Although it is a world away from Taiwan… this puts the size of the spill in perspective for those of us in Taiwan. One of the times the word “epic” can probably be used accurately… Click the image to go to www.ifitwasmyhome.com and enter your location. H/T: Michael at Muddy Waters (although it isn’t posted [...]
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2010 Taipei 101 Run Up – Turn that Frown Upside-Down Edition
Woke up today to read an email from the organizers that I was actually one of the 2000 participants in the 2010 Taipei 101 Run Up! I immediately went out and climbed 72 flights of stairs to celebrate! Of course… that probably didn’t cancel out the homemade mac and cheese I shoveled down the night [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on May 11th 2010
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2010 Taipei 101 Run Up :-(
Didn’t get the email I hoped for today… Checked this list to confirm I wasn’t one of the 2000. I think I’ll still keep climbing stairs though so the motivation brought about by the possibility of being one of the 2000 still worked! Maybe some of those on the list won’t finish the next step [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 10th 2010
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Method Laundry Detergent
Market driven “green” is the best kind of “green”. The revolution metaphor is useful because it’s a reminder that real innovation is more likely to be driven by upstarts, insurgents and rebels — like Method, one of my favorite companies — than by powerful incumbents who want to preserve the status quo. This is a [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 6th 2010
A few years ago, I participated in a charity event where I took financial pledges with the promise that I’d climb the 2046 stairs of Taipei 101 to the 91st floor observation deck. I’d have done that event every year but haven’t heard of any organized climbs since then. Maybe they happened, but I didn’t [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 5th 2010
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Arizona Illegal Immigration Law
Lots out there about the Arizona immigration law… with the usual misinformation and misdirection all around. It seems reasonable to me that we might want to hear from someone who helped draft the statute… and here we have Kris W. Kobach and the NY Times to the rescue in this OpEd “Why Arizona Drew A [...]
5 Comments Scott Pagel on May 4th 2010
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Filtering History by Thomas Sowell
Sowell on Slavery and History… Many years ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an old friend, saying that she had been told that I refused to see campus visitors from Africa. At the time, I was so bogged down with work that I had agreed to see only one visitor to the [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 3rd 2010
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Francis Chan Takes Step of Faith, Lets Go of Megachurch | Christianpost.com
Popular preacher and sought-after speaker Francis Chan announced on Sunday that he will be leaving his church in Simi Valley, Calif., to go on a new adventure God is calling him to. Chan made clear that his decision to depart wasn’t prompted by immorality, discipline or disputes within the church. Rather, he has long felt [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on Apr 22nd 2010
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On Over-Taxing the Rich
They are also the ones most likely to leave and seek better tax situations elsewhere. Most of them didn’t get rich by being idiots. Dan Mitchell writes in Going Galt to Escape Greedy Politicians – Big Government: Being an American citizen is an honor in many ways, but it is a huge millstone around the [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on Apr 19th 2010
Um… yeah. But I don’t care how they market it… and you do know it *is* marketing, right? Free (to me) coffee is good. Grab your reusable mug and fill it for free at Starbucks on April 15, 2010! If you are in any of the following places… looks like you are in luck. East [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 16th 2010
