Chad Brisbane sent us this video link in the ongoing Coffee Shop Culture Wars, detailed in our earlier post about Starbucks vs. Dunkin Donuts allegiances. This guy has made a living out of his tirades on the net. His most famous is “Batday”
Category: Lifestyle
Sudoku Craving
What the crossword puzzle was to the newsprint century, Soduku is to the digital century. Here is an online version to try.
World’s 10 Best-Selling Drugs
Wired News: World's 10 Best-Selling Drugs
Pfizer's cholesterol pill Lipitor remains the best-selling drug in the world for the fifth year in a row. Its annual sales were $12.9 billion, more than twice as much as its closest competitors: Plavix, the blood thinner from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis; Nexium, the heartburn pill from AstraZeneca; and Advair, the asthma inhaler from GlaxoSmithKline.
Click here for a slide show of the top 10 best-selling drugs.
A guide to womenomics
Women and the world economy | A guide to womenomics | Economist.com
“WHY can't a woman be more like a man?” mused Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady”. Future generations might ask why a man can't be more like a woman. In rich countries, girls now do better at school than boys, more women are getting university degrees than men are and females are filling most new jobs. Arguably, women are now the most powerful engine of global growth.
In poor countries too, the under-utilisation of women stunts economic growth. A study last year by the World Economic Forum found a clear correlation between sex equality (measured by economic participation, education, health and political empowerment) and GDP per head.
In particular, there is strong evidence that educating girls boosts prosperity. It is probably the single best investment that can be made in the developing world. Not only are better educated women more productive, but they raise healthier, better educated children.
DEA Agent Who Shot Self In Foot Sues Uncle Sam
DEA Agent Who Shot Self In Foot Sues Uncle Sam – April 11, 2006
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent who stars in a popular online video that shows him shooting himself in the foot during a weapons demonstration for Florida children is suing over the tape’s release, claiming that his career has been crippled and he’s become a laughingstock due to the embarrassing clip’s distribution.
Tax Season Only Comes But Once A Year
U.S. Plan For Flu Pandemic Revealed
U.S. Plan For Flu Pandemic Revealed
The document is the first attempt to spell out in some detail how the government would detect and respond to an outbreak, and continue functioning through what could be an 18-month crisis, which in a worst-case scenario could kill 1.9 million Americans.
How the Bikini Liberated Spain
How world capital of tourism was built on a bikini – World – Times Online
The excommunication process was dropped. The bikini stayed. Some see this, at least symbolically, as a defining moment in recent Spanish history. It marked the beginning of a timid sexual revolution and helped to take the Catholicism out of national Catholicism. The tourists, more importantly, had the power to outface the Church. They brought not just money, but the seeds of change. They also brought the fresh air of democracy. There was no turning back.
Blog Cliches
Blog § Unqualified Offerings
If you’ve followed blog threads, you appreciate this thread that skewers every blog cliché ever written, such as Nazi analogies (Godwin's Law).