March 2007

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Chocolate improves blood vessel function
03.26.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Study finds that Chocolate improves blood vessel function:

During the six-week trial, 45 people were given 8 ounces (227 grams) of cocoa without sugar, cocoa with sugar or a placebo each day.
An upper arm artery’s ability to relax and expand to accommodate increased blood flow — known as flow mediated dilation, or FMD — was measured [...]
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The CEO Mega-Mansion Factor
03.26.07 | Permalink | Comment?

The CEO Mega-Mansion Factor: “Finance professors David Yermack of New York University and Crocker Liu of Arizona State University looked at the relationship between stock performance and the size of a CEO’s home. The bigger or pricier the house, they found, the greater the risk of lackluster shares.”
While I appreciate the sentiment, could it be [...]
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Interesting photo from national geo
03.26.07 | Permalink | Comment?

See for yourself (thanks b): “Soil blows onto the lake from a nearby dry valley, warms in the sun, and melts downward, leaving a bubble column in its trail.”
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Yes but I’m different
03.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

From the NYT, Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic (thanks dad). Turns out that you really can’t read, eat, talk on the phone, blog and drive at the same time. Who knew?
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Kids remember to stay away from pumpkins
03.14.07 | Permalink | Comment?

“We came home to a squirrel eating our pumpkins. They were fermented. The squirrel was drunk.”
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Cats or dogs
03.12.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Because Penni lives in the blog ghetto I’m going to steal her thread with a poll.
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Tasting hamburger helper
03.11.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

There we are, in the packaged foods aisle, wondering just what to have for dinner. Time is tight and nobody really wants to spend all evening cooking. Right next to us is the ginormous Hamburger Helpertm section, with Tuna Helpertm right next to it. Those flirtatious photos on the cover are convincing; the only challenge [...]
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Obama and McCain on presidential fund raising
03.05.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

WSJ: Weekend at Obama’s. Obama and McCain agree to “accept public money and spending limits for the 2008 general election” if both nominated. Finally some interest in sanitizing the fund raising arms raise.
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WSJ on market slide
03.05.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

From the WSJ, Slide Leaves Cash in Uncertain Position: Out of Stocks, and Into …?. Wow, I hadn’t cought that the Vix jumped 70% last week.
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Day trip to LA
03.05.07 | Permalink | Comment?

In LA today to give the “keynote” at Angelbeat: “Novell keynote on its Microsoft partnership & running Linux & Windows simultaneously.” Of course by keynote they mean exactly the same as everybody else.