tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50712172011-12-14T21:06:35.742-06:00Random Rants, Ideas and AnalysisShegunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-44594623885314708782010-02-11T10:59:00.002-06:002010-02-11T11:13:34.254-06:00

Saw this on Andrew Sullivan's blog.I do have to add that I have nothing against Focus on the Family or James Dobson. In fact, in many cases, they are helping a lot of families even if we disagree on some issues or tactics.What I find interesting here are the statistics.The Talk Radio CocoonJames Dobson recently left Focus On The Family to focus on his own radio show. In his Facebook announcement,

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After the superbowl, I got into an interesting conversation with a bunch of friends I had been watching the game with.I said I would gladly make half my pay if I were a quarterback in exchange for winning the superbowl. Of course this is hypothetical, no one can guarantee that.However, this hypothetical situation met with stiff resistance with most of them disagreeing and some even accusing me of

Shegunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-15440842158518625252010-01-05T11:07:00.000-06:002010-01-05T11:07:05.235-06:00

This is a very interesting blog by Tyler Cowen on the MR blog on the economics of advice.I will also add that this is a good way to get insights from people you respect, instead of trying to impress them with what you know.Instead get what they know by asking for their advice.Marginal Revolution: The economics of advice

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Here's the reason why you shouldn't order a custom cake from Wal-Mart, from the GinBlog:Some people that work here had a going away party the other day for a woman that is leaving.One of the supervisors called a Walmart and ordered the cake. he told them to write: "best wishes Suzanne" and underneath that write "we will miss you". here's the cake that was delivered.

Shegunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-1160067642872606562006-10-05T12:00:00.000-05:002006-10-05T12:00:42.983-05:00

Interesting post on the huge role context plays in our racist tendencies....naijablog: The phobic antiblack body

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How to setup a blog and be popular Aderemi's blog has some interesting ideas on setting up a blog. Read the comments too. And I should add that you find something you truly enjoy to write about and don't shy away from expressing your opinions even if controversial on your blogs. It gets discussions going.

Shegunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-1155835715293286152006-08-17T12:25:00.000-05:002006-08-17T12:32:53.886-05:00

A piggy bank that employs the proper way to teach kids about money.Most kids grow up not knowing how it works and it plagues them through college and adulthood.It's so terrible what most people know about money, even some adults could use this...I wonder if it will work better with some mechanism to automatically assign money to differentsections based on some logic.

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Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic Brit who can retain images in his head and recreate it almost exactly on paper in drawings...very impressive. And he happens to be a pretty good artist too. http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/index.aspx

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A while back, I read Robert Wright's "Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny" and have since kept up with some of his writings. This Times op-ed by Wright, tries to explore a new approach to foreign policy in a post-Bush era. Makes for an interesting read and raises a few questions to ponder. Every paradigm needs a name, and the best name for this one isprogressive realism. The label has a nice

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I grew up in Nigeria riding a Peugeot 504 and 505, and even at some point, driving a 505. Once in a while, I've seen some older ones been driven here in the States. I thought they had gone the way of the dinosaur. Turns out if you're still nostalgic about owning one, there's one place left to buy it, even configure it to your taste: No kidding.

Shegunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-1151937773341387132006-07-03T09:39:00.000-05:002006-07-03T09:42:53.353-05:00

To an American, it is easy to compare soccer with basketball-- without the hands. Just like basketball, it uses zone defense, man defense, a team-oriented attack and transition is critical to winning. At the same time, it is unlike any other American sport since there are no time outs except at halftime. And unlike most American sports where everything is broken into innings, quarters etc, it

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Gladwell discusses a recent New York Times column article that compares health care in America to the U.K. The first conclusion is that Americans are really, really sick compared to the British and it is not because of lifestyle differences. One interesting observation is also the correlation between income and drinking habits. It concludes that the more money you make, the more alcohol

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Worth reading. Describes how Nigeria has found itself in its current state. ‘This is Nigeria’ I feel fortunate to be old enough to remember a time when those same words, with slightly different emphasis, carried a codediametrically opposed to what they represent today. The indignant ‘thatcannot happen here, this is Nigeria, not some banana republic.’ of my youth,has given way to a resigned, ‘

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Manufacturing in AmericaThere has been so much noise about the loss of American manufacturing jobs to cheaper labor in Mexico, China and India. In the last couple of years, over 2 million jobs have been lost, many of which will not be coming back.So is it the end of the manufacturing sector in America? Are we all going to be living in cubicles now, working in an office, staring at computer

Shegunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-893779302003-02-19T11:31:00.000-06:002006-07-03T09:27:19.206-05:00

The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration Interesting article

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