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Economic Flowchart

Also,
Do you like PhD Comics?
I think this one is brilliant
You probably will, too, even if you have no idea what PhDComics is …

Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

That’s actually a Fox news title. Here’s the story. Ironic, and yet, funny …
The oldest animal in the world WAS a rather unassuming clam. Now it’s something else. I liked this quote especially, from a postdoc on the scene:
“For our work, it’s a bonus, but it wasn’t good for this particular [...]

“Doesn’t this thing have a reverse gear?”

Only one man could so completely satirize the left, the right, the center, candidates, voters, men, women, children, himself, the books he’s read, the book he’s written, and the very paper he’s writing in, at once.
I love this man.
And yes, David B., this one’s for you (just a little bit). I miss your TV [...]

Ludicrous

From WIRED: Woman Sues Over Apple’s iPhone Price Cut

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A New York woman is so angry at Apple Inc. for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she’s filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages … According to Li’s lawsuit, filed on Sept. 24 in the U.S. District [...]

How a Millionaire’s Brain Works

This is a great article (from FortuneWatch.com). I can’t add anything to it, so I’ve just posted it below. Enjoy
A man walked into a bank in New York City one day and asked for the loan officer.
He told the loan officer that he was going to Philippines on business for two [...]

… and we’re back.

I think this story is just hysterical … I love the Human Element

Handcuffed kids steal U.S. border agent car
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Three Mexican minors detained in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs stole a U.S. Border Patrol car while still wearing handcuffs and drove it back across the border to Mexico.
Police in [...]

Small moments (”We’re not in Kansas any more…”)

I find that the details add up toM a greater picture. A few details from my life, for you:
“when my life is over!!”
Was talking with my apartment-mate, Charlene (19, blond, from Florida and now from Washington, DC), and she was telling me about an ex-boyfriend she’s still good friends with, “the kind of guy,” [...]

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