Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Funny Money Daily Links Thursday


This is a little different but worth watching

This could help Heath Ledger......oh wait,
nevermind Too soon?

If you haven't stopped by Trader Eyal's blog you're missing out. Go Now!

Stranded at the airport? Don't forget to use rule 240

The ultimate karate punch. He has a black belt in No Can Do

FBI widens net around Subprime Industry

Great another rate drop. You should be really proud of this

Been scouring the world for this and I finally found my Dr. Suess chicken

8 Unusual Valentines Gifts to get her all hot and bothered (SFW)

What man doesn't like a collection of tank accident photos?

Doesn't do it for you? How about a collection of photos of a hot girls?


Tastes Nothing Like Chicken: The World's Nastiest Foods

I'm sure people from Vietnam think American bologna is awful but I am going to have to say that even a few beers couldn't make these things taste good


Deep Fried Bat


I know you think these are deep fried baby aliens but actually these are "kabog", or deep fried bat. A real treat in the Philippines. They taste just like balut which you'll have the pleasure of seeing at the bottom



Pigsbrain


Most people prefer the small or stupid pig because it is more tender. OK I made that up but anyone stupid enough to eat pig brain will believe it.


Seahorse on a Stick
There's nothing tastier at the Chinese fair than seahorse on a stick. If that tastes too fishy, the vendors usually offer scorpions, grubs, and the ever so tasty silk worm.




Jelly Fish

I have trouble eating something that I have to pee on to keep it from causing me great pain but evidently this stuff is pretty good. Just look at that suckling pork with a side of jellyfish fries





Pickled Lizard


Umm, Pickled Lizard. Only in Hanoi, Vietnam (ok maybe all over Vietnam) can you pick up this tasty "Giant Lizard in a Bottle". Hey I'll eat the worm in the bottom but you're going to have to get me a lot drunker than this to eat that thing.



Hairless Rats

It may be the year of the rat in China but in Taiwan it's always on the menu. According to Dzrbenson
Both Restaurants in a Taiwan village display hairless rat carcasses in their kitchen windows before chopping off the heads and throwing the pint-sized bodies and tails into pots. Both restaurants are full at meal times as the rat race for gnawing customers reaches fever pitch. “Most people who come in here at first have a psychological barrier, but once they take a bite, they don’t mind.” The rats grow up on crops from fields surrounding the village of Lucao in Chiayi county - which means they are not dirty rats from sewers.

The funny thing is while you guys are thinking how nasty it would be to eat rat, all I can think about is how hard it would be to defur these damn things.


Penis: Any and All



Thought it was only a delicacy for Jenna Jameson? All over the world people eat all different animal's members. The boiled bull penis pictured above is a favorite. If bull is not your thing. you have a choice in some restaurants like the one above. I'm not sure what the fuzzy one is but it's going to tickle on the way down.


Balut: Eggs with Legs

A Half-hatched chicken egg. A balut is a fifteen- or sixteen-day fertilized chicken egg. Open an egg and pop a sixteen-day-old incomplete chicken fetus into your mouth, complete with partially formed feathers, feet, eyeballs, and blood vessels showing through the translucent skin of the chick. The only think nastier than this...





Two Girls 1 Cup


Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Funny Money Daily Links Wednesday


So I guess I got kicked out of another My Little Pony Forum. Very original comedy

Fortune's annual list of the 25 Most Powerful People in Business

Technology meets McDonalds

I love my ladies with HUGE diabetes. Read to understand

Isn't it ironic that the Father of LSD is turning 100?

Seven Medical Myths

Very interesting article. The End of Cheap Food

Just what I need. A frickin ugly rodent that is completely oblivious to pain. Nice

The 10 Best Beer Ad Slogans

Mary Menounus looks hot even pumping gas. I hadn't given you a hot girl link in a while so I figured I better get on it.


