Sportswriter Wright Thompson tried out the Legends section at the new Yankee Stadium. You don’t have to be a baseball fan to relate to this story of a business prizing short-term profits over long-term growth. (via Metafilter)
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If all band-aids were packaged as cleverly as these, it would take the sting out of getting a boo-boo.
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How Traffic Jams Help the Environment. Making the streets more efficient only leads to more drivers.
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The History of David Seville and The Chipmunks. Desperation is the true mother of invention. (via Boing Boing)
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Food Rules: Your Dietary Dos and Don’ts. Good advice contributed by readers make the most out of your meals.
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The Golden Age of Video. The only thing these movies have in common is the rhythm and the rhyme.
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8 Oddly Specific Museums Preserving Our History. If you name it, there’s a museum dedicated to it, whatever it is.
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Two of these links have been posted within the last month already and the Canadian Thanksgiving isn’t even mentioned! For shame!
posted by Daniel Deschenes on 10-12-2009 at 1:06 pm
Traffic Jams/Environment: Well that makes sense. Let’s try it with other things too! Only one checkout line at every grocery and department stores. Longer waits means less people buying things which is good for the environment! How can people complain when it is all for the good of the environment? The possibilities are endless. The stupidity is mind-boggling!
posted by Hurricane on 10-12-2009 at 3:24 pm
Odd and attractive billboards link in my name. Some of them are real cool.
posted by Sara in AL on 10-12-2009 at 4:57 pm
Hurricane, I know! Who cares if resources are moving less freely, people are less productive, and prices go up, thus making the poor even poorer. It’s all for what some bureaucrats deem as the greater good!
posted by Lisa on 10-12-2009 at 5:01 pm
Great piece on the new Yankee stadium.The ticket prices forced the “workin’ folk” right out of the game.It’s not just the tickets it’s parking,food,drinks,and if you live in Vermont like me it’s hotels and gas.God forbid you try and buy a sweatshirt at 75$ you’ll need to work overtime for weeks just to pay for a day at the park!Love the Yankees hate their greed.
posted by choppy on 10-13-2009 at 2:28 am