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They demolished the building next to mine at work today

January 3, 2008 by Bo

Hey, I might never get to say that again. One guy with the tractor and another guy with the water hose (asbestos, we figured) took it down in three hours or so today. We had a laugh imagining that the guy got told to go sweep the building out or something, and instead grabbed the … Read more

Metal mania

January 2, 2008 by Bo

Gold touched $861 per troy ounce today. Platinum is well over $1,500. Palladium is flirting with $400. Even silver is near $16. Sheesh. I want in 15 years ago, don’t you? Whether this says anything important about the state of the world economy is interesting debate. One thing that has unquestionably happened, however, is that … Read more

Merry Christmas from Grimace

December 24, 2007 by Bo