“If I had to put all of my net worth into stock, that would be the stock.”
- Warren Buffet regarding Wells Fargo
(WFC 5/1/09 $19.61)
Monday, May 4, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
true style
"My style, who I am, is not about my clothing...I am myself, I've always been myself and you don't judge me by what I wear. You judge my by what I say."
-Whoopi Goldberg, responding to criticisms on her clothes
-Whoopi Goldberg, responding to criticisms on her clothes
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
today's toast
May those who love us, love us
And those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts
And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles
So we'll know them by their limping
-Irish Toast
And those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts
And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles
So we'll know them by their limping
-Irish Toast
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
top
Is it wrong to use your sex appeal?
Well, not if you’re hungry
Is it the only reason you should use it?
Probably. Because you know, if women could sleep their way to the top there would be many more women at the top.
-Gloria Steinem
(from an interview with RussiaToday.com 3/3/2009)
Well, not if you’re hungry
Is it the only reason you should use it?
Probably. Because you know, if women could sleep their way to the top there would be many more women at the top.
-Gloria Steinem
(from an interview with RussiaToday.com 3/3/2009)
Monday, March 2, 2009
hey spendy
"The problem is us. The problem is not the banks, greedy though they may be, overpaid though they may be. The problem is us... We've been living very high on the hog. Our living standard has been rising dramatically in the last 25 years. And we have been borrowing much of the money to make that prosperity happen."
-David Beim, Columbia
Friday, February 27, 2009
Saving the Saguaros
Feds to use computer chips to foil cactus thieves
from CNN.com
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- Anyone thinking of swiping a stately saguaro cactus from the desert could soon be hauling off more than just a giant plant. National Park Service officials plan to imbed microchips in Arizona's signature plant to protect them from thieves who rip them from the desert to sell them to landscapers, nurseries and homeowners.
Saguaros are unique to the Sonoran Desert, 120,000 square miles covering portions of Arizona, California and the northern Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora. They're majestic giants that can grow to heights of 50 feet, sprout gaggles of arms and weigh several tons. They can take 50 years to flower and 70 years before sprouting an arm.
Plant pilferers typically target the relatively young and small specimens in the 4- to 7-foot range -- which are probably 30 to 50 years old. They typically can fetch $1,000 or more.
Monday, February 9, 2009
sexy economics
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions
by Claudia Goldin & Lawrence F Katz*
---- Abstract -----
The fraction of U.S. college graduate women entering professional programs increased substantially around 1970 and the age at first marriage among all U.S. college graduate women soared just after 1972. We explore the relationship between these two changes and how each was shaped by the diffusion of the birth control pill among young, single college educated women. Although the pill' was approved in 1960 by the FDA and diffused rapidly among married women, it did not diffuse among young single women until the late 1960s when a series of state law changes reduced the age of majority and extended mature minor decisions. We model the impact of the pill on women's careers as consisting of two effects. The pill had a direct positive effect on women's career investment by almost eliminating the chance of becoming pregnant and thus the cost of having sex. The pill also created a social multiplier effect by encouraging the delay of marriage generally and thus increasing a career woman's likelihood of finding an appropriate mate after professional school. We present a collage of evidence pointing to the power of the pill in lowering the costs of long-duration professional education for women. The evidence consists of the striking coincidences in the timing of changes in career investment, marriage age, state laws, and pill use among young single women. The connection between changes in the age at first marriage and the pill is further explored using state variation in laws affecting young single women's pill access. We also evaluate alternative explanations for the changes in career and marriage.
*Published: Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence F. Katz. "The Power Of The Pill: Contraceptives And Women's Career And Marriage Decisions," Journal of Political Economy, 2002, v110(4,Aug), 730-770.
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research $5
by Claudia Goldin & Lawrence F Katz*
---- Abstract -----
The fraction of U.S. college graduate women entering professional programs increased substantially around 1970 and the age at first marriage among all U.S. college graduate women soared just after 1972. We explore the relationship between these two changes and how each was shaped by the diffusion of the birth control pill among young, single college educated women. Although the pill' was approved in 1960 by the FDA and diffused rapidly among married women, it did not diffuse among young single women until the late 1960s when a series of state law changes reduced the age of majority and extended mature minor decisions. We model the impact of the pill on women's careers as consisting of two effects. The pill had a direct positive effect on women's career investment by almost eliminating the chance of becoming pregnant and thus the cost of having sex. The pill also created a social multiplier effect by encouraging the delay of marriage generally and thus increasing a career woman's likelihood of finding an appropriate mate after professional school. We present a collage of evidence pointing to the power of the pill in lowering the costs of long-duration professional education for women. The evidence consists of the striking coincidences in the timing of changes in career investment, marriage age, state laws, and pill use among young single women. The connection between changes in the age at first marriage and the pill is further explored using state variation in laws affecting young single women's pill access. We also evaluate alternative explanations for the changes in career and marriage.
*Published: Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence F. Katz. "The Power Of The Pill: Contraceptives And Women's Career And Marriage Decisions," Journal of Political Economy, 2002, v110(4,Aug), 730-770.
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research $5
add to the reading pile
Buddhist nun joins forces with 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' author
The siblings' book, Rich Brother, Rich Sister, celebrates both business acumen and Eastern religion. The Long Beach nun wonders: 'Am I selling out?' 
The siblings' book, Rich Brother, Rich Sister, celebrates both business acumen and Eastern religion. The Long Beach nun wonders: 'Am I selling out?'
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
seems so obvious
“Peace Meals is about switching our mindset from saving time to making time, because it is the special people and small moments that make the big memories.”
-Dena Prasher, Cookbook Chairman
http://www.juniorleaguehouston.org/
-Dena Prasher, Cookbook Chairman
http://www.juniorleaguehouston.org/
Friday, January 9, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
aint it the truth...
I'm always in the mood for Randy Newman lately. And that's not necessarily a good thing. It seems like whenever the country's kind of at a low point, I’m always in the mood for Randy Newman.
-Sarah Vowell on KCRW
-Sarah Vowell on KCRW
nice to meet you, mr. disfarmer
From Disfarmer.com:
Nothing speaks more eloquently about Disfarmer's artistry than the photographs themselves. His genius was the ability to capture without judgment, the essence of a people and a time.
symphonic diplomacy
The Pyongyang Concert
The New York Philharmonic became the first major American orchestra to perform in the insulated communist country. North Korean officials broadcast the concert nationwide and internationally, and it is now captured on a new DVD titled The Pyongyang Concert.
The audience applauded for more than five minutes, and orchestra members, some of them crying, waved. People in the seats cheered and waved back, reluctant to let the visitors leave.
(NY Times 2/27/08)
The New York Philharmonic became the first major American orchestra to perform in the insulated communist country. North Korean officials broadcast the concert nationwide and internationally, and it is now captured on a new DVD titled The Pyongyang Concert.
The audience applauded for more than five minutes, and orchestra members, some of them crying, waved. People in the seats cheered and waved back, reluctant to let the visitors leave.
(NY Times 2/27/08)
Monday, December 29, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
where is santa?
NORAD began tracking Santa’s journey in 1955 ... a Sears-Roebuck ad in a newspaper gave out Santa’s telephone number. Unfortunately, the number was misprinted and it rang CONRAD’s operations center. Instead of being a Scrooge, Col. Harry Shoup, who headed up the operation, told a child he’d check the radar.
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