Ten Reasons Why Brides Wear Veils

Going straight to Hell for this post.






















































































































And one last one. I call this one "She makes me look good"


If any of these picture are yours and would like them taken down. First of all "I'm sorry" in more ways than one and two, email me and I will.







Why Does Steve Jobs Have to Be Such a Douche About Autographs?


I completely understand not wanting to sign autographs all the time. He has work to do. He has to help run Apple and Pixar and constantly keep ahead of the cool curve in the world of technology. What I don't understand is the he will NEVER sign autographs and gives you a "kiss my ass" when he tells you he doesn't.

Doesn't he understand that most people are asking out of respect and admiration? Apple fans live and breathe Apple products. He is a god to his fans and they would love to have nothing more than an autograph of the man himself. Due to his lack of signing his autograph is one of the highest valued of all living people today. If HE wouldn't make such a big deal about it nobody else would. Again, Bill Gates is just as respected and his autograph is just in demand but he has a staff that handles it.


Here's what I don't get. For a mere $30,000 he could hire someone to read all his fan mail and then send out autopens like Bill Gates does with a nice, polite, mass produced letter. If he doesn't want to autopen he could just send out the photo and say thank you for the kind letter. These people are the ones that put him where he is today. The spent their hard earned money on Apple products and a simple mass produced "Thank you" isn't too much to ask. She could also find a couple of the extra special letters and have him write back personally. Because his auto is so valuable, why doesn't he give some autographed mechandise to charity? He could raise hundreds of thousands if not millions by doing nothing more than donating a few signed things. Can you imagine what 10 autographed white iPods would bring?

It's always pissed me off the way he reacts to autograph requests. I met him in Chicago at an event many years ago and I knew I was going to get the chance to meet him. My father is an Apple user and has been since 1976. He actually collects them and has every model made before Macs came around. I thought I was going to get my Dad the best birthday present he had ever gotten that day. I even brought a picture of a LISA with me for him to sign. When I asked him to sign he flat out ignored me. I even told him the story of my father and he acted like he had heard the story a million times and he probably has. I, at the time, didn't realize he had a strict no autograph policy and couldn't believe I talked to the man, got the nerve to ask him, and got completely ignored. I am not an autograph hound and nobody at this gathering could have possibly been one, it was a business gathering that the guy that put up the money for my trading account, invited me to.

Again I am not blasting the man for not signing an autograph for me. I was just trying to get my father a keepsake. I care more that the stock goes up. What I don't like is that he cares more about the product than me. He doesn't owe me a thank you or an autograph but when someone personally tells him they have stuck with him through the good times and bad times in a personal setting I expected some kind of reaction. Use your personal fame for some good. Give back a little to the people that have given you so much.

PS Steve, if you want to write me Dad and thank him, email me and I'll give you his address. Let him be the first one on your journey to appreciation


Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The Funny Money Daily Links Tuesday


Want to get audited? Then don't pay attention to the wash rule. Blue dog has a little ditty about the wash rule.

Fred Wilson has an excellent post on what I call "Flight to Quality" . I always move towards quality things or "potential quality" which has the potential to be great but carries more risk reward.


I have to have a Tesla ABG. I think this is the future of cars. A great read

100 Fantastic Business Quotes

Use this test to see if you have a dirty mind

12 Most Awesomely Ridiculous Auctions on Ebay

Can you pass the U.S. Citizens Test. Here are 12 questions. How many did you get right?

Check out this cool tool to find out what other sites are hosted on a website's server. Good snooping tool

I ran across this blog. Great title and content

How glasses affect your image


The positives of a housing recession. You can buy Rev Run's house on the cheap


A Look At Some of the Financial Losers

Great article over at NY Magazine. Think you took a hit this month? They took a look at the some of the biggest losers.

Cash of the Titans

You can’t lose a fortune unless you have it in the first place.

Published Jan 27, 2008

Wall Street moguls’ stock holdings in their own companies lost them a combined $842 billion since the frothy days of just last year. Who escaped the least scathed? Citigroup’s new CEO, Vikram Pandit, who didn’t get his shares until January 22.


