It's Wednesday here in Minneapolis.
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It's Wednesday here in Minneapolis.
:)
This would be a baby winter in Michigan where I grew up. But the infrastructure here is just not built for it.
Almost. It's been the mildest winter ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
A little scary, as there is no snow, and a lot of our power is hyrdo.
It just keeps getting warmer and warmer here.
I had to mow my lawn this past weekend, and all of our trees and plants are blooming already. I usually don't have to mow my lawn until June. It never really died this year.
I was in St. Louis and KC today. Never got above 20 at either place. Ugh.
I sympathize for that Minnesota weather though. I'll be back in three weeks or so.
What was it, -20F or so windchill this morning?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezee E
Thirty days to spring!
Yesterday at 5pm, I was in Puerto Vallarta, 85 degrees, sunny. Yesterday at 9pm, I was in Minneapolis, -20F windchill, dark. Nothing like dropping a 100 degrees in 4 hours. These four bottles of tequila I brought home with me are not going to last long.
Oh, and Scar, let me guess, Cookie chose your new avatar, right?
Ah, Puerto Vallarta...where in 2000 I got my first tattoo, bought weed out of a bible, and had my credit card stolen. What a week!
No, he has his shirt on.Quote:
Originally Posted by bac0n
So, the wedding was this weekend. I'm sure what I'm about to say is a "well, no shit Sherlock" type of comment, but...
...just a note to people who are going to be planning a wedding - be careful of the music you choose for the ceremony.
The groomsmen and I got our own processional, so I got to choose the music for that. I chose the 'Love Theme' from Cinema Paradiso. Appropo, right? Great piece of music from one of my favorite films and appropriate to the occasion. I was like "this is perfect!"
Unfortunately, I forgot to factor in how emotional the movie makes me, especially at the end. Factor the innate emotional heft of the occasion to the mix and I had trouble keeping it together long enough to make my way to the officiant.
It's something I never thought to even consider. Oops.
Congrats! And grooms who cry at their weddings are adorable. It's all good.
I dodged that bullet at my wedding. The song chosen for my first dance was an acoustic folk rendition of Super Freak.
(not that there was a bullet to dodge.)
I rarely remember my dreams.
Last night I dreamt that a woman got pregnant with a Pac Man baby, and we had to wait to see which guy started to produce power pellets to determine who the father was.
I know we've had things like this before on the site. Don't recall if this one made the rounds. Anyway, I thought it was pretty neat: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html
Holy crap @ size of the Mincraft world.Quote:
Originally Posted by amberlita
I don't want to see that Japanese crab, ever.
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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...pider_crab.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezee E
That is amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by amberlita
That crab is something out of an old school monster movie.
I have a question about income inequality since it's a hot topic in the national conversation, and deservedly so. Everyone seems to agree that it's troubling and potentially dangerous for society. But is it inevitable? Here is a simple example:
Let's say Person A is ten times wealthier than Person B. They each make an investment in a large cap stock fund.
Person A invests $100,000
Person B invests $10,000
The value of the fund's shares go up 10% in a year, and both decide to sell.
Person A now has $110,000
Person B now has $11,000
Person A made $9,000 more than Person B, and as a result, their income disparity grew wider over the year.
Even if you tax Person A much more than Person B, Person A will still be net ahead, most likely.
Now, if Person B was really poor, living paycheck to paycheck, and had no discretionary money to invest, Person A would be even further ahead.
So how can income inequality be prevented? I realize this is a very dumbed-down example, so let me know if I'm missing anything here.
When you first started talking about income equality I thought you were going to go down the gender income equality route.
But instead you're just talking about it across the board like there's even something to fix. Therefor I see no problem with the above example.
You don't think there's a problem with income inequality?
You tell me what the problem is, I'll tell you if I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
I don't think there should be any billionaires in America if they're not going to build a robot suit or dress up like a bat.
Benny illustrated it better than I ever could.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
When the rich get significant tax breaks, and 1% of the population have more wealth than the bottom 90%, when the bottom 80% of the population has less than 7% of the wealth, I do not know how anyone can say there isn't a problem.
Get rich, scrub.