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Dying Man’s Wish – Leave $500 Tip on a Pizza Order

I’m not sure if this fits as a May Day story or not but I like the sentiment – people who do tough jobs for very little reward

10 Things Wrestling and Religion Have In Common

I don’t watch wrestling as much as I used to but Wrestlemania Sunday is always a special day. I rarely shell out the sixty bucks for the PPV

‘Rasslin and the Tea Party

The WWE is currently running an angle where a couple of bad guy wrestlers (“heels” in wrestling jargon) are acting like members of a quasi-Tea Party-like group while

Mitt Romney’s Damning “47 Per Cent” Video and the New Politics of Privacy

In a world where smart phones and other recording devices are ubiquitous (and increasingly undetectable), when will politicians (and political advisors) realise that everything they say (even in

Costco or CommunistCo?

Costco pays its workers a living wage and sees profits soar while Wal-Mart stomps on workers and its profits flatline. At Costco, we know that paying employees good

RIP Aaron Swartz (1986 – 2013)

There are two kinds of Internet celebrities – those who get famous for something they did online (anyone from Justin Bieber to Psy to Paris Hilton and so

Friday Fun Link – Sea Turtles at Anini Beach, Hawaii

Since I chose swimming with turtles on Anini Beach on the north shore of Kauai as the highlight of 2012 for me (see question #40), I thought I’d

The Day Obama Won The Internet: The Inside Story of His Reddit AMA

Very interesting behind-the-scenes look at how Obama’s Reddit AMA was proposed, how it happened and how it impacted his campaign. This was a day of political-campaign and Internet

Friday Fun Link – 2012 in Four Minutes

I’m not sure whether to be proud or sad that I caught the vast majority of the references in this video… (If you prefer text links, this one

2012 “End-of-Year Questions” Meme: Hawaiian Paradise, Kindergarten Kid, and “It’s (Going To Be) A Girl”

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Saw a photo of the brain of someone I know! Shea’s nephew has had a variety

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