(Photo: Patrick McMullan)

JAMES CAYNE, Formerly of Bear Stearns
Shares Owned: 5,658,591
Closing Price, 1/24: $87.74
52-Week High: $170.23
Value at High, in Millions: $963
Value on 1/24, in Million: $496
Loss, in Millions: $467


(Photo: Patrick McMullan)

LLOYD BLANKFEIN, Goldman Sachs
Shares Owned: 1,952,107
Closing Price, 1/24: $199.20
52-Week High: $250.70
Value at High, in Millions: $489
Value on 1/24, in Million: $389
Loss, in Millions: $100





SEE THE REST OF THE BIG LOSERS


We Need a New Ben As the Head of the Federal Reserve: Ben Stein


Ben Bernanke is a very intelligent man but unfortunately he's scared of Wall Street. After getting pushed around by the markets the last few months I would like to officially nominate Ben Stein for the New Federal Reserve Chairman. Here are 5 Reasons Why

5. He has no problem telling Alan Greenspan to shut the fu*k up. Ben is known for calling like he sees it and he and I both think Greenspan needs to move on and keep his opinions to himself (even though they are friends)

4. He's smarter than anyone in Washington. Bush would have lost more money than he put into the war if it was "Win George Bush's Money" .

3. The guy is an economic genius. He's written several books on personal finance but no doubt in my mind he knows macro economics as well. This alone won't do the trick as Bernanke has a resume as strong as anyone could have in economics, and it's gotten him nowhere. The difference is Stein is not just book smart he understands personal "real life" economics as well.

2. He's a Wall Street Guy. He knows Wall Street and how it works. He won't be afraid to disappoint. I think he realizes that the FR leads the markets not the other way around.

1. Read this article from 2005. He was all over the housing situation as the Fed let it get away from them. It certainly shows he doesn't believe reaction will get it done but rather focus on heart of the problem.


Monday, January 28, 2008

The Funny Money Daily Links Monday



The Web sucked in 1996. Take a look at some Fortune 500 companies' websites in 1996

How's this for creative? A book you cook

Every heard of a sheep circle?

Remember what I said about investing in 4 letter domains. Well a new price list has come out and you certainly would be killing the stock market.

The 25 Fastest Growing Tech Companies

One of the better more realistic lists I've read. 30 Tips to Stay Productive While Working at Home

If you haven't been to Chris Perruna's site lately. He does a heck of a job. You would have made a lot of money in January if you followed him.

Great Top 10 List delivered by Obama on Letterman

Going to Vegas for the SuperBowl. Here's a list of some of the Crazy bets you can place

The United States of Fat


7 Disturbing Trends for 2008


7. Computerized voices on all the new songs
If I hear another T-Pain song again I am going to fill my ears with that foam stuff that fills cracks and insulates. There are still people on the radio that can actually sing but they are being surrounded by computerized people that can't sing. I love Snoop Dogg as much as the next guy but what has the world come to when his new song is all singing and barely rapping. It's become a producers game. Now I have to search for talent. It's gotten so bad I actually have to turn to American Idol to see real singers.

6. The US thinking that handouts are the answer
People are going to have to start learning to take care of themselves. We don't like what happens in the rest of the world so we go out and try to fix it. Our economy starts struggling and we want to hand everyone money and say "go spend". Remember that old saying about give a fish or fishing pole thing? We keep giving everyone fish

5. Celebrities are more important than any other news
I love celebrity gossip and read it every day. What disturbs me is the fact it has become front page news. Every year it creeps up further in the newspaper and on the nightly news. Sports used to be America's past time, now it's Hollywood




4. Those images, moving graphics, and things at the bottom of the TV shows
I am paying to watch TV now because of cable and satellite. DO NOT block my view of the program I am trying to watch by promoting one of your other programs at the bottom or top of my screen. I didn't get the free internet in the 90's because that same problem and I certainly don't want it now. It is rude



