American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Merrill attempts to spawn upstream

I sympathize with Merrill Lynch. Like many Wall Street research providers, the firm’s stock reports have long been seen as a commodity. The firm has two choices: lower its own internal cost of creation, or try to reframe its reports as more exclusive, higher quality, etc. ML has taken the latter approach, today informing the [...]

Online To Do Lists

I’m obsessive about making lists. That doesn’t mean I actually do the tasks on the list, but it’s nice to know I have written them down in 20 different places.
Lately, I’ve been using a task list widget on Google Homepage to keep track of personal tasks. For work items, I just keep on open [...]

Watch what you’re eating

This site has pictures of what 200 calories of food looks like and also has the amount that is equal to 200 calories. It is actually kind of interesting to compare 200 calories of Kiwis to 200 calories of Doritos. Personally I think seeing the 2 side by side makes the Kiwis look that much [...]

News Week

In a week where the media headlines were dominated by the Virginia Tech Massacre and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, it’s important to also not some other headlines that should be getting some attention.
The first is the one Adam posted below “Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam’s Name.” Which ranks #6 in the [...]

Make sure to pack your swim trunks and water proof luggage

Time for a little field trip:
Start at Google Maps
Clcik on “Get Directions”
Enter New York, NY as your Starting Address and Paris, France as your End Address scroll down and checkout step number 23. Make sure you pack accordingly.
(This also works for most European Cities)

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