Entries from February 2005

Monday, February 28th, 2005

Buy a day of freedom

Let's assume that you could live on $12,000/year. That works out to around $33.00 dollars/day. So, to buy a single day's worth of freedom from paid labor costs $33.00 dollars. How much does a day of freedom cost in perpeuity? Assuming a 4% safe withdrawal rate, a perpetual day of freedom costs $825.00. One-time cost: [...]

Thursday, February 24th, 2005

Knife Holder

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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005

How much does healthy food cost?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42584-2005Feb21 The Cost of Compliance By Sally Squires Tuesday, February 22, 2005; Page HE01 It's easy to find bargains at fast-food restaurants, where dollar menus and other deals entice cost-conscious consumers. But what about healthful eating? More specifically, what about eating according to the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines? Can you do it without taking a [...]

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005

How to Sell Your Book, CD, or DVD on Amazon

[Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools web site is one of my favorites. Be sure to check out the rest of the site.] http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000668.php How to Sell Your Book, CD, or DVD on Amazon Micro-niche, long-tail publishing by Kevin Kelly For several years I've been producing books, CDS, and DVD in small quantities for small audiences. Micro-publishing. [...]

Friday, February 18th, 2005

"By honey, I'm off to Art Club Night…"

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3IQMJIKD3JTIWCRBAELCFEY?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=7673854 Strip Club Artfully Slips by Anti-Nudity Law Fri Feb 18, 2005 08:13 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) – A strip club in Boise, Idaho has found an artful way to prance past a city law that prohibits full nudity. On what it calls Art Club Nights, the Erotic City strip club charges customers $15 [...]

Friday, February 18th, 2005

Teller of Penn and Teller interviewed by Terry Gross

I've never heard Teller speak before, so I was quite surprised that he sounded like this.

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

Happy Valentine's Day!

(A bit belated, I know. Via .)

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

Dog Found

Saturday, February 12th, 2005

Dementia Concretia

“There's a bug some old people get. They work hard all of their lives and when retirement finally arrives — instead of quietly going into that dark night — a strange earwig burrows into their brain and forces them to build, Build, BUILD! Taking whatever is handy — usually concrete, bottles and household junk — [...]

Saturday, February 12th, 2005

Maybe the drug war has got a little out of hand?

“Siler is next threatened with electrocution. Webber tells him that they could take a battery charger, hook some wires to it and attach it to Siler's testicles. The federal informations allege that the lawmen later rigged up such a device and used clamps to attach it to Siler's body.”