The Million-Dollar Waitress

The Million-Dollar Waitress: "The Million-Dollar Waitress
A woman who has never bought a stock in her life appears to have bested the financial pros in CNBC's stock-picking contest"

It would be a fairy-tale ending for a contest wrought with drama and controversy. Williams, 46, has been a waitress for 20 years and was a welder before that. She has never bought or sold a real stock in her life. In fact, she says she never even paid much attention to the markets before signing up for the challenge. Yet Williams has already bested thousands of financial professionals who entered the contest with Ivy League degrees and complex trading models. "Part of this was luck," she says. "A lot of it was a gut feeling, some eenie-meenie-minie-moe, and common sense."

Man makes castle of dreams come to life for late daughter - USATODAY.com

Now this looks cool and what a story.

A man finds a daughter he never knew at a park one day and builds a castle in her memory after she is taken from him due to a freak illness.

Man makes castle of dreams come to life for late daughter - USATODAY.com

Visitors can rent the castle for $150 a night; the money goes to a non-profit foundation that will help maintain the castle after Ravellette dies. (Visit laceymichelescastle.com.)

Too much Paris, not enough news - 06/20/2007 - MiamiHerald.com

This is a great opinion writer that I may disagree with from time to time, but always has well thought out pieces.

Here he talks about the the downfall of TV news being tied so closely to entertainment.

Too much Paris, not enough news - 06/20/2007 - MiamiHerald.com

Not changing their stripes: 10th Bengal arrested - NFL - MSNBC.com

OK...What is going on with the Bengals? This reminds me of a recent ESPN parody. A sign saying something like "Welcome to the Bengals Training Camp" was posted on the side of a jail.

Enough is enough! I'm a suffering Browns' fan and enjoyed making fun of the Bungles in the 90s, but this is past the making fun stage and is just plain embarrassing...

Not changing their stripes: 10th Bengal arrested - NFL - MSNBC.com

Hack Attack: Turn your Windows Mobile phone into an iPhone

If your clunky old Windows Mobile phone is just sitting around collecting iPhone jealousy dust, you can either scrounge together 500 leafy Sacagaweas, or you can customize your Windows Mobile phone to emulate several of the iPhone's more interesting features, like the iPhone's home screen, flick-scroll contacts, and the fancy slide-to-unlock.I know I'm looking forward to giving this a shot!



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Alien Baby?

This child's parents were in for quite a surprise. According to CNN...

Since Sunday, one of the two channels on Natalie Meilinger's baby monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis. The other still lets her keep an eye on her baby.

Cool Waterfall!

This waterfall is amazing. It is a natural border between Argentina and Brazil. It's name is Iguassu.

Welcome to my blog!

I often send e-mails out to friends and family with things that may be interesting so I decided to give blogging a try. My interests are eclectic, but tend towards the technical or geeky. Watch this spot and you never know what you might find!