I cannot believe it but Ireland is the richest country in the European Union behind Luxembourg. After the jump, read Thomas Friedman’s op-ed column from today’s paper which explains how it happened. I guess it isn’t so odd to me now that Eric and Erik both worked for Pfizer for a year in Dublin. Hurumph. […]
The New Yorker says it best in its July 4th issue:
The Foo Fighters have a new double disc titled “In Your Honor” which I am absolutely enjoying – so far I’ve listened to it a few times over the past 36 hours. I haven’t been this pleased by a new disc by an “old” favorite of mine since maybe “Midnight Vultures” by Beck. I’m a […]
According to the most recent data from the National Science Foundation, 1.2 million of the world’s 2.8 million university degrees in science and engineering in 2000 were earned by Asian students in Asian universities, with only 400,000 granted in the United States. That means the US of A supplies less than 15% of all degrees. […]
I use FireFox as my web browser as much as I can help it – there are still some sites that are better viewed using IE but that number keeps falling – because its so wonderful. I love the tab based browsing and the bazillion of other neat features that FireFox offers. Today, I was […]
I just learned that in honor of its 60th anniversary and to thank New Yorkers for their hospitality, the United Nations is giving free tours each Sunday in June. Note: there are only 2 Sundays left, this one and the next.
In one of the oddest bits of news I’ve seen today, Monty sent me a link about how 2 men were eating a piece of watermelon on the subway when one piece dropped and skidded about half a foot. The man who was going to eat that half said “Damn!”, picked up his half thought […]
I cannot begin to say enough good things about Batman Begins and its stellar director Christopher Nolan. This movie was everything that Revenge of the Sith should have been: a well written, cohesive and engaging story acted out by a superb cast that has been given stellar direction. Simply put, Batman Begins in now my […]
The NY Yankees have announced they are building a new stadium in a deal worth around $800 million that is being almost totally privately funded. That means its coming out of George’s pocket, not yours or mine, for the most part which is a breath of fresh air. In a nice bit of creative financing, […]
It seems that a .309 batting average with 30 runs scored, 1 homer and 9 runs batted in is good enough to be added as a choice to the “Who has been the Riversharks MVP to this point in the season?” poll on the Camden Riversharks web site. The poll is below the fold so […]