G O B l o g

Taken from my del.ici.ous tags.

The World Of Chemistry I found this on somebody's FB wall, and I thought I'd post it as well. I found it hilarious, but then again, I am a big geek (not necessarily in chemistry, but science in general) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45dXztokZM

I've always enjoyed David Olive's articles in The Star ; he presents his arguments with concrete facts but in a way that you're not caught up with the numbers. Here are two of my recent favourites all concerning the economy of oil. Oil firms are caught in a squeeze play http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/407511 Here's a teaser: "Last year, Exxon spent more money buying back its stock – $36 billion – than on reinvesting in the business. Since replacing his similarly unsentimental predecessor, Lee Raymond, in January of last year, Tillerson, 55, has raised capital spending just 18 per cent against a 75 per cent jump in expenditures on share buybacks. That gambit increases earnings per share, but obviously doesn't add a drop of oil or gas to the firm's reserves in order to sustain the business. Yet Shell and Chevron Corp. also are furiously buying back their stock, at a rate that will see Exxon and Chevron retire all of their stock by about 2024. It come

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/ One of the funnier blogs I've come across (very tongue-in-cheek), however I think yuppie can replace "white" in many instances. Some of my favourite posts include: Threatening to move to Canada Recycling Study Abroad Yoga Apple products

Read this first: http://www.slate.com/id/93956/ And if you're lazy, this is the thesis of the article: "Here's the lowdown: Mattress makers rename identical products for each different retail store. Different labels, exact same guts. Why? Obfuscation. It's hard to shop for the lowest price when you can't compare apples to apples. Lucky for you, they're all subtle variations on the same apple—not only within each brand, but even among different brands." It is oh so very true; mattress shopping is a pain!