Posted in Business, Film, Money on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My mom emigrated to country from Thailand over thirty years ago. She is a Buddhist, and yet she has quite a bit of an obsession with money. She invests in stocks and she loves watching the Nightly Business Report on PBS. This morning I talked to her about the possibility of Washington Mutual going under. [...]
Posted in Bush, Entertainment, Humor, Money, News, Politics on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans’ mailboxes across the country.
According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, “Many of the sites [...]
Posted in Barack Obama, Decision 2008, Lies, McCain, Money, News, Politics on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Hmmm, Obama is supposedly the elitist but John and Cindy McCain have hundreds of thousands of dollars in credit card debt. One of their children has $10-50k in credit card debt. These people truly have nothing in common with everyday Americans and are clearly not financially responsible.
In an interesting peek into John McCain’s personal finances, [...]
Posted in America, Environment, HowTo, Humor, Money, Politics, Random, Seattle, Transportation, Travel on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oh the joys of Amtrak in America. Amtrak is the company which manages U.S. rail travel. It’s completely underfunded and never gets any of the lobby money that air travel companies get. Trips on Amtrak are often costlier and are exponentially longer than car trips. Take for instance a drive from Seattle to Portland which [...]
Posted in 80's, Advertising, Humor, Money, Video on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This cartoon by David Horsey reminded me of the Alaska Airlines commercials from the 80’s.
Posted in Africa, America, Barack Obama, Money, Race, Random, Video on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
I earlier wrote about my mother’s worry that Barack Obama would give all of his black friends jobs and only focus on black issues. I later heard that same thought expressed by a voter in West Virginia. It’s odd isn’t it that people think giving jobs to friends has never occurred before ever in American [...]
Posted in Bush, Business, Economy, Money, Politics, Seattle on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
My husband and I are looking to buy a new house. On March 6, 2008 we we’re pleasantly surprised that the cap for regular mortgages would be lifted from 417k to 567k — which is definitely an advantage when you live in Seattle where the average home sells for over 400 grand. Even the headline [...]
Posted in 80's, Advertising, America, Barack Obama, Business, Decision 2008, Entertainment, Food, Mexico, Money, News, Politics, Pop Culture on April 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Forgive me if I’m late to the party on this one, but I just read that Barack Obama is looking to get Teamster support in Pennsylvania when I saw this:
On Wednesday, the Teamsters convoy made its way to Reading, Pennsylvania, where the York Peppermint Patty factory is shutting down, moving more than 250 jobs to [...]
Posted in Art, Familly, Humor, Japan, Marriage, Money, Travel, tagged Family, Marriage on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I found this excerpt on a Nara National Museum information flyer from my trip to Japan. I thought you might enjoy it.
* The service for man and wife.
Every month 22nd is “The day of man and wife”. Admission is half price when you come to our museum together as man and wife
In addition, November [...]
Posted in Money, News, Science, Space on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Scientists plan to put one of the twin Mars rovers to sleep and limit the activities of the other robot to fulfill a NASA order to cut $4 million from the program’s budget, mission team members said Monday.The news comes amid belt-tightening at NASA headquarters, which is under pressure to cover cost overruns of a [...]
Posted in Business, Coffee, Humor, Money, News, Starbucks, Technology on March 20, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I found this tidbit interesting in Starbucks’ plan to re-gain market share:
Late in the two-hour meeting, Schultz revealed that Starbucks has bought The Coffee Equipment Co. of Ballard, for an undisclosed sum. Its product, the Clover, custom-makes individual cups of coffee from fresh-ground beans, using a combination of French press and vacuum techniques.
Schultz said [...]
Posted in Beer, Japan, Money, Travel on March 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Remarkably exactly like $4 beer. Jacob and I went to the Ginza prefecture in Tokyo looking for a noodle shop that had been recommended to us. Ginza has quite a few posh shops and the neighborhood was noticeably fancier. Unfortunately, our noodle shop was closed so we decided to take refuge from what was a [...]
Posted in Media, Money, Transportation on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Does it seem like those in the media don’t really live in the same world as you? Here’s a completely ridiculous article on CNN about delaying travel if you’re feeling ill.
The death of a passenger last week aboard an American Airlines flight underscores the importance of taking precautions before flying, an expert said Monday.
Jill Drake, [...]
Posted in Advertising, Business, Coffee, Money, News, Pop Culture, Starbucks on February 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Starbucks has just announced they will close their stores for two hours to retrain their employees:
Starbucks Corp. will close the doors at nearly 7,100 of its U.S. coffee shops for three hours one night later this month to give baristas a refresher course on espresso standards.
I became a teen before the coffee craze, so while [...]
Posted in America, Barack Obama, Decision 2008, Hillary Clinton, McCain, Money on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
This guy isn’t. He makes a good case much to the surprise of his interviewer.
Seen at andrewsullivan.com
Posted in Business, Coffee, Food, Money, News, Random, Seattle, Starbucks on January 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I asked my friend Vaughan who I know likes Starbucks if he wanted the remaining balance on my Starbucks gift card. I got one for Christmas, but as I don’t really like Starbucks coffee and I don’t really approve of their world domination tactics against small business owners I didn’t want to finish the [...]
Posted in Medicine, Money, News, Science on January 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m constantly reminded how I can’t count on the government to, well, do anything. In this case, provide a safe work place and safe food. Since 2000, some pop corn factory workers have required lung transplants because they developed cancers from diacetyl an artificial butter flavoring.
Only after a diligent doctor revealed that a consumer [...]
Posted in Money, Olympics, Science, Sports on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an interesting article about Oscar Pistorius, the parapalegic sprinter who has now officially been ruled ineligible from International Association Athletics Federation events which includes the Beijing Olympics.
The article cites compelling evidence that the prosthetic blades Oscar uses could give him an advantage:
Brueggemann found that Pistorius was able to run at the same speed as [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Federer, Football, Golf, Humor, Humour, Money, Pop Culture, Random, Soccer, Sports, Tennis on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You only have to have watched a few recent tennis Grand Slams to know that Roger Federer shares the management company as Tiger Woods and Thierry Henry. This advert absolutely makes me cringe. With all the money that they have you would think they’d be embarrassed to lather up and shave for the camera. Let’s [...]
Posted in Cartoons, Money, News on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
The Nightly Business Report on PBS did a segment on Sanrio’s new menswear line. Well, I’m a huge fan of Sanrio though I prefer Chococat to Hello Kitty.
Unfortunately available only as a transcript and not streaming video, the story really should be seen to be believed. No photos on the web do justice to the [...]
Posted in Money on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My husband received a Passport Unlimited card from his work. The company’s website advertises itself as “the first dining program targeted at business professionals, offering significant discounts and repeat visits at participating upscale restaurants.”
I’m sure I’m not the first person to get embarrassed when using a coupon, especially at an upscale restaurant. Let’s be honest [...]
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