There was a great segment on 60 minutes tonight about the recent murder of a Congo mountain gorilla family earlier this year. Anderson Cooper reported about the mass murder as well as got video of his trek into the Rwandan side of the Virunga mountain range. The video brought back amazing memories of spending time…
A little Negotiations 101 question for you…. Settle a bet that I witnessed the other day between two friends: SITUATION: You are in a negotiation and you set a value range (let’s say $200-$275) that you are willing to accept prior to entering the negotiation. QUESTION 1: If the negotiation starts above that range and…
I am sort of an animal nut… so when I read about a new book called Creature by photographer Andrew Zuckerman, I had to at least check it out. There are some cool pictures of animals taken on a white background similar to the ones below. You can see more pictures at: http://www.creaturebook.com/ or…
For those of you that are reading this in the Seattle area, this wont be any news to you but for those of you that aren’t, we got snow today in Seattle. One day I was sitting eating breakfast with my friend Drew and then the next thing we knew there were enormous snowflakes coming…
You never know if you are way behind the times when you get a hilarious video sent to you but I figured that since I have only seen it once so far, I would re-post this hilarious video of a first dance from a wedding. Talk about spicing it up a little…. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjSgcooEvGo&rel=1] Technorati tags:…
I just read an article which had a funny snippet/question about Starbucks and their store locations. The question was: Q: Which of the following places does not have a Starbucks? A1: Guantanamo Bay naval base in CubaA2: A Christian church in Munster, IndianaA3: Beirut, LebanonA4: The town of Starbuck, WashingtonA5: The Great Wall of China…
Imagine my surprise when I opened up Wired magazine this weekend while I was at home and saw that one of my friends from Georgetown was referenced as a key participant in one guy’s quest to set the record for time to drive across the US. It is a slightly long article but I have…
Just read a great article in the New York Times which talks about Goldman Sachs and how it has managed to avoid devastation in the wake of the credit crunch. From the article, one thing that struck me as amazing was the stable of leaders that have come from the firm and permeated through the…
One of my good friends from high school married a guy named Greg Harrington and two years ago they both moved to the Seattle/Walla Walla area to start their own winery. There are a lot of wineries out there now-a-days, so I was sort of skeptical at first. However, after hearing Greg’s passion for wine,…
Am I the only one that thinks that Flickr isn’t that great a place for viewing photos? They clearly have good search, tagging, viral spreading, etc… The reason why I question everyone drinking the Flickr Koolaid is that when you visit my Flickr site, the photo viewing experience actually is not that great. You have…