January 2006

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finance, news
The financial troubles of a billionaire
01.31.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

You gotta love the emails Larry Ellison’s (fifth richest person in the country) accountant sends him [from paul k]:

At the bottom of a document that detailed Ellison’s 2000 debt load, Simon had scrawled a rough accounting of Ellison’s lavish spending, according to deposition testimony:

Life Style — annual $20m
Interest Accrual — annual $75m
Villa [...]
personal
State of the Union
01.31.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

State of the Union

Originally uploaded by smooth.

Boy if there’s anything that’s bad for my health, it’s watching Bush speak. Apparently “hopeful society” sums up our domestic policy.
And ending a speech with “may god bless america” is not exactly going to help anything in my book.
Don’t get me started on the illegal wiretaps domestic terrorism [...]
personal
Comment of the month
01.21.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

The award for most inciteful insightful comment of the month goes to some dude in Canada commenting on my Domino’s Pizza boycott

OMG just eat the food who cares who is behind it u people r crazy like bam crazy just eat fatties
business, finance
Shorting Google?
01.19.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Watching Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) stock these days it’s tough for me not to pull the trigger on my first real-money short. Signs the stock is overvalued and peaking:

PE is close to 100 vs 32 for Yahoo
Analysts are competing for the highest price target for Bloomberg screen space
Google products outside the company’s core competancy in [...]
business
Meetings suck
01.17.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

News to nobody: meetings are bad for you [from /..
personal
Happy 3 mo. Birthday Niko
01.16.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Happy 3 mo. Birthday Niko

Originally uploaded by smooth.

Sorry little buddy, but it’s time to end your cushy lifestyle.
personal
The Chronic of Narnia Rap
01.16.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Another movie rap in an ongoing tingleff.com series… The Chronic of Narnia Rap, an SNL sketch about the Magnolia bakery in NYC. Yummy cupcakes mmmm…
personal
Juneau, AK
01.12.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Juneau, AK

Originally uploaded by smooth.

I flew into Juneau last night for a two night stay. Not as dark as I expected. Actually it seems to be about as gloomy as Seattle right now. I hear the glacier is only 12 miles away but I don’t think I’ll have time to visit.
personal
Something I never would have guessed about babies until having one myself
01.01.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

That it’s easier to fall asleep going 15 mph too fast in the back seat of a taxi driven by a guy speaking Hindi on the phone too loud and too fast, than it is at home in a quiet bedroom with just a nightlight and two parents nearby.