From the day
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Friday, December 19, 2008
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The Headlines
After 30 Years, Economic Perils on China’s Path
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Live Your Life
T.I. featuring Rihanna
#1 at the box office
Yes Man
$18,262,471
The must-have
Wall-E Animatronic
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Karim Benzema (1987)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
sketchypeepsnewbie
Text Speak
brblolomgrofltmi
Emo
rawrsqueescene
Reality Tv
you're firedthe tribe has spoken
Tech Check
App Store, Android (Release), Spotify & Chrome.
Cost of Living (2008)
Loaf of Bread
$1.37
Gallon of Gas
$3.27
Average Home
$229,600
New Car
$25,200
Meanwhile
- The Great Recession — Housing market crash; Lehman Brothers collapse (2008-09-15).
Time Elapsed
6,377 days ago
(17 years, 172 days)