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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Rube Goldberg on Life
I always like these engineering type contests. This video is about building a Rube Goldberg contraption to dispense hand lotion. You could make a case they’re an apt metaphor for how things get done in the real world. Give a … Continue reading
EnergyStar Lowers the Bar
Congressional investigators found the EnergyStar program to be rife with incompetence or outright fraud. They submitted and got approved a ‘gasoline powered alarm clock’. They also got approved an ‘air purifier’ that was a space heater with a feather duster … Continue reading
Monkey Business at the TSA
I can now sleep more soundly knowing the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has got all the bases covered. Their operations manual contains a section on how to search a service monkey. You can read here what a service monkey is … Continue reading
Bewildered by Sarah Palin
Look out! Sarah Palin’s coming back to TV with a new show on TLC. At least they kept her back in Alaska. The new show’s title is ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’. How original. This article had some great ideas for a … Continue reading
Dealing With the GOP is Like Child’s Play
It was bad enough watching members of the GOP encourage the nutbags who were shouting racial epithets to exiting Congressmen. Now we have the makings of a temper tantrum by refusing to work past 2:00 pm. Who elected these people? … Continue reading
Health Care is Done. Get Over It.
I’m glad to see the Health Care bill pass. How it will affect people down the line is mostly unknown because there are too many variables for anyone to be able to predict with any certainty. What I do know … Continue reading
Jesse James Scandal vs. Tiger Woods
I thought Tiger did a poor job of selecting mistresses but Jesse James has done him one better. A tattooed, divorced, single mom stripper. Not that there’s anything wrong with that per se, but not exactly the makings for a … Continue reading
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Tagged jesse james, payday, sandra bullock, stripper, tiger woods
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It’s The People That Count
I had dinner this past weekend with some friends, one of whom is Persian, to celebrate the Persian new year. A good time was had by all. Needless to say, this day does not garner much attention given modern day … Continue reading
Companies ,Not Basketball, Harm Productivity
There’s always talk this time of year about how much productivity is lost because of the NCAA Basketball tournament. I would take those numbers with a grain of salt. This article debunks most of the estimates but it misses one … Continue reading
Enraged Pope Sends Letter
There’s a scandal brewing (again) in the Catholic church regarding the sexual abuse of young boys by the priesthood. You would have thought they cleaned this up after the scandals in the USA. Nope. Now all of Europe is engulfed … Continue reading
Tiger to Come Out of Hiding for The Masters
Tiger’s coming back! Let the media frenzy begin. Now we get to hear everybody’s (and I mean everybody’s) opinion all over again. It’ll be fun to see the paparazzi vs. the old curmudgeons that run the Masters. I’ll put my … Continue reading
The AMA Declares War on Pizza
Here comes another stupid study from the American Medial Association. This time they suggest charging more for pizza to make us all healthier. The idea is so ludicrous that I wonder if they’re not paid on a per-study basis, content … Continue reading
The Seeds of a Dispute
The genesis of rising food prices may start with the seeds. Monsanto is using their market dominance to drive up seed prices. Farmers used to pay just for the seeds but now they must ‘license’ the genes in Monsanto’s genetic … Continue reading
Dysfunctional Financial Regulation
This is a good example of our dysfunctional government. The two parties are arguing over new banking rules that will have no effect. By the time anything gets passed it’s so watered down as to be meaningless. Consumer financial protection … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, contagion, dodd, financial regulation, Limerick Poems
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Walk Softly but Parry with Your Walking Stick
Here’s and interesting video of a guy teaching older folk how to use their walking sticks as a weapon. Good idea! He teaches a few martial arts moves to ward off attackers. I always thought those things looked dangerous…except for … Continue reading
