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The process of going through an airport hasn’t changed much with the advent of new technology (it’s obviously changed a good deal since 9/11, but that’s a different story). If you’re flying VIP, there might be a couple of interesting/different… Continue Reading
2014 is about 1.25 days old right now in the United States, and it feels pretty OK so far — with the exception of the passing of Uncle Phil, nothing majorly monumental seems to have happened (and I’m not sure… Continue Reading
Don’t look now, but the San Diego Chargers have won four games in a row. They enter the AFC Playoffs as the six-seed, and they need to travel to Cincinnati — where there might be snow — and Cincinnati is… Continue Reading
Here’s the chain of events on this one: Warren Buffett, about two weeks ago, spent $1 billion (through his utility company, MidAmerican Energy Holdings) to help finance five different wind turbine projects in Iowa. That was the largest-ever order (for land-based… Continue Reading
Watch the above video. It’s about 47 seconds long. I can’t think of a more American way for 2014 to be ushered in: random Miami-based FOX News personality stumbling around oddly proclaiming how great it is that bars don’t close at… Continue Reading
Some new census data is out on the topic of where Americans move to. This stuff is always interesting, and this one is no exception. Most Americans are moving to the South and the West, generically speaking. From Real Clear Politics:… Continue Reading
The Netflix streaming market in the U.S. is a moving target — different content agreements end at different times (and new ones start), so what’s available on there can vary accordingly (that’s probably one of the most obvious sentences I’ve… Continue Reading
There’s a good chance you might be hungover tomorrow. Such is, as they say, life. The first thing I would recommend is not watching the above video while hungover — it blares Rihanna at you, and that can be extremely tough to… Continue Reading