Archive for September, 2007

Get Your Blog On

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

There are a lot of blogs out there. Some of them contain content of less quality than others. This is probably one of them. Only in comparision to these other blogs: The Freakonomics Blog - Run by the co-authors of the bestselling book, they cover a lot of interesting subject ...

On to Switzerland

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Favorite people, Guten abend (umm, good evening in German?)... well, finally able to sit down and say a quick hello to let you all know that I'm surviving the Euro-trip. Hopefully most of you have gotten your postcards - if not, they should be arriving shortly (fingers crossed...I may or may not have sent ...

Earn It

Monday, September 24th, 2007

I found the following letter in my email inbox this morning, and I thought I'd share it with everybody: Good Monday morning, matt, Folks, if you had to do the last presentation of your life, what would it look like? This past week, Jeff Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal wrote ...

A world without Twinkies

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

For the reference I have officially decided that Jonathan Berr who posted a blog that discussed the sad passing of one of the world's first mass processed foods is an official idiot. Apparently ABC News is reporting that through bankruptcy from the umbrella food organization that produces Twinkies, the ...

Get Your Learn On

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

There are a number of reasons why you should read, such as learning about new cultures, thinking about new ideas, entertainment, blah blah blah. Expand your mind. We get it. But the book I'm always looking for is the one that expands my wallet. There are books that do this ...

The Generational Gap

Monday, September 17th, 2007

There is a conflict looming in the future of America – and no, I’m not talking about the impending duels between Kid Rock and rocker Tommy Lee, Kanye West and 50 Cent, or the hazy notion of an invasion of Iran (or North Korea, or any other future member of ...

Enjoy that flippin Belgian Waffle and make me pay for it.

Monday, September 17th, 2007

I was on a business trip recently and begun to get really heated in my opinions on healthcare. Upon discussion our current issues with social security and medicare...etc, I got extremely angry when it was presented to me that we are living longer lives not because ...