Yearly Archives November 6, 2008

French fries gave it a valiant effort, but it appears no one will ever top bacon.  Amusing screenshot from election night of a local TV station in Colorado. Kind of reminds me of when we spotted a Crystal...

Gleflog writes that before stat genius Nate Silver was writing Five Thirty Eight, he ran a Burrito Bracket to find the best burrito in Wicker Park. The McDouble replaces the double cheeseburger on the...

Who doesn't love peanut butter?  It is a universal unifier.  If you don't love peanut butter, I don't really want to be your friend. When I saw these Bamba Peanut Snacks at Giant, I was intrigued. ...

No matter who you are supporting, don't forget to vote! Mmmmm....candidates...

I just received two sets of delicious election cookies from Eleni’s of NYC c/o a colleague – one featuring Obama and one featuring McCain.Now, I might be reading too much into this, but the...

Per Eick’s earlier message, please get out and vote today. But don’t just listen to me – listen to all the offers for free food after you have voted. How about a star-shaped Krispy...

My company, New Media Strategies  has teamed up with orange juice titan Tropicana to create a Twitter-focused data visualization tool that we’re calling Fresh Squeezed Election Tweets. You can...

Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa went the celebrity chef route with some of their Halloween costumes this year, with Regis impersonating foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsey and Emeril. Kelly Ripa played a down-home,...

From Failblog comes an amusing maple syrup related fail image, from, of all places, my home state of Vermont.  Look closely at the image if you don't get it right...

Time for a little fun with Google Analytics.  Based purely on looking at the stats for So Good, I have to assume that people are obsessing over the election and very little else right now.  Check out the...