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My Tea’s Gone Cold…

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My tea’s gone cold, I wondering why I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window and I can’t see at all
And even if I could it’d all be grey, but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it’s not so bad, it’s not so bad
I drank too much last night, got bills to pay, my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there’ll be hell today, I’m late for work again
And even if I’m there, they’ll all imply that I might not last the day
And then you call me and it’s not so bad, it’s not so bad and
I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life
Push the door, I’m home at last and I’m soaking through and through
Then you handed me a towel and all I see is you 
And even if my house falls down now, I wouldn’t have a clue
Because you’re near me and
I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life. [Dido Lyrics]

Mitch Kapor on Business Ethics

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Developing a balanced business ethic which embraces fairness and honesty as well as profit tops my list of issues urgently deserving attention. In the post-Communist era, the capitalist system has triumphed globally. Now the system has to be saved from its own excesses.

When the mission in practice of business is to maximize the wealth of management and sophisticated investors, it creates a climate which rewards greed and deception and makes the egregious behavior of an Enron or Worldcom inevitable, It also undermines the overall legitimacy of private enterprise as a system. We cannot afford this. [Mitch Kapor]

Feeding the Frenzy

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I’ve been reading alot about remote controlled helicopters over the past few days. I have come to the conclusion that I’d really like to have one.. but damn these things are expensive.

I did find a local man in New Hampshire who has a very nice one for sale at a reasonable cost – but still needs a radio and receiver, which is another few hundred dollars. Hmmm…