3. Dumbing down my web sites for my phone
Let my phone improve, don't dumb down the website. Google has done a great job of adjusting the display, but many others change over to that awful Blackberry type layout. I've been waiting for 10 years to have a phone that could truly surf the web. I finally get the iPhone and then I go to the site and the graphics have all been taken away. I'm sure when I can finally run javascript they'll take it all off because it will slow down a Kyocera phone

2. The Exaggerated tendency toward pessimism
The internet is overwhelmingly negative. I still find plenty of optimism, kindness, and courteous people all over the internet and TV but you have to search harder and harder. One thing I have found. The successful bloggers and entrepreneurs all tend to be hard working and nice people. To make things work you have to have followers and network. It is hard to lead and work with others if you're always Debbie Downer. Other than the Spears girl screwing things up, Disney great shows for kids, promotes positivity and I actually find myself watching with my daughter because its just plain goofy positive comedy like the old days.

1. The Alarming Growth in the National Debt
Our national debt stands at $8.7 trillion, nearly $30,000 for every person breathing in the United States. At $1.3 billion per day the lack of fiscal restraint scares me to death. As a Republican I used to feel the deficit wasn't a big deal because we were borrowing from ourselves but things have changed. Nearly $2 trillion of this debt is owed to foreign entities, mostly Japan and China. It's no wonder the dollar is in a free fall and the Fed has to work every day to fight off inflation. What most people don't realize is that interest payback is now the third largest outlay for the government after social outlay and of course, military spending.


Friday, January 25, 2008

The Funny Money Daily Links Friday

Wow! How did they know that was a fake ID?

Simple Question. Pet Toy or Sex Toy?

Computer dirty? The internets can clean them here.

For the new Fathers out there. The do's and don't with babies

Eat and Trade. The Daily "Why Didn't I Think of That" Pen Top Utensils

7 Phrases that Famous People Own

Insiders saying that iPhone sales are dropping fast. (I'm putting this up to make the stock drop so I can get more shares)

Speaking of Apple. You HAVE to see these speakers, 500X earbuds

I prefer Wallstreak but Vestopia is interesting. "Peek over the shoulders of investment pros in real time" I'll stick with wallstreak

Zimbabwe releases 10,000,000 bill. Worth $4 U.S.

I hope this tax credit doesn't go through. If I don't get it, nobody should get it.

Now THESE are home theatres

Pictures of the each contestant's bikini portion of the Miss America contest. Stare if you must


31 Year Old Trader Loses His Bank $7.9 Billion yes Billion

Nope this isn't Nick Leeson, this is some other "in just a little too deep" trader named Jerome Kerveil. Mr Kerveil lost the company he trades for Societe General, which in French means "bank that is broke", $4.9 billion Euros which is $7.18 Billion dollars. It was uncovered over the last few days as the markets sank. He, of course, was on the hoping the markets will rise team. The most amazing part of this whole scandal is that Kerveil didn't stand to make a cent on these trades as he was salaried with no bonus for good trading. Here a little more on the story

PARIS (AP) -- In what appears to be the largest trading fraud ever carried out by a single person, a young trader at French bank Societe Generale is accused of making unauthorized bets on stock markets that cost the bank nearly $7.2 billion but may not have netted him a cent.

The bank called the fraud "exceptional in its size and nature," and said it apparently went undetected for more than a year by its own multilayered security systems.

It would place the young trader, identified as 31-year-old Jerome Kerviel, atop the pantheon of rogue traders for a scheme from which bank executives said he apparently did not make a personal profit.

Societe Generale Chief Executive Daniel Bouton said Kerviel's motivations were "totally irrational" but gave no further clues to his motive.

The bank, France's second-largest, said Thursday it had learned of the fraud last weekend. And the timing could not have been worse: The bank was forced to sell Kerviel's contracts just as stock markets were plunging worldwide. It took the bank three days to unload them.

