“It’s paid in a lump sum. Richard Kinder, the CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, gets his $1 dollar salary by check every January—that’s 93 cents, after deducting for state and federal taxes. via Is a $1 salary paid all at once or in 4-cent installments? – By Nina Shen Rastogi – Slate Magazine . [...]
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Headed out west for a couple days tomorrow and figured I mention a few interesting things I saw recently, so just a hodgepodge post: Coldplay is being sued for copyright infringement for their song Viva la Vida by guitarist Joe Satriani, (see a YouTube video comparison) check out his much lesser known song in comparison [...]
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I like coffee so much that I have tea for breakfast: The first cup of the day in particular is so good that I’m afraid I won’t be able to properly appreciate it when I am half-asleep. Therefore, I celebrate it two hours later when I am fully conscious. via Coffee – Niemann Opinion Art [...]
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There are a million ways to slight a rival's manhood, but to suggest that he enjoys Zima is one of the worst. Zima was the original "malternative"—a family of alcoholic beverages that eventually came to include such abominations as Smirnoff Ice and Bacardi Silver—and it has long been considered the very opposite of macho: a [...]
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s black labrador dog, Koni, Friday was given a collar that will allow her master to track her movements by satellite. via Putin’s dog gets a satellite collar | U.S. | Reuters At a meeting about Russia’s new GLONASS global positioning system Putin was able to get his black lab setup [...]
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If you hadn’t heard, the Dallas Cowboys are almost done building a new stadium and from the sounds of it it’s a bit over the top. Sounds specially over-the-top compared to some others, especially when you think that Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium is pretty sparse for the ‘biggest’ team in teh world. Reading about [...]
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Phelps kick starts his day and his metabolism with three fried-egg sandwiches…Amuse-bouche out of the way, he throws back two cups of coffee and sits down to an omelette – containing five eggs – and a bowl of grits…three slices of French toast…And to finish: three chocolate chip pancakes.” from the Guardian (link below) So [...]
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Live from SF some pics in front of Hills Bros Coffee (don’t worry I am not drinking any)
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So a bit ago I ordered some new work shirts from Brooks Brothers online during a big sale they had (their non-iron shirts are amazing). Anyway I also ordered a replacement pair of the little knotted string cuff links (the only kind I’ll wear generally, a more casual and cool looking I think , just [...]
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A crazy story that is just to strange to be fake that is written up in the NY Times. Basically in Missouri a man known as “Sergeant Bill,” went around w/ the local police who he convinced that along w/ him they did not need search warrants to enter their homes because he was a [...]
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