Posted on September 25, 2009 by Larissa Young
Courtesy AdAge.com – Twitter is raising a massive $100 million round of funding from seven sources, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Twitter, which has already raised $55 million, has become a valuable resource for brands, both big, national ones and local ones, and can act as both a broadcast and a listening tool.
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Posted on April 23, 2009 by Larissa Young
Some of you know. Some of you know and don’t care. Some of you neither know, nor care, but I’m feeling great right now and want to share this.
I’ll have you know I’m in a really good mood this morning due to looking this stuff up right now.
Rumors about The State coming to [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2009 by Larissa Young
President Barack Obama has a tempting target in his sight: credit card companies that are abusing their customers. He meets today with representatives of the businesses, which are fighting new regulations that would protect consumers.
Full article: http://voices.kansascity.com/node/4338
Here’s hoping that whatever he does allows me to go from 29.9% back down to 10%, where it [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Larissa Young
First off, the stimulus package will be voted on tomorrow:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/12/stimulus/index.html
Secondly, here’s what it would entail.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/11/news/economy/stimulus_individuals/index.htm?postversion=2009021122?cnn=yes
And thirdly, the link that almost made me put my fist through the monitor… remember that chick who decided that having EIGHT MORE KIDS was awesome? Apparently she can’t pay her bills with unconditional love AND IS ASKING FOR DONATIONS ONLINE
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/12/octuplets.mom/index.html
THAT’S [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2009 by Larissa Young
1. The American economy is indescribable.
2. I suppose Chris & Rihanna are relevant because if we take our minds of the insane economy, we need to look at someone else’s relationship instead of our own.
3. 1. Jessica Simpson isn’t fat, can everyone just shut up now?
4. Not just poor people should experience this.
5. Can I [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2009 by Larissa Young
Being three hours behind (and waking up at 1030AM PST), I had to watch the inauguration via clips on CNN.com, so the build-up of the entrance, oath, speech and eventual exit weren’t the same as if watching on TV. It DEFINITELY wasn’t the same as being there, but honestly my apartment is much warmer [...]
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Posted on January 1, 2009 by Larissa Young
Heading out with a friend from high school to celebrate, but here’s to making it through another year. Remember, your year is only as awesome as you make it.
Happy 2009!
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Posted on December 3, 2008 by Larissa Young
…praise the lord!
I won’t even get into a full rant, because that would require too much energy. He just needs to go away now. My bitterness towards him might not be so overwhelming if my neighbors didn’t play his crap every weekend on the same looping playlist with MIA and Daft Punk and [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2008 by Larissa Young
So, yeah, some of you are sad that Obama won, but hey – at least it’s balanced out by the fact that all those pesky gays won’t be getting married anytime soon and wrecking your traditional lives with all their wedding festivities. Sorry, no champagne for you!
Here is the list of all of the organizations, [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2008 by Larissa Young
Things that are bad include the following.
http://io9.com/5077742/students-quarantined-in-university-as-epidemic-unfolds
Let’s hope this gets contained and controlled quickly. In the meantime, I may never eat instant ramen again.
[further edits afoot]
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