Comparative advantage

Hypothetical:
1. Tiger Woods has a lawn that needs mowing.
2. Tiger Woods has a teenage neighbor who charges $10/hour to mow lawns.
3. Tiger Woods can mow his law three times as fast as his neighbor.
4. Tiger Woods makes $80 mil a year, or about $913.25/hour in endorsements.
so
5. Although Tiger Woods can mow his own lawn three times as fast as his neighbor, his time would be better spent filming another ad or working on his swing.

Tiger Woods has the absolute advantage in this situation. He is better at mowing, golfing and making money in endorsements. However, if he pays someone else to mow his lawn, he can not only increase his own productivity by filming an ad, but also the productivity of his neighborhood.

And that is why we get our flowers from South America, kids.

Rabbit Killer

Rabbit killer: A slayer of the weak who can look fragile against the strong.

BBC sports used this term to describe Robinho: "His truly great performances came in the two meetings with Chile, a 3-0 win in a group game and a 6-1 rout in the quarter final. Both times Robinho was dazzling. But Chile were not only very poor defensively, they were also falling apart after internal discipline problems."

He's a pretty sweet player, but probably not good enough to warrant all his sulking.

NY Times reports that Jon Stewart is most trusted man in News

The beauty is basically everything about this:

Ale 8-one

As it would happen, bourbon is not only the delicious drink that is created in Kentucky.
 
Ale-8-One is a "soft drink" (which I think is a Kentucky word for "pop") that is found in distinctive green bottles. I'm always on the search for a good ginger ale, and I think Kentucky has produced a winner:

"Still a closely guarded family secret, the Ale-8-One formula was developed by G.L. Wainscott in the 1920’s after experimentation with ginger-blended recipes he acquired during extensive travels in Northern Europe. He sponsored one of America’s first “name the product” contests, and “A Late One” was the winning entry. The drink’s logo, Ale-8-One, was adopted as a pun of its description as the latest thing in soft drinks." Source www.ale-8-one.com

There is also 37 mg of caffeine in each bottle, which is slightly more than Coke. Oh, and it mixes really well with whiskey (finally the perfect way to get rid of all that Templeton Rye I have stored up).

The typemachine

The first person to write a book on a typewriter was Mark Twain, though he insisted on calling it a typemachine. The book was Life on the Mississippi.

Straight Bourbon Whiskey

When one moves to Kentucky, one finds herself surrounded by whiskey makers. Today we visited Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, KY. We learned many things.   For a whiskey to be  considered a bourbon it must start out with at least 51% corn in the mash, age in a new American white oak charred barrel,   cannot be less than 80 proof and can't be cut with anything but water. The other elements for Buffalo Trace whiskeys are rye, barley and Kentucky limestone filtered water. They have a ton of products including Blanton's reserve bourbon and Rain Vodka (try it). We were able to sample Rain (seven times filtered), Buffalo Trace (9 year old small batch), and Eagle Rare Single Barrel (10 year old, 90 proof.)

Next stop was the Woodford Reserve distillery, where they only have one product, but it's good. Woodford Reserve bourbon is 72% corn and with an extra bit of rye for an extra kick. We missed the last tour, but there was a nice lady who answered all my random questions. There are two huge yellow brick buildings that stand empty because they are a much smaller operation than they were right after the Prohibition ended. I think she referred to them as raccoon condos.

Old stuff doesn't play nice

Never transfer all your files from one computer to another.
The new one won't like it.