-
“Damn” was her audible response
I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
DuckDuckGoPrivacy
Goolag T Shirt
Men On Strike
- “This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!”
Richard weber, owner/operater Arctic Watch Generation Screwed
And rather than follow the conventional path of indebting yourself for 13-years so that you can attend university for four, and then fork over the bulk of your pay to the government, instead focus on learning tangible, valuable skills overseas.Government Cheese
FIRM
Boulder County Fairness in Road Maintenance (FIRM) On November 5, 2013, residents and property owners of subdivisions in unincorporated Boulder County will go to the polls to vote on 5C. A group of your fellow citizens has banded together to provide you, our neighbors, with facts and information about why you should vote NO on this tax increase. To learn more, click on the button below.-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Clifford Norman on Against Doomsdayism
- pushin p on
- Mark on
- ChrisA on
- Mark on
Archives
Author Archives: ChrisA
Parents, how stupid are you?
Parents: Underage Drinking is Illegal, Even Under Your Roof After they arrested him for drunk driving, the teen revealed that he had gotten the alcohol from his friend’s parents, who had hosted an underage drinking party at their home. Those … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Startling Authoritative Studies…
Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my. What political timing, eh? Not to mention the article talks about carbon dioxide emissions, not global warming. There’s actually been a big disconnect between the two recently.
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
Mungers Wisdom
Copied from FocusInvestor.com. 1. Safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want 2. No love that is so right that is admiration based love and that love should include the instructive dead 3. Wisdom Acquisition … Continue reading
Posted in Buffett
Leave a comment
Concensus on Global Warming?
Excerpts from an article in the Financial Post, a Canadian newspaper. The author, Lawrence Soloman started out writing a series of articles called “The Deniers” where his goal was to profile the dissenters and have their views heard. His own … Continue reading
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
NASA Administrator speaks up on Global Warming
He said (to NPR): “I have no doubt that a trend of global warming exists,” Griffin told Inskeep. “I am not sure that it is fair to say that it is a problem we must wrestle with.” “To assume that … Continue reading
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
Thus spoke the Prophet of the Church of the Warming
Read an eyewitness account of what the Prophet had to say at a local bookstore in Nashville over at Pajamas Media. Goremania!
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
A Prediction: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Come this November, Boulder city government will have a dramatic face lift (sorry, registration required). Due to incumbents electing not to run, a majority of the new city council will be “new faces”. I hope to be wrong, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Bummer…
HAVANA — Talking at length, grinning for cameras and even cracking jokes, Fidel Castro looked stronger and more vibrant Sunday as the first TV images of the ailing Cuban leader in four months appeared to confirm official reports he is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Buffett said he would
Warren Buffett is following up on his word to raise funds for both Hillary and Barack. I was hoping somehow he wouldn’t. Oh well.
Posted in Buffett, finance, politics
Leave a comment
Chavez and Radio Caracas Television
Dictator Hugo Chavez defends his decision to take over Radio Caracas Television: Chavez said his refusal to renew the license of Radio Caracas Television, which went off the air at midnight Sunday, is “a sovereign, legitimate decision in which there … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Not in the Top 2000
The Daily Camera reports that the Bolder Boulder results are stalled due to “technology overload”. The Top 2000 results are in the paper. It appears the other 48,000 of us will have to wait until around lunch time on Wednesday. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Server is too busy
The message I got today at 11:09am when trying to access www.bolderboulder.com
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
No Earmarks??
Sure, right. John Murtha, one of my favorite Democrats is at it again. From Powerline
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
No Earmarks??
Sure… right. John Murtha, one of my favorite Democrats is at it again. Paul Mirengoff of Powerline nicely summarizes a Robert Novak column regarding the Democrat’s penchant for Earmarks. Here’s a nice highlight (i.e. an excerpt of an excerpt…) Murtha … Continue reading
Posted in Culture of Corruption, Porkbusters
Leave a comment
Bolder Boulder
I “waddled” thought the Bolder Boulder today in 73+ minutes. The official results will be out later tonight or tomorrow morning if they can keep the web site up. My goal was under 70 minutes, but too little training and … Continue reading
Posted in Bolder Boulder, running
Leave a comment
Alas, Jimmy and Warren not related
According to 23andMe, a biotech startup, Jimmy and Warren Buffett are not related. Just in case you haven’t heard of 23and Me, it is run by Ann Wojcicki who recently married Google billionaire Sergey Brin. Interestingly enough, Google has invested … Continue reading
Posted in Buffett
Leave a comment
Chavez’s way or the Highway….
Chavez shuts down an opposition broadcaster…. The government is not renewing RCTV’s license after 53 years on the air because of accusations that the broadcaster participated in a bungled 2002 coup against Chavez, incited violent demonstrations and aired immoral programming. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Charlie Munger USC Law School Commencement Speech
Charlie’s pearls of wisdom on succeeding and living a full life. I tried to copy this and lost all the formatting. I’ll try again when I’m not so tired.
Posted in Buffett, common sense, value investing
Leave a comment
Hurricanes and global warming
The simplest model that works is the best. Unfortunately, the global warming supporters have simple ideas that don’t work. Does global warming cause strong, frequent hurricane’s? As Instapundit himself says, “There seems to be a lot of complexity involved”. …and … Continue reading
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
Value of the dollar
In an earlier post I mentioned the deteriorating value of the dollar during Greenspan’s tenure. Here is an example using a calculator from the Measuringworth.com website. Using the period from 1986 (Greenspan took office in August of 86) until 2005 … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
