A few days ago the governor of Texas made some ham-headed statement about seceding from the USA. Most people asked him to not let the door hit him in the posterior on the way out. Most of the world wants to come to America, STILL, and he wants to leave. Who does he think will [...]
Agriculture is definitely unsexy. You go to your local garden shop, and some wizened old guy tells you the best way to pot or mulch or whatever other verbs/adjectives are applicable to agriculture. But online, it’s a whole new game.
I was very surprised to see sex being used to sell fruit trees. Check this out:
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I will not turn this note into a scathing attack on the NYTimes, but it sure has fallen from grace in my eyes. They hocked their HQ, and are trying to survive in these crazy times. Just recently their stock traded at less than the price of one copy of the Sunday times. I think [...]
People hate Octomom for having octuplets on top of her existing six children. I was initially speculating that her kids would be taken away from her within six months. I thought about it some more and I realized I was wrong. Here’s why.
Octomom is sitting on a goldmine. At the very least, she can sell [...]
Michael Phelps, the man with the wingspan of a large bird, has been photographed using a bong. It is very likely that he was smoking some marijuana.
Since this is a business blog, I want to discuss the problems the ‘morality clause‘ can cause for endorsements. A morality clause usually says that a contract can be [...]
Geithner is Obama’s choice for Treasury secretary. There are several reasons to reject his appointment, although I think our current rubber stamp, do-nothing Senate will wave him through with the equivalent of a slap on the wrist.
He is in favor of the bailout, not just the current bailout, but the last five bailouts. There have [...]
More photos here courtesy of the Guardian
This photo is amazing. First, I would like to know why Nissan would build a test track in the U.K. Are UK drivers really that different from Japanese drivers? Nissan and its predecessor, Datsun, did fine for 20 years before building a test track in the UK. Second, it shows [...]
Storage is the biggest problem most of us face. I have several external drives lying around, containing music, videos, photos, etc. Once every few months I buy yet another drive that is bigger than the sum of all my existing drives, and copy everything onto that drive, and dump that drive at the safe deposit [...]
Ralph’s is a supermarket that is owned by Kroger’s. This company is facing strong competition from Fresh & Easy, which is run by Tesco. It is also fighting off Trader Joe’s.
I don’t think Ralph’s will survive another five years. It does not have Trader Joe’s focus on private labels and turnover, and it does not [...]
I like the seekingalpha.com site. ‘Alpha’ refers to trying to make a movement in the financial markets with no risk. It is very tough to do, almost a mirage. Unless you are Bernard Madoff, feeding all the rich yutzes some Kool-aid.
A gent by the name of Richard Lounsbury, has written a very cogent analysis of [...]
