Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Trade Gilbert
Now I don’t think Cleveland will loose, but if they do, I think the absence of Gilbert’s pathetic Defense will be a reason. How much longer will “bad” players get accolades for throwing up lots of shots. Of course bad is a misnomer. What is a better term is over-rated, specifically how those allowed to [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Good summary of why McCain is not so good for the economy
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2008/04/brad-delong-mcc.html
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Chinese men are the worst lovers
While this is an inflammatory title, all the info I am using came from a newspaper…published in Singapore….a Chinese-dominated country. They didn’t publish how they collected the stats, and I certainly don’t care enough to check their methodology, but I figure if the story can be run in the newspaper, it is certainly fair game [...]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Leviathan by Auster
I am not quite sure what to make of Leviathan. I was not the biggest fan, but I am not sure if this sin is due to the writing, or if it is a book, static as a book must be, which has missed its time for me specifically. The very first page talks about [...]
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Forget the mantra get a job, try get an education
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/business/20view.html?ex=1366344000&en=6e1bd2adf4c662ba&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
A negative externality to black markets
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/health/15glob.html?em&ex=1208577600&en=6cd5a201c822aca4&ei=5087%0A
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
The Central Singapore library
I had previosuly only been to regional libraries: in Orchard and Woodlands. Both were well designed, well appointed, spacious affairs with competent help and a nice coffee shop. I had found the 50 dollar annual investment well worth the effort. So today, needing to re-read “The Quiet American” for my book club, and finding myself [...]
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Brilliant Moments in Shopping
My very kind co-workers got me a Mac gift card for me birthday. (It is nice to have one fellow nerd who you can talk to, and then who can disseminate that information into something you really want). So on Monday the card turned into Civ 4. Very exciting!!! When purchasing the item, the following [...]
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Brilliant Moments in Hygene
My roommate had long noticed that the breathe of some of his students left a bit to be desired. He recently found out why.
He was doing a kinesthetics activity involving putting morning activities in a sequential order. When looking at the first girl’s, he complemented her work, but said that she had one that was [...]
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
‘Some’ divorce may be good for you
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/child-friendly-divorce/
