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Seriously, this is crazy awesome!! Put on headphones, close your eyes, and prepare to be amazed.
Relaxing and Busy
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Fantastic iced tea recipe.
I strongly urge you to go to my sister's blog (Keweenaw Living) and make the tea recipe she has posted. It is also printed in Hindi for all of you Indian folks.
Taxes
I just got out of my Monday night Finance class, and the instructer brought up some great points about taxing the rich, and why people complain that the tax cuts benefit the rich.
It is basicly because the rich are the ones who pay most of the taxes, so obviously if there are tax cuts, they would benefit. This seems very intuitive in hindsight, and when you look at the numbers it is pretty annoying.
To put this in better perspective, or to define who the "rich" are, he showed us a breakdown, and I have looked on the internet and found the same one on www.ntu.org
For Tax Year 2006 (AGI)
Top 1% make over $388,806 and pay 39.89% of the taxes
Top 5% make over $153,542 and pay 60.14% of the taxes
Top 10% make over $108,904 and pay 70.79% of the taxes
Top 25% make over $64,702 and pay 86.27% of the taxes
Top 50% make over $31,987 and pay 97.01% of the taxes
Bottom 50% make <$31,987 and pay 2.99% of the taxes
Source: Internal Revenue Service
So, if you and your spouse combined make more than $31,987, you are in the top 50%, and you are one of the "evil rich" that would benefit from the extension of the Bush tax cuts.
It is basicly because the rich are the ones who pay most of the taxes, so obviously if there are tax cuts, they would benefit. This seems very intuitive in hindsight, and when you look at the numbers it is pretty annoying.
To put this in better perspective, or to define who the "rich" are, he showed us a breakdown, and I have looked on the internet and found the same one on www.ntu.org
For Tax Year 2006 (AGI)
Top 1% make over $388,806 and pay 39.89% of the taxes
Top 5% make over $153,542 and pay 60.14% of the taxes
Top 10% make over $108,904 and pay 70.79% of the taxes
Top 25% make over $64,702 and pay 86.27% of the taxes
Top 50% make over $31,987 and pay 97.01% of the taxes
Bottom 50% make <$31,987 and pay 2.99% of the taxes
Source: Internal Revenue Service
So, if you and your spouse combined make more than $31,987, you are in the top 50%, and you are one of the "evil rich" that would benefit from the extension of the Bush tax cuts.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Although I am not a very big fan of Rush Limbaugh, I was listening to him on Wednesday. He was talking about how the liberal media will now target him because Bush is no longer the "head conservative." I thought that was pretty usual of Rush to be that arrogant. I was scanning the news today and it looked like Rush predicted that one. Obama is warning republicans not to listen to Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with him.
I wonder how far he will take this one. All of those conservative talk show guys have been talking about how the liberals want the fair radio act (or whatever it is called) I wonder how long before that happens and their conservative voices will be stopped.
It'll be fun to see how this turns out.
I wonder how far he will take this one. All of those conservative talk show guys have been talking about how the liberals want the fair radio act (or whatever it is called) I wonder how long before that happens and their conservative voices will be stopped.
It'll be fun to see how this turns out.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Tower Defense
I have not posted a blog in a while, and I blame my blogs downfall on the discovery of the "Tower Defense" games.
When I started this blog I pasted an HTML with Castle Defense on the bottom, and have had several people really interested in it.
I will now burden you with a new Tower Defense game I have found. It is called Protector Tower Defense and at the website http://www.kongregate.com/
Click on Games in the top tab and then the subtab of strategy/defense. Scroll down to "Protector" and prepare to stay up late tonight.
If you are feeling like you have even more time to waste, scroll to Bloons Tower Defense 3.
So, before you go to this website, be forewarned and don't blame me when you waste many many hours.
When I started this blog I pasted an HTML with Castle Defense on the bottom, and have had several people really interested in it.
I will now burden you with a new Tower Defense game I have found. It is called Protector Tower Defense and at the website http://www.kongregate.com/
Click on Games in the top tab and then the subtab of strategy/defense. Scroll down to "Protector" and prepare to stay up late tonight.
If you are feeling like you have even more time to waste, scroll to Bloons Tower Defense 3.
So, before you go to this website, be forewarned and don't blame me when you waste many many hours.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Inventions
I think everybody thinks of inventions at one point or another in their life. Or maybe everyday. I guess it is a matter of pursuing the creation and marketting of them that matters. I always think of inventing things, and I decided to draw pictures of one idea I had.
I thought I would share my inventions with you. In hindsight, they never had a chance. There never really were patents pending, I just put that on the top for viewing pleasure.
I was sitting at my desk, listening to my headphones. I work in a cubicle, so I can't have speakers that other people would hear, and sometimes headphones get annoying after a while. So, I thought of some brilliant ideas.
The first one I thought of is the overhead music cannon. It could be secured to your desk and go over the top of your head and "shoot" the music down to you. Sounded like a great idea, but then after some research, I found out that someone already invented it, and they were about a few thousand dollars each... so that idea fizzled. They use some kind of ultrasound instead of regular sound.
My next idea was a little cheaper. It involved an actual cannon shaped speaker that you point at your ear. Well, it turns out sound waves don't work like that. They don't go in a straight line, and as soon as they come out of the end, they would just go in every direction. (I made one out of a couple of pop bottles.)
My third attempt was awesome, I was so excited about this one. It would be easy, a neck pillow with speakers right next to your ear. This way, you can turn it quiet and still hear the music without bothering others.
Too bad, somebody already invented it.
I thought I would share my inventions with you. In hindsight, they never had a chance. There never really were patents pending, I just put that on the top for viewing pleasure.
I was sitting at my desk, listening to my headphones. I work in a cubicle, so I can't have speakers that other people would hear, and sometimes headphones get annoying after a while. So, I thought of some brilliant ideas.
The first one I thought of is the overhead music cannon. It could be secured to your desk and go over the top of your head and "shoot" the music down to you. Sounded like a great idea, but then after some research, I found out that someone already invented it, and they were about a few thousand dollars each... so that idea fizzled. They use some kind of ultrasound instead of regular sound.
My next idea was a little cheaper. It involved an actual cannon shaped speaker that you point at your ear. Well, it turns out sound waves don't work like that. They don't go in a straight line, and as soon as they come out of the end, they would just go in every direction. (I made one out of a couple of pop bottles.)
My third attempt was awesome, I was so excited about this one. It would be easy, a neck pillow with speakers right next to your ear. This way, you can turn it quiet and still hear the music without bothering others.
Too bad, somebody already invented it.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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