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Find Your Candidate

Posted in Misc by Jenny on the January 24th, 2008

A better candidate finder to explore your position vs. the presidential hopefuls.

http://www.votehelp.com/

Study: $90 wine tastes better than the same wine at $10

Posted in Misc by Jenny on the January 15th, 2008

In a study that could make marketing managers and salespeople rub their hands with glee, scientists have used brain-scanning technology to shed new light on the old adage, “You get what you pay for.”

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology and Stanford’s business school have directly seen that the sensation of pleasantness that people experience when tasting wine is linked directly to its price. And that’s true even when, unbeknownst to the test subjects, it’s exactly the same Cabernet Sauvignon with a dramatically different price tag.

Full article

Moving Side Note

Posted in Misc by Jenny on the January 10th, 2008

As we sift through our items in preparation to move (again), I found a site that tickled me a bit. I will let you make your own conclusions about how this site and moving are related.

http://www.uglydress.com — the archive of the world’s worst Bridesmaids dresses.
(for a good laugh, see entry: http://www.uglydress.com/blueandugly.html)

Quote from the creator of www.uglydress.com in the New York Times:
“You’d be surprised at how many gowns of that genre are littered in thrift and vintage stores,” she said. “It’s interesting to see what people discard.”

Christmas 2007

Posted in Events, Pics by Jenny on the January 8th, 2008

Where do you stand?

Posted in Misc by Jenny on the January 8th, 2008

How do your priorities line up with the candidates for president?

SelectSmart.com 2008 Presidential Candidate Selector (Note: to skip the ads, click on the yellow banner that says ‘Click here for your results now’ at the top of the first page after the questions)

Be careful what you ask for — Chris’ results came back with Steven Colbert as his #7 best match, and my first one is “Theoretical Ideal Candidate”.