Category Archives: Random Stuff

May 7, 1989 (Sunday)

Staff meeting – presented the “Achiever of the Month” award. Pamela and Y asked for treat! Kitchen managed by the “four heavenly kings” for the night shift: Daryl, Jason, Dan and myself. Ran out of dough to sell. Record closing time for aux station – even Joey was shocked by my risky method. Kitchen staff… Read More »

Thanks? No, thanks!

From The Economist:Both the chairman and chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent resigned as it reported its sixth consecutive quarterly net loss. The merger in 2006 of France’s Alcatel and America’s Lucent formed one of the world’s biggest suppliers of telecoms infrastructure. Since then its market value has fallen by half, thanks to difficulties with integrating the… Read More »

$140-a-barrel of oil too expensive?

Think again. Oil is dirt cheap compared to some other “necessities”. Budweiser beer: $447.25 a barrelTabasco hot sauce: $6,155.52 a barrelPerrier: $300.61 a barrelStarbucks coffee: $954.24 a barrel, milk not includedBen & Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk: $1,609.44 a barrelChanel No. 5: $1,666,560 a barrel