Archive for June, 2008
bill gates – act II
will bill gates remember which office to go to monday morning? when lost in thought he apparently sometimes drives to the microsoft offices without realizing it. let’s hope he doesn’t forget he gave a teary farewell speech to microsoft employees last week when he retired from his full time position as microsoft’s chief software architect. [...]
one container, many uses
this morning was met with the news of the passing in, what i like to consider, the comfort food industry. wilber hardee, founder of hardee’s died of a heart attack at the age of 89. some other greats we’ve said goodbye this year include:
· Baskin Robbins founder Irvine Robbins at 90
· Fatburger founder Lovie Yancey [...]
check’s in the mail
to sallie mae, your ex, your kids, or some combination of them all. about $1B in stimulous rebate checks were confiscated by the u.s. treasury to pay down the debts of the deadbeats on-track to receive them. of that $1B:
55% went for child support
39% went for for federal debts such as student loans [...]
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the claude monet painting, le bassin aux nympheas fetched a record $80M at auction today. this beat out the previous record for a monet when le pont du chemin de fer a argenteuil sold in may for $41M. the proud owners wish to remain anonymous. my bet is that it was [...]
price of paradise
to follow up on the time for a diet story and to add a few new ones to the price is… ridiculous list, here are some prices you can expect to find at the the local grocery store in hawaii:
kraft cheese slices – $7.19
jiffy peanut butter – $8.25
lettuce – $1.99 per lb
tomatoes on the vine [...]
pretty pretty light
lightning safety week is upon us once again this week (june 22-28). it’s estimated that there are 25 million lightning flashes per year and on average, 62 people are struck and killed by lightning each year. 98% of those killed were male, 30% are males between the ages of 20-25, 25% were standing under a [...]
a "mini-martha", if you will
the seventeen pregnant young ladies in gloucester, ma did not share a “blood oath” binding together their decision to get pregnant at the same time–they were just plain old dopey teenagers without access to birth control. but let’s not dwell on these parts of the story. this is america. let’s think about how somebody can [...]
