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Conan O'Brien and David Letterman mock their common enemy Jay Leno - VIDEO | Amy Andrews Gossip Girl | IrishCentral
Sat May 19, 2012
- onan O’Brien joined David Letterman on “The Late Show” where they entertained themselves by mocking fellow late night host, Jay Leno. Over the years, star of “The Tonight Show”, Jay Leno has been favored by NBC over both O’Brien and Letterman. The two hosts sp …
* * * Bar Room Debates - Call for Admins * * *
Fri May 18, 2012
- i'll take it
Neil Gaiman Shares His Reading Habits
Fri May 18, 2012
- If you could require the president to read one book, what would it be? One of mine. Preferably on a day when he gets asked a really awkward question at a press conference he’d rather not answer. So he’d distract them by going, “The economy? Bombing Iran? Wall Street? You know. . …
A DVR Ad Eraser Causes Tremors at TV Upfronts
Thu May 17, 2012
- The disruptive technology at hand is an ad eraser, embedded in new digital video recorders sold by Charles W. Ergen’s Dish Network, one of the nation’s top distributors of TV programming. Turn it on, and all the ads recorded on most prime-time network shows are automatically skipped …
A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg; Borowitz Report
Thu May 17, 2012
- A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg excerpt:" On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook.
This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone - NYTimes.com
Mon May 14, 2012
- excerpt:"PORING through Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel’s new book, “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets,” I found myself over and over again turning pages and saying, “I had no idea.” I had no idea that in the year 2000, as Sandel notes, &ldq …
Interview With Edgardo David Holzman, Author of Malena
Sun May 13, 2012
- Thanks to Mr. Holtzman for the interview and to Victoria for setting up the interview.
Fox Cancels Alcatraz and The Finder, Renews Touch
Fri May 11, 2012
- Reactions to this news? Personally I gave up on both shows that were cancelled and am not surprised by the news
Why Mitt Romney is No Longer the Worst Person in America to Run for President « Borowitz Report
Tue May 8, 2012
- The following open letter to America was published today by former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum: My Fellow Americans: I am writing to you today to endorse Mitt Romney for President of the United States. Now, some of you may recall that during the campaign, I took a slightly different pos …
An epidemic of special needs kids heads for a crisis of care - The Daily Beast
Tue May 8, 2012
- Good piece in the new issue of Newsweek about an important topic I wrote here about some of my work in special education (I just resumed such work in recent days after a number of years doing direct care with this population in their homes)

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

A cynical idealist; To Read Me Is to Know Me (Mostly)

Member Since: 2/2007
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