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Data from 16,000 American adults on incomes, sexual activity and happiness led economists to conclude in a much-discussed 2004 study that increasing the frequency of intercourse from once a month to once a week increased happiness to the same extent as having an additional $50,000 in the bank.
I'm going to go with this excerpt. I mean, who minds an extra $50K?
Having two little ones in today's world, you end up relying a bit too much on technology from video monitors to the every distracting iPad for the toddler to keeping up with various news feeds. When it comes down to it, nothing beats the tenderness and physicality of touch and attention. Love this commercial!
Reckless flying in paths of passenger aircraft. Thanks Mr. Drone Pilot for messing up the rules for the rest of us.
*update: obviously this has been outted as a hoax showing off digital graphics and video editing. Read the winglet which shows branit.com instead of Southwest. Sorry for the confusion. *
A detailed teardown (via PopMech) of a pair of Beats’ immensely popular Solo headphones conducted by hardware-focused venture capital firm Bolt has some answers buried beneath. The headphones are incredibly cheaply made. The company cuts corners everywhere it can; gluing pieces together instead of using screws, and reducing the amount of tooling wherever possible. Amazingly, for all the company’s claims about precision sound design, the headphones use freaking off-the-shelf drivers!
As if this wasn't reason enough?! I still can't believe that Apple was tricked into buying such a shitty product! And yes, I Have tested and spent spent $399 on their Stuido Pro but promptly returned them one hour later. Trash!
Do yourself a favor and go with some Grados. The best $100 on headphones you can spend are on the Prestige Series SR80e.
Also of not, their "award winning" Beats Solo are essentially filled with extra metal for added weight to trick you into thinking they are substantial.
A beautiful short film about an awesome dog and his awesome owner. One word // Beautiful.
Not safe for work due to language, but his sketch it pretty awesome! Take notes but 1) I don't recommend or condone this in any manner 2) after some flight attendants see this video, I doubt you'll have the chance. Cheers and fly safe!
starring Michael Gallagher & Brittany Furlan
While only having this camera for a whopping three days, I managed to take it with me EVERYWHERE I went over those three days as I wanted to get as much use with it as possible so I could write this review after having 72 hours with the Q, and wow, for the 1st time in years I am truly “wowed” by a Leica camera that is not an M version! This is good, for all of us and for Leica.
Steve Huff does another great mini review on Leica's latest all-in-one offering. Priced at $4,250, it's around $1,000 than Sony's full frame fixed lens mini, but it's German and yes, I want it!
Winner of various film awards, DOTTY was posted to Vimeo earlier today and I was made privvy to it by none other that the Mr. Channing Work. Watch, laugh and be happy. Go to sleep knowing the goodness in the world.
In a math class long after my Lunada Bay Elementary School graduation, I learned that for all intents and purposes, the concept of infinity is not functional. So instead of trying to reach infinity, mathematicians describe what the value is approaching: a limit. With limits, the end point becomes irrelevant and the focus falls on the direction you are moving.
The World Cup is the limit. And we’re moving forward.
One of the best reads on Players' Tribune by none other that the awesome Christen Press. If you haven't started reading the PT, I highly suggest you do. Awesome insight and better material than the usual media outlets.
First year pay at most airlines. Couldn't sum it up better than this clip from Half Baked especially that it pertains to life in New York. Happy Friday!
I've never been this excited for a stroller ever before but as mentioned before on The Night Light, Baby Jogger's City Select is the best stroller a parent of two or more kids should buy. Now on sale at Albee Baby for $499.99 (you can also go through their Amazon store and help this site out), you end up saving over $169.95!!!
Even if you think or are contemplating that second child, this is the stroller to have and at this price, you can bet that I bought this bad boy!
Baby Jogger City Select with the second seat is the best choice based on its lightweight design, compatibility with over a dozen car seats and its ability to work for both same-age and multi-age children.
On a side note, I called up my local Nordstrom in Escondido and had the pleasure of speaking to Rosalina in Kids. She was very patient with me and price matched the stroller reaffirming, once again that Nordstrom is the epitome of awesome when it comes to customer service and satisfaction! Thanks again!
So, FYI, you can catch me rocking out at the local San Diego Zoo or Safari Park with confidence once this bad boy comes in!
At its core, though, the debate is about the philosophical purpose of fine wine. Should oenologists try to make beverages that are merely delicious? Or should the ideal be something more profound and intellectually stimulating? Are the best wines the equivalent of Hollywood blockbusters or art-house films? And who gets to decide?
In the early 2000s, he recalls, he drank a syrah from the Rhone Valley in France with another sommelier. Like other Rhone wines, it impressed him less with its fruit flavor than with its hints at things that couldn’t possibly be in the wine: roasted meat, freshly turned soil. He liked how the wine felt in his mouth, crisp rather than weighty, and how the wine evolved as he drank it, one sip after the next. These, he knew, were hallmarks of bottlings from the finest regions of Europe. When he wondered aloud why similar wines weren’t made in California, the other sommelier said it simply wasn’t possible.
One of the best articles that I have read on the NYTimes pertaining to the Parker influenced American palate of wines. What's your flavor? I'm all for the unique flavors of each grape harvest from a specific field but once again, at what cost?
Now this is an awesome flying formation of a Swiss Airline Airbus A320 alongside some fighter jets. Once again, I wish I could share some footage of my flights but I'm sure you all get it by now.
Peep right around 2:18 and the shadow of a fighter jet overlaps the Airbus A320. Awesome sauce!