Forbes recently reported the 10 most over priced places to live inside of the United States as… 1. Essex County, Mass. 2. San Francisco, Calif. 3. San Jose, Calif. 4. Honolulu, Hawaii 5. Cambridge, Mass. 6. New York, N.Y. 7. Tucson, Ariz. 8. Oakland, Calif. 9. Boston, Mass. 10. Los Angeles, Calif. – G
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Being A Better Dad
Found a good article on being a better dad today. http://men.msn.com/articlebl.aspx?cp-documentid=826449&wa=wsignin1.0>1=8463
When Your Parents Die Broke
Recently, my Mom passed away last May. It was an un expected death and she left a couple bills behind that my father didn’t know about. Sooner or later it happens to everyone. Found a good article today on what to do when your parents die broke.
You Don’t Have to Be Well Liked to Succeed
Heres an interesting story I found at CNNMoney.com – It’s written by Jeffrey Pfeffer a Stanford Professor of Organizational Behavior. ———- Think career success is linked to popularity? Think again. To achieve greatness you have to make some people mad along the way. A lot of my Stanford MBA students seem to want, above all, [...]
Going to the Dentist
Ugh I hate specialists – I think it’s because everytime I go and see one, I realise how stupid I was in deciding not to persue medicine. My wisdom teeth have been coming through for about 4 years now, but my dentist wanted me to wait until school finished and I assumedly stopped growing, to [...]
$5.00 a Gallon
For the first time ever… I had to pay $3.00 a gallon for my gas today. As I live in Portland, Oregon – we don’t have to pump our own gas. I asked the Gas Attendant how long has it been $3.00 a gallon ? He replied and said about a week now. Following that [...]
Viva La Mexico !
Sounds similiar to Amersterdam and I’m not sure if I would like to see it happen in the USA… But last week Mexico decided to pass a new law that legalizes small amounts of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms and peyote. With the backing of President Vicente Fox, the bill also mandates treatment for addicts, [...]
Mt. Hood Meadows Closes April 30th.
What a sad day…. It just snowed a couple days ago and the base runs deep. 24 feet of snow at the top and a 14 foot base at the bottom. Shiiiiiiiiiiit – thats so much snow. To bad the management at Mt. Hood Meadows couldn’t figure out a way to make it work at [...]
Indy 4
Looks like Harrison Ford can finally take the fedora out of mothballs. Â The Hollywood megastar told a German magazine on Wednesday that after rewrites too numerous to count, he and director Steven Spielberg are finally satisfied with the script for the forever-in-the-works fourth installment of the whip-wielding, tomb-raiding adventurer. Â “Steven Spielberg and I [...]
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Surprise Proposals – Junk or Dunk ?
Four little words that can change your life forever… (“I’ll have a Bud” doesn’t count.) Try, “Will you marry me?” Not merely a question, a marriage proposal is the climax of a totally (and hopefully perfectly) choreographed surprise. Here’s how five men popped the question — and made their beloved pop a gasket. #1: Jennifer [...]
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