Coldplay concert!!! It was awesome. I think a sweet concert like the one last night here in BHam is a case-in-point in the fundamental lesson of risk-reward. No risk, no reward. Sure it was $65 smackeroos, but it was well worth it - not only are you purchasing the live music, but you're sharing a great experience, renting the atmosphere of a wonderful concert performance, and all of the memories that go along with it. PS to anyone reading this, Coldplay's members are some pretty cool guys, they were very mindful to come to all parts of the ampitheater, even with us in the back! And they gave out free CDs at the conclusion of the performance. Great, great, band & time, I highly recommend anyone who gets the chance to see them live to do it STAT.
Today I got my job "officially". 3 cheers for formal employment - okay just one - huzzah! And it's going to be a great one. Tomorrow I have to fly to Delaware, which makes me a little sad because I'd rather not :( and can't wait to come back to the Ham, but in the mean-time I hope all out there are having a great summer. Here are some interesting links for your reading pleasure:
Slate: The Trouble with Commencement Speakers - Don't Invite People Who've Succeeded, Invite People Who've Failed
Slate: How Obama is like Spock FP: Why Bad Times Lead to Good Ideas FP: New Form of Activism - (Facebook) Slacktivism FP: Wasted - America's Prohibition on Thinking Smart in the "Drug War" GetRichSlowly: How To Save Money on Food, Tips over 3 Years
GetRichSlowly: How Much Money Should You Save?
GetRichSlowly: How-To Negotiate Your Salary
GetRichSlowly: Finding Balance between Time & Money
GetRichSlowly: How to Find the Best CD or Money-Market Account
GetRichSlowly: 101 - Bonds & How They Work
GetRichSlowly: How to Save Money on Books
GetRichSlowly: How to Read a Mutual Fund Prospectus
Us News: Money-Saving Tips
NYT: A Consumer's Guide to the New Credit Card Rules
NYT: Why Has Globalization led to Bigger Cities?
NYT: Autopsies - Reassurance for Grief?
CsMonitor: Top 10 Green Living Myths
CsMonitor: Easy, Simple Q & A, - Steps to Getting your 1st Credit Card
CsMonitor: Biden Speaks at Wake Forest (I couldn't help it, this is my alma mater)
CsMonitor: New Orleans Says - What Recession?
CsMonitor: New Orleans' "Katrina Generation" Struggles with Drugs & Depression
CsMonitor: Craiglist - Target of Political Moral Crusaders
Newsweek: Ray Kurzweil (a Futurist) wishes to be a Robot
Newsweek: Transnational Law & the Role of Foreign Judges The Atlantic: How Culpable are the Bankers for this Crisis? (excellent, by Judge Posner) The Atlantic: Kids today are tilting Left, and why Socialism isn't looking so bad anymore Salon: Chomsky on the Unending War on Terror
Salon: What's Wrong with Michelle Obama's Style - A Feminist Perspective
TIME: Why Rookie Lawyers Get Paid $60,000 Paid Vacations
Non-Sequitor/Just for Fun (Awesome Geekery) - New Comic, "PhD" TIME: The Art (& Business) of the James Bond Theme Song
TIME: Review - Eminem's "Relapse" Album
The Atlantic: Eminem, Meet Obama - Where Does Rap go from Here? |
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