October 2008
14 posts
Raoul and The Kings of Spain
When the seventh son of the seventh son
Comes along and breaks the chains
Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Making it plain, making it sane
To turn this loss into a gain
Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Did you know your father was an island
Did you know your mother was the sea
Can we ever hope to seek asylum
From the bounds...
So long, suckers. Millionaire hedge fund boss...
Andrew Clark in New York
The boss of a successful US hedge fund has quit the industry with an extraordinary farewell letter dismissing his rivals as over-privileged “idiots” and thanking “stupid” traders for making him rich.
Andrew Lahde’s $80m Los Angeles-based firm Lahde Capital Management in Los Angeles made a huge return last year by betting against subprime...
Police: Rally's Sandwich Contained 10 Grams Of...
CINCINNATI, Ohio
An Ohio woman ordered a sandwich at a fast-food restaurant, and it contained crack cocaine, she said.
NewsChannel5’s Cincinnati affiliate WCPO reported that what was just supposed to be a quick stop for a couple of fish sandwiches ended up being the catalyst for an undercover police investigation.
“Immediately, I didn’t notice it, as a matter of fact I was...
Why are baby boomers killing themselves?
They are among the most comfortably-off, affluent, secure people who’ve
ever lived on this planet: the baby boomers conceived in the rising
affluence of post-war America. So why have middle-aged white men and
women in the US begun to kill themselves at a rate that now makes them
one of the most suicide-prone groups in the US? The trend
emerged from an analysis of US suicide data between 1999...
Internet searches stimulate brain more than books
Searching the Internet may stimulate and help improve brain function more than reading a book.
Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles have found that searching the web triggers centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning in middle-aged and older adults. But while web browsing may spark more neurons than mere book-reading, the study says, this only...
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Downsizers vs. Upsizers
Quote of the Day: “Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.” - Charley Reese
Subject: Downsizers vs. Upsizers
The media tells us that the Presidential campaign is bitter and nasty. They tell us the partisanship in Congress is poisonous.
But the real poison is that Washington isn’t partisan enough. If it actually was...
The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle...
So with all the recent news about the Large Hadron Collider, many of you may have this nagging question: what, exactly, would happen if you stick your head in the particle accelerator?
Well, actually, we know the answer to that because someone did stick his head into a particle accelerator. Here’s the story of Anatoli Bugorski:
Bugorski, a 36-year-old researcher at the Institute for High Energy...
the prize of realization
The youth and their present time is always the best time to live. It’s your world, your history. A bit later you’ll find yourself in a younger world, trying to make sense of what’s going on around you. And you’ll wish to become that young person again.