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Monday, May 11, 2009
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The Headlines
Advertising Losses Put Squeeze on TV News
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Boom Boom Pow"
The Black Eyed Peas
#1 at the box office
Angels & Demons
The must-have
Zhu Zhu Pets
On This Day
An American soldier in Iraq opens fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five other US soldiers and wounding three.
Wikipedia →Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Andrés Iniesta (1984)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Thibaut Courtois (1992)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
sketchypeepsnewbie
Text Speak
brblolomgrofltmi
Emo
rawrsqueescene
Reality Tv
you're firedthe tribe has spoken
Tech Check
Bitcoin, WhatsApp, Uber & Windows 7.
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
6,234 days ago
(17 years, 29 days)