http://www.hearditinabar.com The site where friends talk about the relevant topics of the day Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:29:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not that it's another tragic celebrity death, not that it's another young  life taken so early...these are all troubling and sad in their own right. It's another tragic case of someone getting caught up in the web of drugs...the legal type! It truly saddens me that so many of these stars seek ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/12/23/brittany-murphys-death-is-troubling/ By far one of my favorite websites of late is called GraphJam.com.  Essentially, the website attempts to break down the world and how we interact with it in a series of graphs.   It is hilarious when you see how the world around us can be so easily summed up in ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/12/11/internet-fun-for-the-weekend/ U.S. Workers are still filing a large amount of unemployment claims and this is after five weeks of declines in this area. Where are the culprits and which industries are still hurting?  It's apparent as we have seen over the last year is that a gradual stabilization of the economy does not ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/12/10/so-why-are-more-companies-not-yet-hiring/ This website is not a help desk for Facebook but it's a civic duty to keep the American public aware of all possible natural disasters!! Facebook is down!  Facebook is down!  Don't toss your Iphone in the river or hurl it at your wife and complain that it doesn't work worth ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/12/10/facebook-is-down-facebook-is-down-542-cst/ It's tough not to hear Tiger Woods' name in the media of late with all this marital infedelity hoopla and now text messages coming out from his brood of women across the country.  Frankly, it's getting old and let's focus our attention on those athletes who don't get all the attention.  Especially ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/12/09/hot-new-golfer-to-challenge-tigers-limelight/ The story and the jokes can finally come to an end.  Sports fans throughout the midwest have been following the fate of KU head football coach Mark Mangino and allegations that he verbally and physically abused his  players. Well fans, now that he has resigned and the weeks of rumors and ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/12/04/eight-years-of-success-turns-into-one-year-of-demise-for-kansas-coach-mark-mangino/ Of course we couldn't wait too long before throwing in our own two cents about the Woods story, it wouldn't be American! I'm getting to the point where I'm getting angry because this is now a public issue.  It's private until Tiger hopped behind the wheel and crashed his vehicle.  It's private until ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/11/30/tigers-cat-is-almost-out-of-the-bag/ What's wrong ABC?  You can't allow a very flamboyant and talented singer on GMA? However, you have prime time shows that openly display homosexual men/women and sometimes they kiss!  Brothers and Sisters, Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy, they all have gay characters who quite frequently engaged in PDA.   Granted, these are actors but ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/11/24/come-on-abc-lambert-only-kissed-another-guy-big-deal/ Interesting story out of Quebec, if you haven't read the article, do so.  Once again, a story comes along that just sends my editorial neurons out of whack.  So, you go to the doctor and are diagnosed with severe depression...so severe that she is forced to go on short term disability ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/11/23/wow-those-facebook-pics-sure-got-some-attention/ Seriously, I don't care that you have a new book....I don't care that you have a tattered relationship with your daughter's "baby daddy"...and I find absolutely nothing of this fascinating in the least.  It's all over TV, she's been on every talk show on earth....all for what?   To increase exposure ... http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/11/18/palin-go-away/