Archive for May, 2009

…most people aren’t going to understand. That’s too bad, because if people were allowed to be greedy without limits, we’d all end up paying less. Greed is worse than a moral defect; it is a cause of foolish pricing. That is why markets know it when they see it. And when markets are allowed to operate, greed generates its own punishment. via Greed’s Saving Graces.

I plan on looking into these if I can ever find the time.

Is Richard an agent of anti-Jacob? Richard told Locke he had to kill his father, then Locke got someone else (Sawyer) to do it. Richard also told Ben to kill his fater, and Ben did it. Was Richard in search of this pair of peope–one who would kill his father/Father and one who would have somone else do it? Ben thought Jacob lived in the cabin, but it appears that   Read More ...

What do you mean the 90s sucked? Alyssa Milano has it right. The Uncler w/ Uncle Sam and Alyssa Milano from Alyssa Milano

Top 4 Tips On What To Wear To A Beginner Hip Hop Class. Yeah, I laugh too. But I haven’t heard much hip hop lately that holds a candle to them. Will anybody still know every word to a Mike Jones song in 25 years? Ok, maybe that’s a bad example.

From Michael Silence: Again, your great-, great-, great-, great-, great-, great-grandchildren will be paying for this one. Yet the critics of Tea Parties typical retort is “aren’t 95% of you getting a tax cut?”  Well, I’m not sure how you feel about it, but it still doesn’t make stealing from your posterity to pay for it ok.

Darth Greenspan: Anakin Skywalker was a tremendously talented young boy discovered by Obi Wan Kenobi, who initially believed that Anakin was the “Chosen One” foretold by a Jedi prophecy to bring balance to the Force and restore harmony to the universe. Greenspan reminds me more of Mel Brooks in Spaceballs, but it’s a pretty interesting analogy. Read it all if this is the kind of thing than interests you.

How could that be true? How The Private Sector, Not The Feds, Is Tracking Stimulus Spending in Real Time.

Because Joe Biden is AWESOME! Shirtless Biden Washes Trans Am In White House Driveway | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.

I guess those two terms in juvie back in the day didn’t rehabilitate him after all. Mamie chimes in as well… “It makes me sad and heartbroken. I try to preach and preach and preach, but nobody will listen to me,” Mamie said. “I think this here will teach Jesco White a big lesson.” No word as to whether or not Jessie and/or Elvis were arrested in connection. MTV Producers   Read More ...

I’ll pass, thanks. But BubbleTweet is not a bad idea.

At our house, we account for the emergency fund before we have an emergency.

I like the term “JetBlue states“.

But if you can’t swing it, you can at least try your best to be fiscally conservative. H/T Six Meat Buffet

Over the years, this three step course on hailing a taxi like a pimp has come in quite handy. Get your Pimp Name How to be a true PIMP.