Got this link from a friend of mine today. Excellent piece (by Garrison Keillor), and an idea I can subscribe to.
Seven rules for reading the paper
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NHL Plays of the Week
Here they are:
That’s the sound of da police
Drove down to my local sushi bar a couple of blocks away and… well, it was raining and it's closer to 700 meters to the place and… anyway, I drove down, and saw a police car with the sirens on coming towards me. It's not something we see every day around here, so I got kind of curious.
NHL Blog Central
Here we go again. My first NHL Blog Central entry of '07 is right here and below:
You are my destiny
”I quit.”I’ve told my friends just that past months. I quit hockey. I just don’t have the energy or the commitment anymore. Hockey just doesn’t seem to do it for me like it used to.
The power of few
I have quite a few feeds in my FeedDemon but often I just read the blog entries and skip the comments. The other day, I did visit Malcolm Gladwell’s site because he posed a question about Enron there, and I wanted to see if somebody had answered him.
Quote of the day/week/month/year
Business is a contact sport
Here’s another story from about a year ago.
Business is a contact sport
Major sporting events attract billions of people around the world. Major sponsors are lining up to be affiliated with the Olympics, the World Cup, and different world championships in different sports to grab the loyal fan’s attention. And loyalty. And money.
Business and major sporting events have always gone hand in hand. For example, Coca-Cola has supported the Olympics since 1928 and it recently extended its Olympic sponsorship through 2020. The Olympic Games will be the staging ground for a host of new Coca-Cola products in the future as in the past.
Help
Anybody know if there’s a way to count the total number of words in several Word documents (without opening them all and adding them one by one)?
Humble Nobel tailor
Even the most famous people take on their pants one leg at a time. That is something Jarl Dahlquist knows for sure. He is the designated Nobel tailor.
Silent Star Wars
This hilarious silent movie version of Star Wars off of BoingBoing: