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William Mackey
William MackeyDisappointed to hear that Saab will shortly disappear, following GM's decision to make an orderly wind-down of its operations.Posted at 6:02 PM Dec 18
Mood: thoughtful
William Mackeyis disappointed to hear that Saab will shortly disappear, following GM's decision to make an orderly wind-down of it operations.
Mood:thoughtful
Posted at 5:42 PM Dec 18
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William Mackeyis amused to hear Kristin Davis will mount a challenge against Eliot Spitzer in the Democratic primary for New York State Comptroller.
Mood:working
Posted at 1:42 PM Dec 16
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William Mackeycongratulates Donny Osmond and partner Kym Johnson on winning the Mirror Ball Trophy for season nine of Dancing With the Stars.
Mood:happy
Posted at 1:31 PM Nov 25
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William Mackeyis dazzled by Baker & Hostetler’s $22.1m legal bill for 5 months of work handling the bankruptcy of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
Mood:thoughtful
Posted at 4:48 PM Nov 23
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William Mackeydiscounts the rumor that HaperCollins is considering asking Sarah Palin to pen: "A Stochastic Approach to Analyzing U.S.-Russian Relations."
Mood:working
Posted at 1:12 PM Nov 17
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William Mackeyis curious to know who placed the $14,500 winning bid for the blue satin Mets jacket, with "Madoff" embroidered on the back.
Mood:working
Posted at 3:45 PM Nov 16
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William Mackeycongratulates Wolfram|Alpha in being recognized by Popular Science as "Best of What's New" Grand Award winner in the category of computing.
Mood:working
Posted at 2:24 PM Nov 13
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William Mackeylooks forward to "some serious score-settling with the McCain campaign" in Sarah Palin’s ghost-written memoir "Going Rogue" out November 17.
Mood:working
Posted at 5:35 PM Nov 12
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William Mackeyis reflecting on yesterday evening's screening at Cinestudio of "9" -- Shane Acker's animated post-apocalyptic, fantasy-action film.
Mood:working
Posted at 1:36 PM Nov 10
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William Mackeyis curious to see Disney’s updated Mickey Mouse as he will appear the "Epic Mickey" video game, due for release in 2010.
Mood:working
Posted at 5:11 PM Nov 6
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William Mackeyis betting on Bill Clinton over George W. Bush in their "Minds That Move the World" face off at Radio City Music Hall on February 25, 2010.
Mood:working
Posted at 1:37 PM Nov 4
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William Mackeywonders if Columbia Pictures can line up Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones for reprise performances in "Men In Black III."
Mood:working
Posted at 12:44 PM Oct 30
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William Mackeyis impressed by the Motorola Droid's 3.7 inch 480-by-854-pixel display but not by its shallow keyboard.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:45 PM Oct 29
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William Mackeyis impressed by the news that HarperCollins has forked over a retainer of $1.25 million for Sarah Palin's forthcoming ghost-written book.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:47 PM Oct 28
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William Mackeyagrees with former Pres. George W. Bush, with a 22% approval rating when he left office: "Popularity is fleeting. . . . It's not real."
Mood:working
Posted at 12:32 PM Oct 27
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William Mackeyis looking forward to experiencing the new 64-bit computing environment with Microsoft's formal release of Windows 7.
Mood:working
Posted at 2:52 PM Oct 22
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William Mackeyis unusually unmotivated about splurging $19 to hear former Pres. George W. Bush debut at two "Get Motivated!" business seminars in Texas.
Mood:amused
Posted at 12:11 AM Oct 22
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William Mackeycongratulates Jenson Button in clinching his first Formula One World Champion title at the Brazilian Grand Prix in São Paulo.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:47 PM Oct 19
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William Mackeyis dismayed by new data suggesting that within a decade the Arctic Ocean will be "largely ice free" during summer: goodbye Polar Bears...
Mood:working
Posted at 1:05 PM Oct 15
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William Mackeyis curious to know more about the 9to5Mac report that Apple is on the cusp of releasing an FM radio application for the iPhone.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:54 PM Oct 14
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William Mackeyis disappointed the Nobel Committee has failed to recognize Pres. Bush's groundbreaking research on global economic destabilization factors.
Mood:working
Posted at 2:34 PM Oct 12
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William Mackeywonders if Pres. Bush is shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Economics for delineating the factors necessary for a global economic meltdown.
Mood:relaxed
Posted at 8:32 PM Oct 11
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William Mackeyis delighted by the news that, from this year’s record 205 nominations, President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:15 PM Oct 9
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William Mackeycongratulates Hilary Mantel in winning the Man Booker prize for her novel "Wolf Hall" on the life of Thomas Cromwell, adviser to Henry VIII.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:24 PM Oct 7
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William Mackeycongratulates Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak on winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine.
