I will buy you a ticket to The Last Cargo Cult.
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Independently wealthy? No? Then you’re probably over-performing.. Image by me via Flickr I have been updating TLG’s wishlist occasionally, using Amazon’s Universal Wishlist Feature. Which lets me add things to his wishlist from EVERYWHERE ON THE INTARWEBZ! And, our great global corporate overlords have somehow–I don’t know how[1]–discovered that we have a kid. And now we get kid and toy catalogs galore. [...] Today’s Kojo Nnamdi show about Saudi Arabia. I’m off very soon for my first overnight away from TheLittleGuy ever. I hope that he and his Dad will have a good time together without Mama! Thankfully, this is not a work trip – just something my local moms group cooked up. There will be wine. Lots and lots of wine. [...] It probably got lost since it was announced on the same day as the FCC’s recent net neutrality positioning, but the Obama Administration has released a new strategy for innovation. The pdf is linked from the front page of OSTP at the moment. Haven’t read it yet – it’s enqueue, with a thousand [...] Going to try to post a link per day. Today, stories from the “violent twilight of oil.” A few links, since I can’t seem to properly blog at all anymore. Scott Rosenberg’s book on the history of blogging, Say Everything, will be released shortly. A couple of chapters are already available online. I read the chapter on journalists vs. bloggers this morning and it was excellent. Among other things it’s one window [...] In my inbox this week, a proposed solution to the economic crisis: There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force – Pay them $1 million apiece severance with the following stipulations: 1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings – Unemployment fixed. As George W. Bush’s administration continues its quest to prove that Republican and rightwing governing philosophies can indeed bankrupt the richest nation on earth (yes they can!) Atrios and TPM point out one of the many opportunity costs and suggests we take healthcare costs off the books of these companies we’re bailing out: |
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