Porkbusters

“Why does a corporation that made $2.4 billion in profit need another $200 million from American taxpayers to cover a loss they’ve absorbed in that same year?”

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Motivational Picture

Amanda found a site that lets you make your own motivational posters from your own pictures… and this was the result.

Holy Crap – It’s Spring!

The hillside across the valley from my house is now that yellowish-green that signals the onset of spring. There’s also a tree or two now on the way to work that has actual leaves – although they’re still small, they’re a lot bigger than they were a week ago.

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Apple Makes Little Girl Cry

In California, nine-year old Shea O’Gorman wrote a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs suggesting changes that she thought might improve the iPod. The letter she got back from an Apple senior counsel, advising her of the company’s policy against considering unsolicited ideas, was brusque enough to reduce her to tears.