One Guy and a Dream

Some interesting (and entertaining) notes from Charles Darwin on marriage:

Darwin’s notes on marriage :: Darwin Correspondence Project.

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A hotel in Abu Dhabi has an ATM that lets you withdraw gold:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Remove-Card-and-Take-Bullion-cnbc-760626755.html?x=0

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Marginal Revolution has a continuing series called Markets in Everything. It fits much better in an economics blog than a general interest blog, but sometimes the topics overlap, like here:

http://chrisblattman.com/2010/05/01/markets-in-everything-insurance-against-escaped-gorillas-edition/

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Here is the transcript of an interesting 1984 interview with Paul and Linda McCartney by Playboy. The best parts are his reactions to questions about John Lennon:

http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rock/paulint.html

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Here’s a great infographic on some struggling European countries:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/02/weekinreview/02marsh.html

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Here’s an interesting article about how the TV business model works:

http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/04/28/affiliate-fees-make-the-world-go-round/

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Why aren’t there any broccoli commercials? Be sure to click through to some of the example commercials.

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/04/questions-that-are-rarely-asked-1.html

Note: Before I get to the real post, a quick disclaimer. Weekend posts will probably be more sporadic than weekday posts. This link is really from yesterday.

I love cilantro, but I know many people who hate it, which I couldn’t understand. I guess this explains it.

?http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html

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