Societe Generale said the losses amounted to 4.9 billion euros, or about $7.18 billion -- one of history's biggest banking frauds. It led to immediate calls for tighter regulation.


I Am The First Person With A Photo of the Cause of the Monte Carlo Fire

The Result







The Cause






Edward Lazear Chimes In On Economic Stimulus

I'm not sure if I agree with Mr. Lazear but then again I am jealous I won't get any free money


EDWARD LAZEAR TELLS FOX BUSINESS NETWORK THAT IF AMERICA WAITS TO TAKE ACTION IT COULD BE TOO LATE

Courtesy of Fox Business


In a television interview with FOX Business Network’s Neil Cavuto, Edward Lazear, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors to President Bush, says the President’s economic stimulus plan that was passed by both sides of the House today will not set a negative precedent regardless of the fact that America is not yet in a recession.


On whether Bush’s stimulus plan sets a negative precedent since America is not yet in a recession:

“I don’t see this as a check from the government. I don’t see this as lollipops. I see this as tax cuts giving money back to the people…I think it will have a long-run benefit in the sense that if we create growth right now, we’ll create a situation where the economy can grow further in the future. If we wait and don’t take action right now, it may be ok, things might be just fine. But if we’re wrong, we won’t be in a situation to reverse things later.”

“The problem is that if you wait until things are bad then it’s always too late…If you want to act, you have to act early…It’s wise to do it right now simply because the risks on the downside are sufficiently great.”

“We think that this is a measure that is wise. We think this is a measure that will help the economy get through some potential rough spots in the short term and we believe that it’s an investment worth making.”

“We like tax cuts …We also like having money in the hands of the people. That’s always been one of the key principles on which the President has run the economy.”

On permanent tax cuts:

“We believe that permanent tax cuts are the best way to grow the economy in the long-run…We haven’t decided in any way that we’re not going to push that forward. You’ll see that coming in the near future.”


A Little Help for Vegas

I am heading to Las Vegas with my brother next weekend so I had to do some research on proper terminology if I wish to properly experience the Las Vegas nightlife. Here is a Strip Club Glossary that should come in handy. I will be taping it to my arm like a third string quarterback's playlist.

ATM – As in automated teller machine, a dancer’s term for customer.

Ballet, The (AKA) The Great Canadian Ballet – Strip clubs in Canada.

Billy Joel – Blowjob. A code used by customers to talk amongst themselves to try and find out if any girl’s are giving head. For example : “Hey I heard Billy Joel is playing here tonight!”.

Civilian - Female customer who isn't a dancer

Civy Titties – A female customer’s breasts.

Coke (AKA) Cocaine, Shit, Charlie, Snow, Colombian Marching Powder - What allows some dancers to work until 4am every night.

Custy – Dancer’s term for customer.

DJ Fee – A once per shift fee every dancer may have to pay the DJ for his services.

E (AKA) Ecstasy, X – Club drug usually most popular with the younger less experienced dancers who have only stripped for a short time and are there to party.

Extras – Term used for any dirty stuff including fucking, fingering, blowjobs and hand jobs. If a dancer does “extras”, she’s a whore.

Feature – A feature entertainer who usually very beautiful & talented who does a special choreographed show that may include costumes & props.

Floor, The – The general open areas of the club. If a dancer is “working the floor” or “on the floor” she has begun work for the night.

Floor Fee (AKA) House Fee – A once per shift fee that a dancer must pay to the club in order to work. Fees can range from as low as $20 or as high or even higher than $100 depending on how busy and lucrative the club is.

Floorshow – Usually the third or last song in a dancer’s set that sees her utilize the stage floor in part of her show.

Freelancer – A dancer who does not follow a scheduled work time and may generally come and go as she pleases as long as she has worked whatever minimum hours the club requires.

