Archive for April, 2009
« Previous EntriesOkay….I’ll Admit it…..I "Consumed" in the First Quarter.
This won’t be a long post. It will be more of an admission. Late in March, Mrs Salzman and I went to the mall and we bought iPhones. We didn’t have to buy them. But they are just so damn cool! I got sick of sitting on the train watching people watch videos, read the [...]
Avoid Swine Flu: Hold Your Meetings On The Interweb [Pandemic Profiteering]
Sure, there are swine flu scams out there, but what about the perfectly honest companies using the threat of global pandemic to hawk their wares?
The Chairman Speaks.
The Chairman, Paul Volcker spoke with Bloomberg News today Volcker Says Economy ‘Leveling Off,’ No Need For More Stimulus.
Fans Beg The Cubs To Stop Playing Annoying Commercial Jingle At Wrigley [Funny]
If one had a few hours free to try to list all the of the annoying commercial jingles from Chicagoland, one would be remiss not to include the locally-infamous “Luna” tune. If you’re not from Chicago, you do not understand the pain, but after the jump you will. Yes, you will.
Here’s One Way To Solve That Pesky "Second Lien Issue"…..Bail Them Out Too!
You knew this was coming didn’t you? On Friday I wrote a piece about second lien holders (Banks and Servicers) screwing investors holding bonds backed by first liens through loan modifications that will lean (no pun intended….well, maybe a little) toward helping the second lien position at the expense of the first lien. Here it [...]
$2164.89 Paving Stone in a MacBook Pro Box Looks Nice, But Won’t Run Photoshop [Apple]
A lot of readers sent us the story of a Florida teen who received the awesome birthday gift of some rocks and crumpled up Chinese newspapers inside a Nintendo DS box. After some fuss and the discovery that another customer had already returned the same box of rocks, Wal-Mart made the situation right. Reader Ryan [...]
IBM Says I Got Your Stock Market Problems Right Here
Stocks were poised to open lower. What with swine flu, banks that dont have any money, car companies being owned by the government, more layoffs, and I can go on. But somebody didn’t send that memo to “Big Blue”.
Watch Out, Ambien Makes You Slutty [Side Effects]
We knew Ambien could cause sleep driving and sleep eating, but this man blames it for causing him to hook up with a woman he barely knows. Now he says the woman has called his home and refers to him as her f*** buddy, and yet he can’t even remember the act. Oh also, he’s [...]
Apparently Mayor Bloomberg Didn’t Get the Memo Either
“Yeah, listen ummm, we’re gonna do a little photo op-okay? Right, were gonna fly a jumbo jet straight at lower Manhattan with an F-16 in hot pursuit okay? We’re gonna do it say….10′ish….What’s that? It’s already 11:30 and we did it? Ooops, our bad.”
Is It Cheaper To Make Or To Buy? Six Foods Tested [Cooking]
Jennifer Reese decided to make six common food items and then determine whether it was worth it to go the homemade route or buy from the store. We briefly considered making our own crackers last month in a fit of anger over how expensive generic saltines have become, so we’re glad someone did the research [...]
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