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Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Though I was at first disinclined to post the above news, my new favorite website convinced me that I probably should. Plus, I definitely know more than one person who has found themselves completely at a loss now that the election is over.

Fortunately, Obama's new website, Change.gov, has posted job offers! Want to compete with 30,000 other people to file papers? Check it out!

Party Rallies Around Obama, Denied

Supporters of Hillary Clinton are beginning to show their support for Barack Obama, two days after her speech conceding victory to Obama. But this photo of North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley denying a fist pound to Sen. Obama shows that it will take time for the primary wounds to heal.

"I know I'm late but I'm on the train." Easley said.

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Perverse and Often Baffling

I was listening to NPR on my way home tonight*, and I caught the end of an amusing series of anecdotes by Malcolm Gladwell about his beginning days as a journalist for the Washington Post. You might get a kick out of listening to its online rebroadcast on This American Life. My favorite part was his contest with his co-worker to use the phrase "raises new and troubling questions" in their articles as many times as possible.

The episode's audio podcast can be found here.

Just click on the link "Full Episode" below the title graphic, and skip ahead to 45:25. The segment runs for 14 minutes.

Hope you enjoy it. If you are interested, the beginning of the episode features the humorous writing room of The Onion, which was also quite amusing.

*Before writing this post, I sent this as an e-mail over to my reporting professors at the University - only to realize that I had begun the e-mail "I was listening to NPR on my home tonight," and came across either as a a complete idiot or a bizarre roof-dwelling radio fan. How embarrassing.