The Lipstick Index: Myth Busted?
The first time I heard about the Lipstick Index was from a Mary Kay rep: I learned from her that the three recession-proof products are lipsticks, alcohol, and cigarettes. It is not difficult to...
View ArticleFewer than 50% Americans believe in the Evolution Theory… How many of the...
Numbers (or Bars) speak louder than words. Draw any conclusion based on your own bias and convictions. And don’t send me any hate mail, but this visual impact is too much for me to bear. I feel dizzy....
View ArticleLatest Poll: Less than 40% of Americans believe in Evolutionism… Wonder...
as they have more Democrats and Liberals than we do? This is the latest poll by Gallup this month, in honor of Darwin’s 200th birthday, an update from the Economist Daily Chart that I posted a week...
View ArticleFrom The Economist: It’s not 42. It’s 148. The magic number for social networks.
Even on the Interweb, we cannot escape our evolutionary past. According to The Economist article: “Primates on Facebook”, some of things that we do to/for each other on the social networks over the...
View ArticleWhich countries lead in Teenage Drunkenness? Note to self: Do not move to...
This Daily Chart from the Economist solved it for me: have been agonizing over whether to move to Denmark since we love Legos so… Now I know with two impressionable boys, this is a country we should...
View ArticlePeople in Germany need to have more sex. Or keep their clunkers. According to...
People in Germany really need to start having more sex. Otherwise they are really going to need Death Panel for Grandmas, you know, when there are no more young people to take care of the old people....
View ArticleHow much is the Pulitzer Prize worth?
I was surprised to learn that the Pulitzer Prize is only worth $10,000. I guess you really need to be in this field for the love of the game. Now with the doom and gloom not just predicted but realized...
View ArticleMoney Money Money
I LOVE the smell of money. I am being 100% serious here. Have you ever held a brand new bill in your hand? Rubbing it between your thumb and forefinger and feeling the intricate texture on it? Taking...
View ArticleSlow News Day
Have you ever seen mean comments left by irate YouTubers for people who videotapes the television as a show was going on and uploaded the footage of that onto YouTube? “Hey loser. Why are you taping...
View ArticleThe Ice Cream Index
Earlier today I learned of these numbers today from Mature Landscaping: Salary of retired US Presidents ……………$180,000 FOR LIFE Salary of House/Senate ……………………..$174,000 FOR LIFE Salary of Speaker of...
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