Mood:working
Posted at 5:17 PM Oct 5
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William Mackeycongratulates the volunteer engineering staff at WWUH 91.3 FM in bringing the new digital studio on the air at 4:35 p.m. this afternoon.
Mood:pleased
Posted at 9:43 PM Oct 1
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William Mackeywonders if HarperCollins will generate a profit on the rumored $7 million advance paid to Sarah Palin for her memoir penned by Lynn Vincent.
Mood:amused
Posted at 1:23 PM Sep 30
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William Mackeywonders who at HarperCollins had the unenviable task of rewriting Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue: An American Life" into comprehensible English?
Mood:amused
Posted at 12:14 PM Sep 29
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William Mackeyis unsurprised by the rumor that L.L. Bean has declined Col. Gaddafi's request to house his herd of tent-eating Libyan camels in Freeport, Maine.
Mood:relaxed
Posted at 7:40 PM Sep 27
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William Mackeyis concerned about the rumor that Col. Gaddafi's herd of tent-eating Libyan camels is now running loose on the streets of Midtown Manhattan.
Mood:amused
Posted at 12:25 AM Sep 26
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William Mackeyremembers Wilma Cozart Fine, who pioneered the introduction of high-fidelity recording of classical music at Mercury Records.
Mood:working
Posted at 1:39 PM Sep 25
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William Mackeyis fascinated by the archeological discovery of the largest trove of Anglo-Saxon gold artifacts ever found in Britain.
Mood:working
Posted at 9:35 PM Sep 24
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William Mackeylooks forward to the publication of Carl Jung's magnum opus "Red Book" on October 7, 2009 by W.W. Norton and Co.
Mood:working
Posted at 1:15 PM Sep 23
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William Mackeyis following the historic four-day rematch between chess grandmasters Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Valencia, Spain.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:42 PM Sep 22
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William Mackeywishes H.G. Wells a happy birthday and also thanks Google for adding UFOs in its homepage logo to mark the author's 143rd birthday.
Mood:working
Posted at 4:45 PM Sep 21
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William Mackeyis speculating Jesse Ventura might make it a three-way versus Hulk Hogan and WWE CEO Linda McMahon for the Senate race against Chris Dodd.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:57 PM Sep 17
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William Mackeywonders about the rumor that Hulk Hogan is moving to Connecticut to contest WWE CEO Linda McMahon for the Senate race against Chris Dodd.
Mood:working
Posted at 2:24 PM Sep 16
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William Mackeywishes a happy birthday to Tommy Lee Jones, member of Harvard's winning football team in the game-of-the-century 29-29 victory over Yale.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:32 PM Sep 15
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William Mackeyis happy to hear Garrison Keillor has been released from hospital and plans to start his new season of "A Prairie Home Companion" in two weeks.
Mood:working
Posted at 4:42 PM Sep 12
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William Mackeyis pleased by P.M. Gordon Brown's posthumous apology for the U.K.'s "inhumane" treatment of Alan Turing, the legendary Enigma codebreaker.
Mood:working
Posted at 4:01 PM Sep 11
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William Mackeynotes, with a nod to Pythagorean numerology, that 09/09/09 happens to be the 252nd day of the year and that 2 plus 5 plus 2 equals 9.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:17 PM Sep 9
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William Mackeysuspects disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's denial that he's considering a political comeback means he's about to announce his candidacy.
Mood:relaxed
Posted at 8:56 PM Sep 1
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William Mackeyis enjoying exploring the many charms of Nantucket with his wife Kari.
Mood:relaxed
Posted at 4:37 PM Aug 24
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William Mackeyis marrying Karilyn Strickland today, Saturday, August 22nd, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Mood:happy
Posted at 3:10 PM Aug 22
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  • Mon
    Mon Posted at 5:28 PM Aug 22
    Congratulations!!! Wish You Both A Happy Married Life!
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William Mackeywishes the British team success in its quest to break the land speed record for a steam-powered car, set in 1906 by Fred Marriott.
Mood:working
Posted at 4:40 PM Aug 20
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William Mackeydiscounts the rumor that Brett Favre is coming out of retirement to play for the New York Yankees for the 2010 baseball season.
Mood:working
Posted at 1:45 PM Aug 19
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  • ~~~Angela~~~
    ~~~Angela~~~ Posted at 2:47 PM Aug 19
    that would be too funny
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William Mackeylooks forward to Monty Python's 40th anniversary on October 15th, with all six members of the troupe at the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan.
Mood:working
Posted at 5:29 PM Aug 18
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William Mackeyis now wondering, with the departure of the Rolling Stones and Radiohead, if EMI Music would be better off without buyout firm Terra Firma.
Mood:working
Posted at 8:09 PM Aug 17
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William Mackeypays tribute to virtuoso guitarist Les Paul, who changed the course of 20th-century popular music with his solid-body electric guitar.
Mood:working
Posted at 12:55 PM Aug 14
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