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buy my wall unit or chair.

showing up Nicky Hilton:

Nicky Hilton asked, “I’m 21 years old, I run two multi-million-dollar companies, I work my ass off. Like, what were you doing that was so fucking important at that age?” I would like to repond to that. When I was 21, I was busy working toward my Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota. I was the first to synthesize the compound okadaic acid — shown to be the leading cause of breast cancer.
- Steven F. Sabes
Wayzata, Minnesota

Tantek points to John’s post on Optimism Tax:

I’ll consider the loss to be part of my optimism tax. I sporadically pay this fee (when people take advantage of my trust in goodness) in exchange for optimistic freedom.

I would be less at-risk if I concentrated more on the negatives. “What if _____ happens?” But it’s not worth it. The cost to my quality of life (by worrying more) is far more expensive than the cost of losing some stuff.

I pay that, too.

apparnetly not only do some SUV drivers have bad taste in cars, they are also committing insurance fraud.

Remix: this movie + WordPress’ PressIt bookmarklet = Apple Store bookmarklet

javascript:if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >=0){
Q=getSelection();
}else{
Q=document.selection?document.selection.createRange().text:document.getSelection();}
void(window.open('http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore' +
'?productLearnMore='+encodeURIComponent(Q)));

(I’d make it draggable, but WordPress auto-curly-quoting is being too clever.)

Update: the movie is from Jon Rentzsch.

bill silva management unhelpfully does not list their phone number or address on their web site, instead offering this lame excuse:

What are the Bill Silva Presents phone and fax numbers? What are the Bill Silva Presents mailing and physical addresses?
As far as the phone/fax numbers and our mailing or phisical addresses, we do not give out that information to the general public for privacy and security reasons. This policy is no different than a private citizen who chooses to have an “unlisted” phone number and address.

One of Bill’s clients, Raul Midon, is much more helpful, offering up the digits:

Bill Silva Management
8981 Sunset Blvd. #303
Los Angeles, CA 90069
phone 310/246-5292

The whois record for billsilvapresents.com turns up the same address with a slightly different phone number (310-246-5210). Likewise for billsilva.net (310-246-5220).

Update 2007-10: Aya from Bill Silva Presents writes that there new number is 310-651-3310.