January 2010
5 posts
Renewable energy: The seat of power →
Tourism in Hawaii: Hoping for an Obama effect →
Hotels: Worst Year Since Great Depression →
December 2009
22 posts
Tax on Tanning to Replace 'Botax' →
3 tags
Fake tanners should be taxed ... but aren't →
In most other countries, pale skin is sought after. Historically, a light complexion symbolized upper-class status shaded from agricultural and outdoor labor.
But Americans have to rebel, do it backwards. People actually pay money to wear geektard goggles and lay in lighted coffins and are willing to accept skin cancer for some fleeting shade of almost-brown-orange.
It is a multi-million...
ORCA Cards-- Your privacy in the hands of transit... →
ORCA cards will be $5 beginning January. Get em while they’re free.
… Seattle Transit article on Orca’s data. Who get’s it?
Google Looking to Buy Review Site Yelp →
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Wii Fit found to have 'little effect' on family... →
Big shocker of the day.
That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy →
Googled the term “Half full” on image search and only got 65,200,000 results.
This NYT article on Water Quality is more important, however.
T. Rex Skeleton Can Finally Be Ogled by the Public →
This 40-foot long Tyrannosaurus has finally found a home in an Oregon museum.
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wristband Charger Recharges Your Gadgets →
The only cost is your dignity. Observe:
12th Ave Streetcar, A Bad Idea →
A discussion on the street car will take place next week. Pushing for Boren (though it ain’t too exciting, ha.)
Broadway … really? Then what is the light rail for?
Plus 12th avenue height restrictions are no good.
C’mon SDOT, get a plan together!
Vevo is Where Your Missing Music Videos Went To →
The YouTube graveyard.
Polly Want an Insurance Policy? →
A WSJ on the rise of pet insurance. Wonder what their co-pay is…
How Howard Schultz and David Stern Lost Our NBA... →
:-( Damn, I miss that dunkin’ Yeti!
Lower health costs, higher paychecks? →
In 2009, the average employer-sponsored health-care plan cost a bit less than $13,500. But virtually no one cut a check for $13,500. Employers generally pay more than 70 percent of their employees’ health-care costs. To employees, that seems like a good deal, particularly given how fast costs are growing. A “benefit,” as it’s called.
But health-care coverage is not a...
Say “aaaarrrghhhh”! →
Which country has the worst dental care, after all?
Man "wins" World of Warcraft →
To accomplish this remarkable feat, he “killed 390,895 creatures, accumulated 7,255,538,878 points of damage, completed 5,906 quests (that’s 14.62 quests per day, apparently), raided 405 dungeons and hugged 11 players.”
Way to go! Uh …. now what?
