Under-accomplished football coach turned anchor really lets it all go at former teams party

Former 49er coach Steve Mariucci gets trashy... and he's a pretty funny guy.  I think partying with Steve would be fun but totally not workplace appropriate.   No wonder he never had a championship team. Zing.

Platinum stuff

1. Here's a visual history of the credit card. I, for one, had no idea that Discover Card was less than thirty years old. One interesting thing to note is how new players came into the credit card market as time has gone on. Each time, there's an interesting innovation that leads that new player to become a major player.

2. I know at least one family member of mine who should be interested in this. I will almost certainly be in attendance and it should be incredibly interesting. To point out the obvious, Randi Weingarten and AEI are strange bedfellows. For the record, this kind of event is exactly why I took my new job and why I am so excited about what I'm going to be doing for the next couple of years.

Congrats!

I just want to send a big shout out to the Platinum team. All three of us, despite the times, have managed to find jobs/things to do with ourselves for the next year at least. It's a struggle, but we're alive and kicking. For my part, I'm looking forward to doing a better job of blogging this year. My goal is fewer links-only posts and more actual content.

Here's a link to an article in my hometown paper about all those greedy people that are not so happy about playing along with the bailouts. My biggest concern is that when people feel as though contracts can be rewritten on the fly by the president, investors will simply stop investing in America. Would you invest if you knew this could happen?

Platinum Visual Representation of Data

Some of you may remember this clip from this season's How I Met Your Mother.

Now, ICanHasCheezburger has created a rather comical presentation of everyday life in a similar manner. For instance, I've found this one in particular to be true.

(HT: Brett King)

absolutely hysterical

something for the gentlemen out there...

A Platinum Nursery Rhyme?

Oh where oh where have the millionaires gone, oh where oh where could they be? With their incomes cut short and their top tax-rate grown long, oh where oh where can they be?

(HT: Brett King)

TED Talks: Steven Levitt

Really interesting talk with a little bit of public choice econ thrown in.

This summer's going to be platinum for sure.

Oh Golly!  Could life get any better than this? 

Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival keeps it Platinum with an 80's theme.  

I'm so there.

The ethics of Michael Vick

Some of football's greats break down an absurdity in the animal rights arguments.  Deion Sanders thinks humans are more important than dogs.  I agree, but what about this wrench in the gear... what happens, Mr. Deion, when your Dogg is a human?  Where's Peter Singer on that curve ball?

What do the platinum readers think is the whole Vick fiasco a race issue?  God knows Vick has Platinum wild cat potential, and Deion Sanders agrees with me, but at the same time he also has quite a lot of, dare I say, wild dog potential?  Zing!

1. How long till the Cardinals/Nationals start doing this?

2. The best thing I've read in the NyTimes in at least a month.

3. Why I'm opposed to gov't running GM, Chrysler and the banks.

4. Ever wonder where the title of No Country for Old Men came from?

5. These are two (here and here) incredibly good articles in terms of describing my problems with being labeled one thing or another. The first is about a current argument going on over who are "conservatives." The second is an article that describes pretty thoroughly the people that have taught me most of what I know about economics.

6. I guess the snotty Apple ads haven't gone over as well as Apple lovers (like myself) thought.

Sidenote, I'm going to try an post fewer links and more just my random thoughts on the world.