My site has started getting more reader involvement, traffic and high search engine rankings lately. I’m pretty happy that people appreciate the blog enough to come and read and comment. Below are some of my results from the time I opened the blog back in September.
As you can see from the chart above, my traffic has greatly increased during the month of January.… read more “The Growth Of Joel’s Blog”
Microsoft has offered $44.6 billion dollars to buy Yahoo, or about $31 a share. $31 a share for Yahoo is 62% above Yahoo’s closing price of $19.18 yesterday and in today’s trading the stock price has jumped all the way up to $28 today upon news of the bid.
What does Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo mean for search engines?… read more “Microsoft Attempting to Buy Yahoo”
The SuperBowl is on Sunday and fans all across the world are planning SuperBowl parties. Nick Fitzer invited me to his friends party at a bar the guy’s dad owns in Tacoma. I am thinking I will probably do that so I can visit my brothers or grandparents while I’m down there. The SuperBowl is featuring the New England Patriots against the New York Giants this year and my money is on the Patriots because they have not been beaten this once this season.… read more “SuperBowl Sunday: Undefeated New England Patriots vs. Upstart New York Giants”
I read an excellent article in the New York Times today and I highly recommend that anyone remotely interested in the state of the world, American politics, globalization and the balance of power read it.
The article is pretty long, but well worth the time. I don’t agree with all of the authors assertions or conclusions, but he is very much on the right path.… read more “Great State of the Globe Article”
Plato hosted the monday night dinner at his studio in the University District. He cooked scotch salmon. Scotch salmon is salmon with a scotch-based sauce on top of it. The sauce contained Drambuie (a scotch liquer), Johnny Walker Black Label scotch, creme fraiche, heavy cream, orange juice, and lots of other goodies. We also had a salad with kumquats and almonds and a balsamic vinagreitte dressing.… read more “Dinner with Plato: Scotch Salmon Recipe”
I have been debating recently about hiring a maid. I looked on Craigslist and a maid could be had for $20 twice a week, which sounds like a pretty good deal to me. I hate folding clothes and ironing and am not a big fan of cleaning, so it would make a lot of sense I think for me to get someone to take care of these ornery chores for me.… read more “Should I Hire A Maid?”
Watch this poor guy, he’s out goofing around with his friends and then all of a sudden his world takes a significant turn for the worse.
Kid Gets Stacked Skateboarding
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I’m pretty sure both of his testicles exploded and he will never, ever have a child. Poor skateboarder.… read more “Skateboarder Gets Racked”