It’s been a year since one of the most brazen things you’ll ever see: a man executed in broad daylight in a busy area of the biggest city in America. His name was Brandon Lincoln Woodard, and there’s a high… Continue Reading
I’m obsessed with Google Zeitgeist. Think about this: the site may be responsible for 100 billion searches per month. As a result, any snapshot data it gives you on a year has to be somewhat interesting, no? Here’s a good rundown of some… Continue Reading
When you have a bad customer service experience, normally you think “Well, that sucked.” Some people also think, “If I complain to the company, or maybe talk about it on Facebook, or maybe tell my friends, then that will hit… Continue Reading
Lot of stories about grade inflation recently — see here, here and here — so I’ll add one too. Last year, I took a graduate-level business course (the topic of the specific class was mostly micro-economics). The professor used three… Continue Reading
Drones are predominantly associated with the military, but commercial uses are on the rise. The biggest day-to-day life example was the whole Amazon-reveals-it-on-60-Minutes thing (although some believe that might be kinda far off), but there are implications for the oil and gas industry… Continue Reading
Base-level executive coaches are making $500/hour, while some of the best can earn $3,500/hour. For contrast sake, “big law” can charge about $1,000/hour. There are a lot of things that go into a doctor’s pay, but an elite heart surgeon, for example,… Continue Reading
We love stuff. Getting stuff. Presents. Packages. Things arriving via mail with our name on them. Super-fast shipping via Amazon and other sellers. We love the rapid acquisition of things. This is human nature. So, in reality, our true Super Bowl isn’t… Continue Reading
There’s absolutely no way to process Newtown. Anyone who claims there is, or tries to assign some kind of idea or causation to it, is wrong. There is no clear motive. Here’s a list of things that were blamed aside from… Continue Reading