobs.
Statistics 101
Via the Blog World Expo’s site. I should totally be there instead of working on school work:
- Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.
- More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.
- Over 57 million Americns read blogs.
- 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog.
- 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years.
- 9% of internet users say they have created blogs .
- 6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog .
- Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs .
- over 120 thousand blogs are created every day .
- There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day .
- 22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs .
- 37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006 .
- 51% of blog readers shop online .
- Blog readers average 23 hours online each week .
A hat tip to Slate, for this wonderful little piece.
Hate to Say it But……..
Check it out here.
Where Did the Machine Go?
Twitter mostly. But also using August as my much needed time to catch up on what I need to do with my life. Fixing odds and ends around our house. Getting ready for a crazy work-related trip abroad (more on that later). Catching up with friends, too.
I miss blogging, so I’ll be back soon.
Took this bit of video during my trip to Turkey. The sounds of the prayer calls emanating from the hundreds of mosques throughout the city will be one of my favorite memories.
Gastronomical Nirvana?
Oh.
My.
God.
Check out this amazing new piece of American cuisine over on That Make Again List blog. Yes. That’s a Ham Dog. What’s a Ham Dog, you say?
A ham dog is a hotdog that is wrapped in ground beef then deep fried. They then place it on a hoagie roll, top it with chilli, grilled onions, and a fried egg. (via supersized meals)
Oh, I know what you’re thinking. You’re “too good” for a ham dog. Only a “crazy” person would eat something like that. I can just “hear your arteries clogging as I read this blog post.”
Well I’ll tell you what. The Machine isn’t going to let a little thing like heart disease get in the way of sampling a new American tradition. As soon as I’m able, I’m going to run (ok, drive) to Shoppers and pickup the ingredients to make one. I’ll even post my photos to Flickr. (I’ll tag my pics with “gastronomical nirvana” and “stool softener” if you want to find them).
If this is as good as it looks, I’ll wager that in 5 years, every main street festival in America will have a Ham Dog stand. In fact, candidates running for every political office in the land will trip over themselves wanting to be photographed eating one. Even Marc Summers over at The Food Channel will devote an entire episode of Unwrapped to how these are made.
Don’t be a food snob. You know you want it.
