When I was growing up, I was a huge fan of Unsolved Mysteries — Robert Stack’s voice alone was absolutely terrifying — and frequently, that show would have prison escape stories. In fact, here’s a summary of one. So when news broke that… Continue Reading
Breathlessly, The Huffington Post called it “the divorce of the century.” But in reality, McDonald’s and Heinz have been through this dance before — notably in 1973, when a tomato shortage caused Heinz to focus less on their bulk fast-food accounts. After that,… Continue Reading
I didn’t know anything about the Ben Breedlove story until I watched the CBS Sunday Morning profile of it from yesterday. It’s probably one of the more inspirational things I’ve ever seen a major media outlet tackle — and yes, while there’s a degree… Continue Reading
2014, politically, will likely be remembered for whatever happens in the mid-terms regarding the context of Congressional composition. Is someone going to make a big move towards 2016? Is the GOP going to become the party of Ted Cruz, etc?… Continue Reading
I’m not all about turning this blog into the same thing as Wikipedia — because you can find the basic answer to the question posed above by searching ‘manhole cover’ on there — but I do want to use it… Continue Reading
There was a stat on College Gameday this morning — I wasn’t watching live because I was sitting in a generally-boring strategy-type class — that Oregon has scored 45 points in each of their first seven games this year. The last team… Continue Reading
That’s from the latest census. Most interesting segment of this article to me: as recently as 2011, the median home price in America was about $166,000; now it’s $212,000. That’s a $46,000 difference. That can be 1-2.5 years (or more) of… Continue Reading
Second verse, same as the first (lil’ bit louder and a whole lot worse): for the latest quarter, Amazon’s revenues are up, but their profits are non-existent.They’re “the teacher’s pet” of Wall Street: stratospheric valuation (the stock has increased 32… Continue Reading