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Putting on my glasses has the same effect as having a cup of coffee.

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NYTimes: "A $20,000 increase in spending on leisure was roughly equivalent to the happiness boost one gets from marriage."

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Beer, gangsta rap, and grading macro exams... glad the state of California pays me for this.

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@swampdrainer that looks impossibly awesome.

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Why is there such a brisk market for used socks on eBay?

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Two-thirds of real lifetime wage growth typically occurs in the first 10 years of a career.

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California's bond rating is the same as Libya's.

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The moment Jobs announced the iPad's base price ($499), Apple's market cap increased by $5 billion."

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Reading about housing market doom and gloom: http://seekingalpha.com/a/3url

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ouch! US employment rates are headed towards levels not seen since women entered the workforce: http://bit.ly/PalET

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Job satisfaction is a stronger predictor of longevity than tobacco use.

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McDonalds is the largest private employer in France.

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Red Bull tastes like Def Leppard.

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My miles flown to taxable income ratio is pretty phenomenal this year. Unless I want to, you know, buy something.

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"The SEALS arrived on the scene by parachuting from their aircraft into the sea." What did you do this weekend?

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"The World's Shortest Horror Story: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door."

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Just granted my visa for Indonesia -- of course they gave me the wrong one, so once there I'll have to file paperwork to leave. Doh.

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500,000 Purple Hearts were made for the planned invasion of Japan in 1946. They have been awarded ever since - 120,000 are still left.

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@n0dna - not to worry, it was the wife that showed me the article: http://tinyurl.com/ckbz2b

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So that girl I keep seeing when I'm climbing. The one who's pretty good. Yeah, so it turns out she's one of the best in the world.