“Sir, as an investor and a concerned citizen, I demand that you force our financial institutions to show greater transparency and openness in their financial reporting!”
“Blow me.”
(via Metafilter)
Subprime mortgages explained
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Brassica soup
Monday, February 4, 2008
via Plastic
3 heads broccoli, freshest
1 head cauliflower, freshest
1 turnip
3 large carrots
1 yellow onion
14 oz can coconut milk
chicken broth
Parmesan cheeseChop veggies, put in a big pot with the coconut milk. Add chicken broth to cover. Boil until carrots are mushy. Blend until creamy while hot. Salt & pepper to taste. Serve with Parmesan cheese.
A gift idea for next Christmas
Monday, January 14, 2008
Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their energy needs.
Paper money is obsolete
Monday, January 14, 2008
Mysterious $100 ‘supernote’ counterfeit bills appear across world
The only way to distinguish some of the “supernotes,” experts say, is to compare photographically blown-up sections with magnifying instruments, […] About $50 million of the mystery money has been seized since 1989.
Doris Lessing
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
On not winning the Nobel Prize
I am sure that everyone here, making a speech will know that moment when the faces you are looking at are blank. Your listeners cannot hear what you are saying: there are no images in their minds to match what you are telling them. In this case, of a school standing in dust clouds, where water is short, and where, at the end of term, a just killed goat cooked in a great pot is the end of term treat.
Is it really so impossible for them to imagine such bare poverty?
I do my best. They are polite.
I’m pretty sure of this lot there will be some who will win prizes.
Not me!
Friday, November 2, 2007
(also not me, though i met the guy at a gaming convention in Calgary once)
Ancient History
Thursday, October 18, 2007
“THE GORE EXCEPTION”
A Layman’s Guide
to the United States Supreme Court Decision
in Bush v. Gore
Q: I’m not a lawyer and I don’t understand the recent Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore. Can you explain it to me?
A: Sure. I’m a lawyer. I read it. It says Bush wins, even if Gore got the most votes.
Q: But wait a second. The US Supreme Court has to give a reason, right?
A: Right.
