Archive for April, 2008

You Get What You Pay For

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Usually anyway…
Ran across this quote today and it made me happy:
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who buy by price alone are this man’s lawful prey. -John Ruskin
I was thinking that while you do get what you pay for, [...]

Wealth and Happiness

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Proof that money can’t buy happiness:
Rupert Murdoch is worth ~8.8 billion dollars and looks like this:

Richard Branson is only worth ~7.9 billion and looks like this:

See that? That’s almost a BILLION dollars difference. Branson only owns 1 space ship, 1 record label, 1 island, and 1 airline and he’s obviously happier than Murdoch [...]

New Bloggishness!

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

So a friend (who prefers anonymity) has a blog. WEIRD. Anyway- check it out. Joe Space Tourist!
Now linked to the right. Check it out.
Anyway- He spoke today about what his presidency would be like. Basically, he was told that he would be a better president than GWB and proceeded to [...]

Rocket Packs and the future

Monday, April 14th, 2008

This post has NOTHING to do with rocket packs.
We keep getting promised things that will be “the next big thing” or “By 1999 we’ll all have rocket packs and flying cars.” Now- having been a driving instructor, I understand that people have a hard enough time navigating in two dimensions. Give them a third [...]

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