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Rockstars and Their Parents’ Homes

Look! 70’s Rock Musicians and Their Parent’s Homes, a fun time-waster from Apartment Therapy.  Love her matching boots and shirt. Or do I like the wall paper better? Check out more photos including the fun purple living room of Frank Zappa’s mom.  These are from the LIFE photo archive hosted by Google.  

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Business Needed: Tech Solutions for Managing Layoffs

Numerous tech companies serve the Human Resources market. Jobster sells online recruiting tools to help companies manage job prospects (their current model after having gone through other concepts).   Payscale is in the business of helping set salary ranges for jobs.  Salary.com is similar.  There are more. Mostly, these companies are all about gung-ho hiring. Given the [...]

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Proposal to Ban Nudity in Parks Dropped

Seattle Naked Bike Ride, one of the World Naked Bike Ride events, nearly caused the city of Seattle to officially ban nudity in parks. Fortunately, the city came to its senses and dropped the plan. Whether in pursuit of more important matters or because of much of the Seattle public supports its naked bicyclists, we’ll [...]

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The End of Wall Street’s Boom

The End is the best thing I’ve read about recent financial trainwreck called Wall Street.  Written by the author of Liar’s Poker.

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Let’s Talk Tipping

Today’s “Cheapskate” column in the Wall St. Journal (always a good read) discusses tipping: The tougher question is why seemingly easy tasks get higher tips than harder ones. Why should that server get a big tip for opening a pricey bottle of wine, something that takes just a minute or two? Tipping puts you on the spot. Does [...]

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“Going To the Polls” a Quant, Old Fashioned Notion

Another election rant. The media talked and wrote about polling places, the impact of the weather on voting, and more. How quaint. How old fashioned. I live in a county that is all vote by mail. The vast majority of my state is that way. All of Oregon is vote by mail. Younger voters [...]

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Lame: The Endless Race Thing From the Media

I’m excited that Obama won and that the long campaign is over. Dear media, I really don’t want to hear how Obama is the first “African-American President” or listen to any talk of the significance of his race. Let’s just welcome him as our new president. Quit parading around the race card and get on [...]

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Lame Halloween Costumes

Lame Halloween costumes courtesy of LA Weekly.

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