Author: Craig Newmark

“He was the first comedian to run himself as a business, and he succeeded brilliantly.Time: magazine reported in 1967 that he was worth half a billion dollars. Asked about the figure, Hope said, ‘Anyone can do it. All you have to do is: save a million dollars a year for 500 years.’” Link via: Stan Liebowitz.

Pretty good: parenting.

From Chinese restauranteurs to the Jews.

An truly excellent advertising campaign: “The Fabled Tales Of The Most Interesting Man In The World“.

All true, especially #3. But while you expect to encounter a celebrity or two with 10,000 dollar teeth out here, you forget that: every: aspiring actor has to share that same priority if they ever expect to make it. Perfect teeth are cosmetically attractive and physically healthy, sure, but that takes absolutely none of the terror out […]

Supposedly, Americans average 23 pounds of pizza per year.: 93% of Americans eat pizza at least once a month. There sure are a lot of pizza places opening up near where I live.

Of the ones: listed, I’d vote for Theron, Adams, and Portman.

“This slideshow is filled with images of: vanity plates so geeky: that they prompted someone else to take a picture and post it on Flickr.”

“Getting high in Venice [CA] beach.” I gotta agree: “The Westside is the Bestside!” Link via: Metafilter.

More from the fabulous Mark Steyn. Let us note in passing that, according to the official CBO estimates, a whole decade’s worth of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan adds up to little more than Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill. But, aside from that, in what sense are these “savings”? The Iraq War is ended – […]

If you want to know: what song you heard on a movie soundtrack.

Interesting, but sorry,: #6 should be #1. “The Trouble with Tribbles” was one of the finest episodes of television in my lifetime. When Scottie grinned and said, “Where they’ll be no tribble at all” and that orchestral fanfare blew in . . . an eleven-year-old me couldn’t help but smile and think life was great.