As a child, Mr. Newman decided to pursue a career in bio-technology. This vision lasted until he landed a biotech internship the summer before college. “I soon discovered that this was a place where people told jokes with the punch line: ‘And that’s why they call it reverse-transcriptase,’” says Mr. Newman. “I was like: Get …
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Bestselling Comics (2006) #2556
Bestselling Comics (2006) #2556Bestselling Comics (2006) #2556
So now listen up. We need to get these boxes the hell out of the warehouse. Meaning, if you are thinking of buying a set of figures, stop thinking, stop thinking immediately, and just do it. Feel, don’t think. Spend, don’t think. Be an American. Spend money you don’t have on something cool you don’t …
You learn something new every day
I am trying hard to keep all politics out of this blog, but this bears notice given the source. In a withering critique of his fellow Republicans, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says in his memoir that the party to which he has belonged all his life deserved to lose power last year for …
I Wood if I Could
As much as I love good “link” blogs i don’t link to others much, but try and provide original content on the Arf Lover’s Blog. Gotta let you know, though, about the terrific Wally Wood post by the esteemed Bhob Stewart. The public was exposed to the beloved cartoonist Wally Wood when he did the …
Hey, someone finally said it!
From the New York Times: Nationally… more than one third of mortgage holders — 37 percent, up from 35 percent in 2005, or a rise of more than 1.5 million households — spent at least 30 percent of their gross income on housing costs, the level many government agencies consider the limit of affordability. “Maybe …
Quote of the week, bonus edition: The Panic of 1907
From the new book The Panic of 1907, about the great banking panic of 1907, by Robert Bruner and Sean Carr, page 2 (!): To understand fully the crash and panic of 1907, one must consider its context. A Republican moralist was in the White House. War was fresh in mind. Immigration was fueling dramatic …
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Diversion Wednesday #10
My Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World – When I Was 12 Diversion Wednesday #10
Julie Taymor & Eliot Goldenthal (Soundcheck: Wednesday, 12 September 2007)
Tony-winning director Julie Taymor and Oscar-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal talk about the challenges of narrowing down the 200-plus songs in the Beatles catalogue for their movie musical, “Across the Universe.” The film opens this Friday in New York. Julie Taymor & Eliot Goldenthal (Soundcheck: Wednesday, 12 September 2007)
Rangers #69
Rangers #69Rangers #69
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