ט׳ בסיון ה׳תשס״ה (Thursday 16 June 2005)

Wait a second here…

ט׳ בסיון ה׳תשס״ה (Thursday 16 June 2005)

Slightly interesting: In an interview, the Taliban’s former aviation minister said that Osama bin Ladin is alive and well. Extremely interesting: The Taliban had an aviation minister?!?! Why?

Our crazies are crazier than your crazies.

ז׳ בסיון ה׳תשס״ה (Tuesday 14 June 2005)

I’ve spent a little bit of time in New York, Washington DC and Jerusalem, and in each of those places I’ve made it a hobby to seek out the local crazies and observe them, because they are amusing. For example, in New York I once saw a bum on Park Avenue in the 60s (I [...]

FRNs vs. Gold

ב׳ בסיון ה׳תשס״ה (Thursday 9 June 2005)

If you’ve spent any time shopping with me over the past six years, or corresponded with me via email on the electrifying topic of US monetary policy, you may have been surprised at my use of the abbreviation FRN, which the initiated know stands for “Federal Reserve Note,” aka “greenback,” not to be confused with [...]

Katie Unger: a very brilliant new scientist

כ״ג באייר ה׳תשס״ה (Wednesday 1 June 2005)

Because she didn’t bother telling me at the time it was published, I never realized that Katie Unger had written an article about inbreeding for a prestigious scientific journal. But now that I know, so do you. Inbreeding. Katie Unger. Don’t forget it.