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The Myth, in Hardcover? On April 26 2004, my blog was three days and five posts old. On that very same day, an anonymous waiter in an upscale NYC-area restaurant started dishing dirt on a blog called Waiter Rant. The same day I leave for Hawaii, The Waiter is publishing a book! It would appear that he is writing about more interesting things than I am...
posted by Brad at 7/10/2008 12:27:00 PM | permalink |
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Stop Oil Speculation Now I just got an e-mail from AirTran, which is something I normally would have deleted instantly. But for some reason, I read it - and boy am I glad. It was an open letter to all airline customers called "You Can Help Keep Travel Affordable" Did you know that $30 to $60 of the price of a barrel of oil is due to speculators selling it back and forth to each other before it is consumed? At current prices, that's nearly half of the total cost! I know it's not fair to directly correlate crude oil prices with the refined fuel you fill up your car with - but wouldn't you be surprised to wake up and see two dollar gas? I'm sure that speculation is very common in many commodities, but I'm not sure of the economic benefit. I'll have to read up and share what I learn - maybe after the honeymoon? Check out stopoilspeculationnow.com for more information.
posted by Brad at 7/09/2008 03:00:00 PM | permalink |
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