Monthly Archives: January 2007

Minimum Wage and Economists

Back in October of 2006, the Economic Policy Institute released a paper that made lots of headlines.  The title of the paper was “Hundreds of Economists Say: Raise the Minimum Wage”.  In it, 659 economists signed on for support of raising the minimum wage to $7.25 which is apropos of the current debate in Congress …

January 25, 2007 – 10:38 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Money, Random | Comments (0)

A Uniquely 21st Century Problem

K recently asked me about our money situation is, where things stand and where we are going. I told her that we probably wouldn’t buy much stock any time soon because I don’t believe the economy is in good shape at all and that 2007 will be bad news economically, specifically in relation to what …

January 23, 2007 – 11:02 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Money, Random | Comments (0)

Underwear Goes Inside the Pants

And good diseases come with hot chicks and puppies.

January 11, 2007 – 10:46 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Comments (0)

Executive Decision

I’ve decided that people on the Interweb are all idiots and morons and that people should really just agree with whatever I say and we’d all be happier.  Is that so hard to understand? More seriously, why is it so difficult to have an intelligent conversation with people on the web?  What about human nature …

January 10, 2007 – 9:36 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Comments (0)

An Elk

This is a picture Kat took in Colorado this summer. I’m just playing around with Picasa.

January 6, 2007 – 9:44 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Photography, Random | Comments (0)

Lego Genius

This is quite possibly the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen built with Legos. And yes, that’s pretty short list but still. Someday, Amercia won’t be the leader in technology if that’s any indication.

January 6, 2007 – 8:06 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Comments (0)