Everybody’s Business

Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics

By BEN STEIN

Published: July 13, 2008

If economics is the study of the allocation of scarce goods and services, what could be scarcer or more precious than love?

No Babies?

Magazine
No Babies?
By RUSSELL SHORTO
Published: June 29, 2008
Birthrates across the Continent are falling at drastic and, to many, alarming rates. Why are Europeans so hesitant to have children, and what does it mean for their future and for ours?

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Note page 6 of the article, where the conditions that apply are discussed.

While I was buying gasoline today:

(two men in line for cigarettes)
"Do you smoke menthol (mumble mumble?)"
"Yeah."
"Do you smoke grass?"
"Yeah-- I'll smoke anything."

(on a tee shirt)
JESUS LOVES YOU - BUT I'M HIS FAVORITE

I told someone recently that when I was asked what car I wanted (after my previous was wrecked), I had said I wanted a MINI (Cooper) or a VW Bug-- now what can we afford? Actually, I think that I followed up with a mention of hybrids, which I also anticipated as pricey ( Read more... )

"She trusts us to be honest until next week."

I don't identify with all of this, just enough to smile a bit when I read this:

another rant at Heartless Bitches International-- contains some offensive language.

Mainly, I am willing to talk a little about healthy food and healthy habits, but ever since I was "ooo, you're so little, I hate you" I have disliked typical conversation about weight ( Read more... )

Spellcheck just tried to respell "WikiHow" as "aikido." Hmmmm...

...died yesterday Sunday at age 71. I heard it on the radio and forgot. (To be fair, I had to rush into making supper last night, had other stuff to do, and then I attended a memorial for a child this morning, so it was food, stuff, sleep, driving, death, death, death, etc.)

This is a link to his homepage.

EDIT: giolabride and daven have told me that Carlin ( Read more... )

every time I see the abbreviation "CSA" I think, "Confederate States of America?"

Too much history.

Your result for The What Middle Earth race do you belong to Test...
Elf

You scored 0% Size & Strength, 59% Morality, 53% Aggression, and 82% Intelligence.


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