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Archive for September, 2007
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007Mad Money by Jim Cramer
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Breean checked out Mad Money by Jim Cramer from the library for me the other day. I was pretty skeptical cause he’s such a nutcase but the book is actually pretty good. I recommend it for some pretty simple but reasonable investing advice.
Red Bull Soapbox Race comes to Seattle
Sunday, September 30th, 2007We went to see the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Fremont yesterday. Apparently it’s in a different city every year and this year was Seattle’s turn.
Breean’s favorite the Rollin’ Troll of Fremont came in third.
I liked Team Spicoli (no pic) but fittingly they did not place.
Why does the LAX terminal 3 food suck so much
Thursday, September 27th, 2007When you fly out of terminal 3 at LAX (Alaska and a couple other small airlines) the food choices consist of Starbucks, Burger King, a CPK “Express” (how can a place that calls itself CPK not have pizza?) and some crappy sports bar. This is 2007 people! Airports like Seattle, Denver and SF all have kick ass food… why in the world does LAX suck so much? You can’t eat muffins for dinner and I’m never, ever going back to BK. Only choice is some crappy hot dogs or (my choice tonight) a chicken quesadilla.
limo4me: the best Seattle town car service
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Because my 2002 post about flying to Phoenix somehow gets enough search traffic that somebody recently offered me $35 to place an ad on that page (still waiting on the reply!), I thought I would point out a business I’ve been using and highly recommend.
When we moved to Seattle two years ago, I knew very quickly that I would need a dependable town car service to the airport. Taxis are more expensive from our house (when they show up) so I looked around a bit. The guys at Limo4me.net have been on time absolutely every time I’ve called and have reasonable rates. What more could you ask for?
Saturday night in a yurt
Monday, September 24th, 2007We spent Saturday in Yurt #4 in the Yurts at Kayak Point. If you haven’t spent a night in a yurt before, I highly recommend it.
While it was certainly exciting when our key would no longer open the deadbolt and the park ranger had to break the window (okay, pry out the plexiglass) to open our door; what we most enjoyed was Niko’s first experience with a sleeping bag.
Women earning more than men
Monday, September 24th, 2007From the nyt: Putting Money on the Table:
For the first time, women in their 20s who work full time in several American cities – New York, Chicago, Boston and Minneapolis – are earning higher wages than men in the same age range, according to a recent analysis of 2005 census data by Andrew Beveridge, a sociology professor at Queens College in New York.
For instance, the median income of women age 21 to 30 in New York who are employed full time was 17 percent higher than that of comparable men.Professor Beveridge said the gap is largely driven by a gulf in education: 53 percent of women employed full time in their 20s were college graduates, compared with 38 percent of men. Women are also more likely to have graduate degrees. “They have more of everything,” Professor Beveridge said.
Why those cities? What makes Chicago different from Portland? Why not Denver?
CNN goes to Ithaca
Monday, September 17th, 2007From CNN.com (thanks Thanh): In the lush land of the Finger Lakes.
Lately we’ve been thinking about Ithaca and the farmer’s market and Solaz Burritos and the apples (and apple donuts mmmm)…
How does the carbon credit market work
Sunday, September 9th, 2007A friend of mine was telling me this week about someone who drives a big SUV but buys carbon credits to assuage his liberal guilt. Does that work the other way?
If Joe Blow can buy carbon credits can he also sell them? For the right price I could certainly be persuaded to telecommute for a day… can I sell that as a credit on an open market? Or is the sell side only open to pollution-spewing Simpson-esque nuclear power plants looking for suckers to pay for environmental improvements?