G (AKA) GHB, Liquid XTC – G is another club drug sometimes used in Strip Clubs. It is a salty colorless liquid that can be mixed with water or juice. While mixing it with alcohol can be dangerous and sometimes fatal, it is not confined to recreational voluntary use and will sometimes be used to drug someone’s drink as is often used as a date rape drug.

G’d Out – A coma like state of unconsciousness which can happen to anyone who has taken too much G or has mixed it with booze.

Half (AKA) Halfer – A ½ gram of cocaine, the most common denomination in which it is sold.

Hooter Shooter – When the shooter girl places a shooter in between her breasts and allows the customer to pull it out and drink it with only his mouth. This can sometimes include some simulated oral action with the shooter tube and almost always includes her rubbing her breasts in the customer’s face.

Horseshoe - A table designed like a horseshoe to allow several customers to sit around it while a dancer can strip in the middle or on top of it.

House Girls – Dancers who normally work the club on a regular basis.

House Mom – A woman (usually) who provides special services to the dancers which may include clothing sales, alterations, make up & hair services or tips and advice or even a shoulder to cry on.

Hustler – Term used for a hard working dancer.

K-Mart Crowd – Term used by dancers to describe a bunch of cheap non-spending gawking customers.

Klitty Litter – Bits of toilet paper or other debris stuck to a girl’s cookie.

Lap dance – A semi private or private dance that has the stripper on the customer’s lap. D’uh!

Mileage – Measure of the value factor of a lap dance. High mileage indicates better value. Some also use this term for the nasty factor of the dance.

Pervert’s Row (AKA) Sniffer’s Row – Term used by dancers for the seating right in front of and around the stage.

Pole, the – The Stripper Pole. Some are stationary while others rotate.

Pole Pox – Skin rash or allergic reaction to the material the pole is made out of.

Pole Tricks – A repertoire of tricks and moves used by dancers on the pole.

Pussy Plant – A procedure where a dancer takes a tip from a customer by picking it up with their pussy.

Pussy Towel – A small towel similar to a bandana that the dancers use to sit on anywhere in the club. Most use it also to keep a small barrier between them and a customer when doing a lap dance if case the guy cums in his pants.

Pussy Wipe – Baby wipes…the secret to a clean fresh cookie.

Regular – A dancer’s customer who usually always spends money on her

Rub & Tug – A Massage Parlor

Set – A dancer’s music that they use for stage shows. Usually in a grouping of 1-3 songs.

Showgirl – Similar to a feature but usually of less quality and even lesser pay.

Smoker – A dancer that smokes marijuana

Stick Shifting – When a dancer uses her hand to rub a guy through his pants.

Super Special (AKA) Cattle Call – A once a night presentation of all the dancers working in the club to briefly appear on stage one at a time so all the customers in the club can see them. Sometimes this will be followed up by free dance or t-shirt giveaways.

String Check – When a dancer checks to see if her tampon string is neatly tucked away. What you thought they took that week off?

Tipout – When a dancer tips out some cash to the DJ or Bouncer for services rendered. This may or may not be mandatory.

Twoonie Slide – A Canadian term for tipping a minimum of $2 on stage. The customer lies down (or slides onto) the stage with the tip and awaits the dancer to take it. The term Twoonie is Canadian slang for the $2 coin.

VIP Room (AKA) Champagne Room, Back Room – Where most lap dances are done at $20 per song.

White Knight – A naïve customer who is intent on saving a stripper from her “bad life”, bad boyfriend or drug habit.


Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Funny Money Daily Links Thursday

10 Great Stephen Hawking Quotations. Heeeer theeeey aaaare!

Wordpress owners get another $29 million in round B funding. I would love to be in round C

Bill Clinton Announces He's Running for President

America's Top 20 Drunkest Athletes

Check out Wallstreet Warriors on MOJO it's much improved

You think you could sit in total darkness for 6 days? These guys are going to

Go visit the Grandfather of stock market blogs, Trader Mike and tell him Shane sent you.

