Let’s cut to the chase. In this movie, the Rock is a former soldier that returns to his home town find that these guys that run a casino are selling drugs. So he beats them up with a plank of plywood. When he is arrested and tried for assault, he tells the jury that if [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Cut to the Chase - Walking Tall
Posted in Cut to the Chase, Movies on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our World Today - Tomorrow (40 years from now)
Posted in Our World Today on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
40 years ago, it would’ve been near impossible to predict what life 40 years from then (now) would be like. Some guessed that people would be driving in “space-pods,” commuting to neighboring “city-pods,” listening to their portable “i-Pods.” How wrong they were!
Though the future is hard to predict, it’s easy to say that our world [...]
Unfunnied - XKCD 396
Posted in Unfunnied on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanks for reading the first article in my new category that I have titled “Unfunnied.” In this series, I will take things that I perceive to be funny and then analyze them to the point where they’re not funny anymore. At the end of each article, I’ll facetiously state, “ehh, you kinda had to be there” [...]
Understanding - Fake conflict diamonds
Posted in Our World Today, Understanding Finance on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Stocks are so pedestrian these days. Every publicly traded company seems to offer them. And they’re so impersonal too. When was the last time you saw a person you saw a man drop to one knee to propose to a woman, offering a stock certificate?
These days, all the rage is in conflict diamonds. What women [...]
Understanding Finance - Investing in the lottery
Posted in Understanding Finance on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
The lottery is statistically a bad investment. The expected value of your return is always lower than the amount you’ll pay for tickets. Worst of all, much of the money you put in goes into school systems.
But what if this weren’t the case? What if you could ensure that you could make millions on each [...]
Understanding Finance - The tale of the Walletin Spectre
Posted in A brief history, Understanding Finance on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Adam Smith was a big proponent of free market economics. Some may say that he “invented” capitalism. But who invented Adam Smith? Clearly, saying that Smith invented capitalism would be a naive statement, and nobody invented Adam Smith, but it was the old tale of the Walletin spectre that scared him straight into supporting self [...]
Is it gross? The thousand-year egg edition
Posted in Food, Is it gross? on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Once again, we ask the question, “is it gross?” We’ve brought back our contestant Ed. Here’s today’s “thing”:
Take a duck egg. Soak it in a brine of salt and industrial strength cleaning product for 10 days. Then, wrap it in plastic and age it for several weeks. Expedite the process by adding a lead oxide. [...]
Understanding Finance - Why Google is worth like, a bajillion dollars
Posted in Understanding Finance on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Many people new to the stock market and unfamiliar with the tech industry find themselves asking a common question: What’s the deal with Google? Should I invest in it? While, many argue that it’s overvalued, others will argue that it’s undervalued. I’m here to put an end to that question: Yes. Invest in it. Here’s [...]
Understanding Finance - Starting your first e-business
Posted in Understanding Finance on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you have your own e-business? No? Why the hell not? What is wrong with you? In this new Web 2.0 era, running e-businesses is surely the only way to guarantee enough money for retirement. To date, I’ve started 9 e-businesses, but most of my friends have started well over 20 each. Here’s what you’ll [...]
Examining Stupid - Is the Ivy League worth it?
Posted in Examining Stupid on March 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As you may know, I received my undergraduate degree from an Ivy League institution. Was it worth it? Well, I don’t know what that question means, but judging by the fact that you’re asking, the answer is probably “no,” as the only thing I really learned during my four years was how to spot bad [...]
