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European Umbrellas and American Rowboats

I had coffee the other evening with a German lawyer. “You know,” he said, “in Germany, we don’t even have a lot of the [menial] jobs that you have here in the states. Like those people who fill your grocery bags at the supermarket - in Germany, the stores can’t afford them. A [...]

Istanbul

Soooo… I thought I’d post Istanbul pictures. (If you’re not sure where Istanbul is, go here to find out…)

So this is Sultanahmet, the old city. I loved the cobblestone streets. The hotel was about three blocks from here.
Down the street a little (to the right of picture 1; if you keep going down [...]

My first new car

… will look like this:

This is from BusinessWeek, an article/slide show titled “Auto design students imagine the hybrid vehicle of the future in a sponsored student class“
… ok, so the title isn’t much, but the cars are cool! Check this one out:

I was struck as much by the similarities of the cars (tinted windows, [...]

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