Seattle Homes Selling Quickly in Hot Real Estate Market
Update: Both homes sold within a week. One that I know of sold for $105,000 over its listing price. The Seattle home market is raging out of control. I went away for three days this past weekend and returned to find...
Are Abortions Now $1 for Men in Washington State?
My health insurance bill this week included $1 for “Non-excepted Abortion Services” which confused me. Firstly, I’m a guy. Secondly, despite this, I’d not actually had an abortion recently. All of my friends I shared this with laughed (including many women)...
A New Business Model for Twitter
Only Customer Focus Can Address Twitter’s Decline Despite its 307 million users, Twitter’s market capitalization declined from $50 billion to $11.5 billion in the past two years. This is likely to continue as growth slows and its $100 million quarterly...
Exploitation Example from Patreon Hack
Last fall’s Patreon hack made it easy for anyone with basic technical skills to spam Patreon members. I received this “marketing pitch:” $99 for promotion of my profile in what seemed like a Patreon promotional opportunity: The funny thing is that with...
Elephant at Jaipur’s Amer Fort
I very reluctantly went on one of the elephant rides up to Amer Fort in Jaipur and immediately wished I hadn’t. These animals don’t seem happy at all. Though they are presented beautifully:
Sad Seahawks Fan – Picasso
This is actually Grande Baigneuse au livre (Large Bather with a Book) by Picasso.
Kittens – New Delhi, India
“Mom!” Not easy being a kitten in India. I was kind of far away from them and it wasn’t an easy shot to get. I have slightly more focused versions but they’re not as interesting. “What now?”