Saturday, January 07, 2006
Start Your Engines: It's Detroit Auto Show Time!
Events' Annualized Economic Impact
Summer Olympics $700 million
NAIAS* $580 million
Daytona 500* $554 million
Super Bowl XXXVII $367 million
Indianapolis 500* $336.6 million
New York International Auto Show* $187 million
Ryder Cup $114 million
Oscars* $63 million
Kentucky Derby* $53 million
Major League Baseball All-Star Game $52.5 million
World Series* $40 million
*Estimated annual economic impact.
Official Site
MSN
NYT
Summer Olympics $700 million
NAIAS* $580 million
Daytona 500* $554 million
Super Bowl XXXVII $367 million
Indianapolis 500* $336.6 million
New York International Auto Show* $187 million
Ryder Cup $114 million
Oscars* $63 million
Kentucky Derby* $53 million
Major League Baseball All-Star Game $52.5 million
World Series* $40 million
*Estimated annual economic impact.
Official Site
MSN
NYT
"Inadvertant fathering while on a break"
Starbucks Economics

"Here's a little secret that Starbucks doesn't want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino
if you want one, and they will charge you less for it. Ask for it in any Starbucks and the barista will comply withoutÂ
batting an eye. The puzzle is to work out why."
News from the North, January 7
"I don't even have to go down that road, and you guys should check yourself about asking me that," Mitchell said testily. "When you walk away from the scrum,
you ask yourself what you asked me, where it's coming from, and then you tell me are you really asking me a proper question. And that's all I'm gonna say."
Friday, January 06, 2006
Let's see whether this Bill Clinton story has legs
Veronica Mars
I know that Veronica Mars is a TV show (Link)
but an awful lot of folks with secrets can't wait to share them with her:
http://www.tellveronicamars.com/index.html
Tell Veronica Mars
but an awful lot of folks with secrets can't wait to share them with her:
http://www.tellveronicamars.com/index.html
Tell Veronica Mars
Retail: Promising new comic strip
The Trademark Terrorist
One of many instances where I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Click on images to read:


You can buy t-shirts with logos such as these:
Logos
Partial list of "licensed word marks" for whuch you may get sued:
Word Marks
New York Times:
NYT

Click on images to read:


You can buy t-shirts with logos such as these:
Logos
Partial list of "licensed word marks" for whuch you may get sued:
Word Marks
New York Times:
NYT
Most bloggers are ...
Her site is much more creative than mine
Rare opportunity (too late)
Role reversal?
The best comic strip
Microsoft censors Chinese blogs
Bad ligaments (but no-wait MRIs)
News from the North, January 6
What happened to English teachers?
Thursday, January 05, 2006
But things could be worse
I think I got a ways to go
And from the left
OK, let's add some political opinion from the right
Blingo: Win prizes while searching Google
I have no intention of doing this, but I wanted to test my new trick for opening a link in a new window.
Blingo
Blingo
Adjust your TV
So now where will we go to hear Wayne Newton?

http://www.klas-tv.com/global/story.asp?s=4319566&ClientType=Printable/
http://www.klas-tv.com/global/story.asp?s=4320696&ClientType=Printable/
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
NYT on evolutionary trends in suburban homes
Recent photo of me
Brilliant film; we saw it the other night
January 4 stuff
"A ton of useful information about screenwriting" in a blog:
http://johnaugust.com/
A NYT article about "Macaroni and Lots of Cheese":
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/dining/04wint.html?incamp=article_popular&pagewanted=all
A friendly warning from Pete Townshend:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/04/D8ETS6S00.html
Staci did a much better job of communicating that:
http://worldofstaci.blogspot.com/2006/01/pete-townshend-warning-for-ipod-users.html
http://johnaugust.com/
A NYT article about "Macaroni and Lots of Cheese":
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/dining/04wint.html?incamp=article_popular&pagewanted=all
A friendly warning from Pete Townshend:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/04/D8ETS6S00.html
Staci did a much better job of communicating that:
http://worldofstaci.blogspot.com/2006/01/pete-townshend-warning-for-ipod-users.html
Some December stuff 1
"Truly inspired" baby names for 2005
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/babynaming/1459673.html
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/babynaming/1459673.html