Bluffmaster, I was called Placing the cards, that’s all it took An ace when it should be a king A queen for a nine An eight for a ten A puny two for the regal prince. Keep a straight face And no one will ever know No blink of the eye No twitch of the…
Author: Surya
Wall Street of flower trade
Have you ever wondered why a flower costs that costs 50 cents today costs 5 EUR on Valentine’s day? Why roses cost more than tulips (below), or why tulips cost more than gerberas? Simple matter of supply and demand, you would say. But who sets these prices? How? When? Where? Last week, we drove to…
Random notes on Singapore
3quarksdaily has a well-written piece on Singapore. It is true that changes are afoot in a nation that – after the Asian Financial Crisis, and the terror caused by the spread of SARs – realised its government could never offer it complete protection. The bargain for freedom from want in return for silent cooperation was…
The Solution
The grand solution to all our problems lies in the human race comprehending the concept of time. I can prove it, if only I could spare the time. Fracturing time may have been the biggest human error of all times. Could anyone not agree with Plautus when he condemned that “wretch who first . ….
Bandages for the weary
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? – W.H.Davies Happy Easter, and hope you had a good break. I know you didn’t ask, but yes, I had a good break too. I had not looked forward to a holiday as much as I had to this…
Amsterdam sold for $50,000 – and shipped for free!
(Click on image to enlarge) Reuters reports: The detailed re-creation of the European city was put up for auction starting at US$20,000, but the property with acquired outright with a single bid at the higher price by eBay user nedstede2769. The identity of Amsterdam’s new owner, who is based in the real-world Netherlands and has…
What if Microsoft (re)designed the iPod package?
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You know you live in Amsterdam when..
…you turn to your local weekend “events around town” and find these – SATURDAY 31 MARCH Sex: Open Wallen Dag Everything you always wanted to know about prostitutes but were afraid to ask. Yep, it’s Open Wallen Dag again, so today all Randy Andies have a legitimate excuse to head for the Red Light District….
Multiple careers: Are you relishing your side dish enough?
An essay on the increasingly popular phenomenon of simultaneous multiple careers Deny it all you like, but most of us lead multiple lives. Not in the schizophrenic way, but in the “One person – Many interests” kind of way. Gone are the days in which one person could be slotted into one career – the…
Friends supermarket : Soul mates on sale
Am I the only who finds it disturbing that people would “buy” friends? Whats next – soul mates on sale? Buy2-get1free pals? Bidding started at $2,000, with the winning bid…hitting $2,125. …That’s what one bidder got by purchasing someone’s MySpace.com account for more than two grand late last month. The seller claims to have more…