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I just got into work not too long ago. Beamed up the news of the morning, and found out that George Carlin passed away last night. It wasn’t all too long ago that Carlin was touring, and if it wasn’t for the lack of money at the time I would have liked to have been there.
His HBO comedy special from a few years back is the only stand-up show that I laughed through the entire time, having to watch it more than once to catch the jokes I missed while catching my breath. While he didn’t exactly have kind things to say about religion, government or even the game of baseball, he had a way to make everything funny. The only guy that really forced you to sit back and say, “Hey, wait a second. He’s right!”
He lived a good life, didn’t take shit from anyone, and made a living doing it. I think one of the saddest parts of the whole story is that there isn’t anyone that I can see filling his shoes. Ever. He’ll be very missed.
And thank god for DVD collections. Even if George didn’t believe.
As much as some people hate construction, I love seeing cranes downtown. Look at any pictures of China, or even the UAE, and you’re bound to see cranes building something. Whether or not they’re appropriately using resources isn’t the point. The fact is that they’re building – not just resting on history and what-not.
So, seeing this news in today’s PD gets me pretty pumped. Not only does the name “Jacobs” remind me of a winning baseball team, but it’s a good sign that one of the better busisnessmen in the area thinks building would provide benefit.
Plus, we could use some buildings that do not have boards on the windows. That’s always a plus.
I know…rare is it that I double-post, but this Friedman piece is worth checking out, regardless of partisanship.
No doubt that energy policy is going to be a HUGE component of the whole ‘platform’ this summer. Especially each week that you find yourself at the gas station, filling up you premium-gassed guzzler. I really have to sit back and decide for myself what I think is the best.
At first, Hillary’s “tax the big guy” stance seemed adequate. But Friedman puts that in a different light.
No, no, no, we’ll just get the money by taxing Big Oil, says Mrs. Clinton. Even if you could do that, what a terrible way to spend precious tax dollars — burning it up on the way to the beach rather than on innovation?
The McCain-Clinton gas holiday proposal is a perfect example of what energy expert Peter Schwartz of Global Business Network describes as the true American energy policy today: “Maximize demand, minimize supply and buy the rest from the people who hate us the most.”
Keep in mind that Friedman was in Bill Clinton’s cabinet – so he’s not exactly Hill-bashing here…
Just food for thought.
…Well, at least Cleveland, Ohio.
While it appears that the move to hand out “Crybaby” t-shirts looked good on paper, I’m willing to bet that any backlash this week will lead to one less branch manager in the D.C. area this week.
And I must say that while I personally won’t be going to a Papa John’s any time soon – it’s just not convenient given my location – a complete boycott likely isn’t the best idea.
I’m too big of a proponent of Cleveland-based business to put up any sort of fight against success around here. It simply was not a good business move on the D.C. guy’s part. And I have a feeling The Man will let that be known. I’m sure there’s more to come. Now if we could just get the Plain Dealer to link or drop a URL instead of saying “bloggers….”
Sigh.
While I assume this is just an error in the financial systems, someone may be the proud new owner of some LEH at the discounted price of $2795. Those decimal points can be tricky…
But I guess it could always be worse.
The writers may be back at work following their extended (and very justified) holdout, but that doesn’t mean all is well out there.
Internet auction giant Ebay has apparently ticked off a few of their key sellers by altering a few of the fees among other functional changes – and the sellers are fighting back. While this plays out very well for smaller auction companies, its also great to see that it is actually providing results; as seen in the 13 percent drop in listings.
Drops in listings will provide drops in profits, so as the users unite, the Giant gets kicked in the shins. Whether or not anything happens from this is to be seen. Just like those that like to send emails out about not getting gasoline on certain days, for example, fail to realize that sometimes, you just have to do certain things. Whether or not EBay users are willing to forgo all of the hard work that has gone into getting their “ratings” and “Power Seller” status to sell things at another site is the big question.
As much as people like change in the technology world, I’m willing to bet that this one won’t be long – even if it is “extended” for now.
When I caught wind of the recent news that more than three dozen Duke students are filing suit against the University as well as the city of Durham, NC, my first response was “what took so long?” While the three players that were charged have gone to file suit against Prosecutor, and dirtbag, Michael Nifong, the new suit will be aimed at the University for invasion of privacy, among other damages.
The way the city was quick to rally around the “victim” disgusts me, so it is to no surprise that I’m fully supportive of this suit. It should be mentioned that I’m wholly against frivolous claims, and most legal politics in general, so my support of this is more of an exception than the “norm.”
And if you’re wondering where my post title came from, check out the video here. I hope to get my hands on this book relatively soon. (I’d embed, but WordPress apparently isn’t in tune with that)
