Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band @ The Marquee Theatre - 04.14.09
from desert to district
I once lived in Tempe, AZ. I now live in DC...
laser-etched dollar bills by Scott Cambell
I WANT this… The LaCie IamaKey, a 4GB memory “key” that’s durable enought to actually live on your keychain.
7 out of 10.
Interesting mix of genres. Danny Boyle always does an excellent job making things visually stimulating. But this probably isn’t the best choice for fans of Slumdog who are looking to explore Boyle’s other films…
“In choosing careers, young people look for signals from society, and Wall Street will no longer pull the talent that it did for so many years,” said Richard Freeman, director of the labor studies program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. “We have a great experiment before us.”
via NY Times
In a remarkable illustration of the power of lobbying in Washington, a study released last week found that a single tax break in 2004 earned companies $220 for every dollar they spent on the issue — a 22,000 percent rate of return on their investment.
via The Washington Post
