perfunctory

The eBay creation myth and other corporate origin stories

Along the way, it’s mentioned that the whole story about eBay being founded to trade Pez dispensers is a myth.

A little bit funny considering the latest items I bought on eBay was some giant Star Wars Pez dispensers.

How do you beat a guy who throws righty and lefty? You don't

You’ll probably never witness an unassisted triple play in your lifetime, right? (There have been only 14.) Or see an intentional walk with the bases loaded. (Six.) Or watch one player hit two grand slams in an inning. (Once.) But you can see something right now that hasn’t been around in baseball since the late 1800s: a switch-pitcher.

Brutus and me

Brutus’ face says it all: “What? Don’t act like you’ve never seen a bear in a jacuzzi”.

Traffic

According to the calculations of Frey and Stutzer, a person with a one-hour commute has to earn 40 percent more money to be as satisfied with life as someone who walks to the office. The reason long commutes make us so unhappy is that the flow of traffic is inherently unpredictable

I feel that is correct. For my previous job the getting to work wasn’t that bad (read the newspaper), but the trip home was often very boring (both trips took between 30-50 minutes with 35 as an average). Now instead I use around 10 minutes to get to work with the bus, and approximately 30 minutes to walk home.

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