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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:08:42 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Thoughts</title><subtitle>Thoughts</subtitle><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/atom.xml"/><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>mydl.me: Managing Your Digital Life</title><category term="Technology"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2009/3/27/mydlme-managing-your-digital-life.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2009/3/27/mydlme-managing-your-digital-life.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-03-27T12:37:03Z</published><updated>2009-03-27T12:37:03Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Scott Bourne and Andy Ihnatko recently started a new blog which covers everything about "managing your digital life." Those guys rule. What more could you ask for? Go <a href="http://mydl.me/">check it out</a> now!<br /><br /><a href="http://mydl.me/">mydl.me</a><br /> <div><br /></div>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Pray your bills away</title><category term="Politics"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2009/2/24/pray-your-bills-away.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2009/2/24/pray-your-bills-away.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-02-24T10:00:55Z</published><updated>2009-02-24T10:00:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[One of the goals of the stimulus is to extend unemployment benefits, and the Republican governors just can't stand the thought of regular unemployed people getting handouts. Their rich Wall Street friends - fine,  but regular joes should be able to pick themselves up by the bootstraps and win one for the gipper - or something. In fact the Republican governor of South Carolina said this the other day to a caller on C-SPAN:

<blockquote>CALLER: I hope you all are not playing politics with this. People in South Carolina are hurting. You know how unemployment rates are high right now and going up higher. We are running out of money in the unemployment bank -- we need money for that, thepeople thatneed help. And I'm one of them, I can't get no help. [...]

SANFORD: Well I'd say hello to Charleston because its home and I'd say hello to this fellow this morning and say that my prayers are going to be with him and his family because it sounds like he is in an awfully tough spot.</blockquote>

That's it... nothing else, he didn't even acknowledge the caller's question. People don't need financial help when they have prayers.

]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Smoke This Recession: Tax The Booze And Legalize The Pot</title><category term="News"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2009/2/20/smoke-this-recession-tax-the-booze-and-legalize-the-pot.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2009/2/20/smoke-this-recession-tax-the-booze-and-legalize-the-pot.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-02-20T18:53:02Z</published><updated>2009-02-20T18:53:02Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Money's tight, baby. City's in trouble. State's deep in the hole. Nation's broke. Solution? Upend the system. Think differently. Get creative. Demolish Ye Olde Ways. And maybe get a really nice buzz on while you're at it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2009%2F02%2F20%2Fnotes022009.DTL">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/political_opinion/Smoke_This_Recession_Tax_The_Booze_And_Legalize_The_Pot">digg story</a>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>It Costs Digg $5 Million a Year to Run the Internet</title><category term="Web"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/12/19/it-costs-digg-5-million-a-year-to-run-the-internet.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/12/19/it-costs-digg-5-million-a-year-to-run-the-internet.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2008-12-19T18:18:29Z</published><updated>2008-12-19T18:18:29Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Perhaps Digg really is the future of the news business. The headline-discussion site, once an icon of the Web 2.0 movement, is losing millions of dollars a year.<br /><br /><a href="http://valleywag.com/5114435/it-costs-digg-5-million-a-year-to-run-the-internet">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/It_Costs_Digg_5_Million_a_Year_to_Run_the_Internet">digg story</a>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Goddamn there are a lot of shitty horror movies</title><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/10/22/goddamn-there-are-a-lot-of-shitty-horror-movies.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/10/22/goddamn-there-are-a-lot-of-shitty-horror-movies.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2008-10-22T14:32:32Z</published><updated>2008-10-22T14:32:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I was going through Netflix today looking for an actual scary film that I haven't already seen, and you know what - there are none!
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Tina Fey's turn to do Couric as Palin</title><category term="LOL"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/28/tina-feys-turn-to-do-couric-as-palin.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/28/tina-feys-turn-to-do-couric-as-palin.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2008-09-28T14:25:42Z</published><updated>2008-09-28T14:25:42Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Tina Fey does another pitch perfect imitation of Scary Palin, this time mocking her Couric interview which you can find just down the page. The scary part is that it's just about dead on in terms of coherence and acumen.</p>
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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Annoying guy gets knocked the fuck out!</title><category term="LOL"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/25/annoying-guy-gets-knocked-the-fuck-out.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/25/annoying-guy-gets-knocked-the-fuck-out.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2008-09-25T10:20:25Z</published><updated>2008-09-25T10:20:25Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This is so for the win! Dude didn't even spill his drink! LMAO!</p>

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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Another Palin interview / embarrassment</title><category term="Politics"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/25/another-palin-interview-embarrassment.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/25/another-palin-interview-embarrassment.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2008-09-25T09:29:58Z</published><updated>2008-09-25T09:29:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This time with Katie "hard hittin" Couric. LOL and Yikes!</p>

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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Sean Hannity / Sarah Palin "Infomercial"</title><category term="Politics"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/19/the-sean-hannity-sarah-palin-infomercial.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/19/the-sean-hannity-sarah-palin-infomercial.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2008-09-19T13:02:46Z</published><updated>2008-09-19T13:02:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Well it might as well have been. Hard hitting this is not.</p>

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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL</title><category term="LOL"/><id>http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/17/tina-fey-as-sarah-palin-on-snl.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.budkin.com/thoughts/2008/9/17/tina-fey-as-sarah-palin-on-snl.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2008-09-17T10:59:32Z</published><updated>2008-09-17T10:59:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Most of you have probably seen this by now but it's just too good not to post everywhere. They nailed it. Too bad the rest of the episode was pure garbage.</p>

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