Quite some time ago, back when I used to blog for “the Fool”, I wrote a post about how farmers were going to have to dust off their Weber Weeders and start walking soybeans again. I was lambasted by people who had just stumbled out of a coffee shop. (Coffee really is the beverage of life’s losers.) They were even more outraged when I told them 2-4d quit working years ago and 2-4d ready soybeans … Round-Up Ready Cocaine SyndromeRead more
Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Tales that just make you want to scream and other humiliating kicks to the crotch.
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Ethics in Income Act
Many years ago, we had news stories about someone occupying a chair at a major brokerage firm for six months while “the board” searched for a full-time candidate. After attending only a handful of meetings, this individual pulled the ripcord on a $360 million dollar golden parachute. Needless to say, the blue- and white-collar workers who had retirement accounts holding mutual funds managed by said brokerage firm were immediately crying foul. The brokerage firm brushed … Ethics in Income ActRead more
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Do Kids Know This Today?
I was sitting in my office checking email this Sunday morning when suddenly I couldn’t send email. Oh I thought, my email service must be down. No problem, I’ll check on my eBay auctions. Nothing. I enter the IP address of my HughesNet Gen4 device and run the little test it has, zero packet loss. Click the customer care link, nothing. Okay, now it’s time to call. Oh wait, I have this thing auto billing … Do Kids Know This Today?Read more
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This is How MBAs Think
47 stories, no elevator Are you sure this building wasn’t designed by American MBA graduates who are currently in charge of Fortune 500 companies? It certainly sounds like a design which comes out of their “cut costs cut costs cut costs” cackling hen sessions. I mean who wouldn’t think you can just throw another 27 stories on top of a building without making any significant changes? I bet they even used a spreadsheet to justify … This is How MBAs ThinkRead more
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Diablotek
I have picked up power supplies from time to time just to have spares. Yes, it’s not as bad as it used to be, but, I don’t like the thought of having a machine down waiting for something as simple as a power supply. An even sadder situation is going to WorstBuy and paying $90 for a power supply I _know_ didn’t cost $12 wholesale. My first indication of issues came while at a client … DiablotekRead more