10 Ways for a "happier" Fox Happy Hour

Hey Panasonic. Internet Explorer called and they want their favicon back. (non internet geeks it's the icon next to the url)

Heath Ledger and the Markets stole the headlines from one of the most amazing things I've seen in a while. Gazans blow up wall and flood into Israel.

These stock are attractive on this selloff. A seekingalpha article


The Amazing Sand Art of Jim Denevan

Remember when you wrote your name in the sand at the beach and the water came up and washed it away? Now imagine spending all day on it and then having it washed away. This is the art of Jim Devevan. Jim uses a stick and a rake to create the beautiful work pictured below. Jim's art only lives through photos because at the end of every day, his work is covered by the ocean and the canvas starts over. Like a giant etch-a-sketch. Take a look at the amazing work in the photos below or visit his website














I Can Now Enjoy Wallstreet Warriors


MOJO has done the right thing. They've come back with a new season of Wall Street Warriors. I say the right thing because the first season made me gag watching Tim Sykes' lame ass trying to prove to the world how cool he is. Now that they have him off the show I can sit back and enjoy the new "characters" of season two. They have moved out of the world of hedge funds and into the world of private equity, buyouts and funding. Honestly it's not a world I've been in so I find it much more interesting. Here's how this year will play out.

This year focuses on Brett, 28 year old buyout fund manager. The $100 million dollar fund must be doing well because young Brett drives a Ferrari. Over the top? Probably. But I admit it's fun to watch. The cast also features a recent New York University graduate, a frozen orange-juice commodities trader and a pair of stock salesmen . For those of us that trade and have some money the whole "this is what money looks like" thing doesn't really draw me in. What does draw me in and the reason you should be watching, is we do know money. I know what these guys and girls are thinking. I know the problems they have. Yeah there are a few more zeros at the end but I was young and on the trading floor once myself. There is the combination of trying to make it and at the same time show others you already have. I highly recommend you watch the show. It's online over at MOJO. Take a sneak preview below I promise, no Sykes




Wall Street Warriors Sneak Preview - Watch more free videos


Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The Wednesday Wall Street Things to Ponder


A big "ouch" coming in the market today so you might as well have 15 minutes of fun.

This scares me to say but I actually agree with Fly

Forget Heath Ledger. Nate Dogg paralyzed after stroke



Kenny George of NC-Asheville is a 7-7 monster. Basketball is the least of his problems

How many pennies can you visualize? The mega penny project

I'm sick of hearing about the troop losses. No doubt in my mind that every person killed was a complete waste of a life but yet more people are killed in America by this and we barely talk about it anymore

Remember that picture yesterday of the girl giving Bush "the look"? She's back laying it on Hillary

Wall Street banks give out $39 billion in bonuses last year despite a terrible years. The average was $211,000. I got that but at least I earned it

Tom Brady injured?
They said he had a leg brace on and that Gisele was walking with a limp when she came out. Or maybe he had the limp

What has this world come to when you can't take your wife on a leash anymore?

Lucky bastards: 10 Accidental Product Discoveries


More Fun and Games With Hillary Clinton









Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Breaking News: Heath Ledger Dies of Overdose

According to the New York Times

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.

At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play. Officials said pills fear found near the body.

Mr. Ledger, a native of Perth, Australia, won acclaim for his role as a co-star in “Brokeback Mountain”, a 2005 film. The film, based on a short story by Annie Proulx about two cowboys who fall in love, won critical acclaim. Reviewing the film in The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden wrote, “Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn.”

Mr. Ledger met the actress Michelle Williams while filming ‘’Brokeback Mountain.” The two actors fell into a very public romance. They had a daughter, Matilda Rose, who was born on Oct. 28, 2005. They moved to Brooklyn, but then separated last year.

Calls by The New York Times to Mara Buxbaum, a publicist for Mr. Ledger, and Steve Alexander, the actor’s agent, were not immediately returned this afternoon.


The Tuesday Wall Street Things to Ponder