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405. No one wants to watch you practice the guitar.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:53:40 +1100

(via rulesformyunbornson)

my favorite scene from the kill bill movies. i’m not bald...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:46 +1100

my favorite scene from the kill bill movies.

i’m not bald okay, i shave my head. do you understand?

i <3 socially awkward penguin

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:44:05 +1100

i <3 socially awkward penguin

(via yahara)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:18:12 +1100

(via yahara)

"…the World Cup is not a tournament for the best football teams in the world; it’s a tournament..."

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:41:58 +1100

“…the World Cup is not a tournament for the best football teams in the world; it’s a tournament for the best football teams of the world.”

- congrats to the NZ football team! (via)

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:55:34 +1100

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

- JFK (via rulesformyunbornson)

photobomb

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:19:12 +1100

photobomb

(via eyeonspringfield)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:52:40 +1100

(via eyeonspringfield)

"if you wear the headphones that came with your ipod, you either hate music or you hate your ears."

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:15:39 +1100

“if you wear the headphones that came with your ipod, you either hate music or you hate your ears.”

funniest savage chickens ever.

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:50:32 +1100

funniest savage chickens ever.

"if you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first i’m too busy..."

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:59:16 +1100

“if you ever need anything please don’t
hesitate to ask someone else first
i’m too busy acting like I’m not naive
i’ve seen it all, I was here first”

- very ape

Photo

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:38:51 +1100

“…When you say something that no one believes, you are not only wasting your time/money,...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:36:00 +1100

“…When you say something that no one believes, you are not only wasting your time/money, you are undermining your credibility. And all the spurious “support points” in the world don’t make absurd claims any more believable…”

via

pendulum - slam impossible to listen to this whilst walking and...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:18:53 +1100

pendulum - slam

impossible to listen to this whilst walking and not develop a swagger.

also “is this bass(sic) really strong enough?”

(via yimmyayo)

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:52:42 +1100

(via yimmyayo)

"the only way to meet the apocalypse is hungover and sleep-deprived…"

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:15:48 +1000

“the only way to meet the apocalypse is hungover and sleep-deprived…”

- tessa… via

I’m just learning a lot lately about how people get their validation… Some do with faux...

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:22:00 +1000

I’m just learning a lot lately about how people get their validation… Some do with faux self-deprecation that demands the listener contradict them in a complimentary way. Some need lots of blog comments and a thousand “friends” on Facebook. I am a step and a half from being any one of those scenarios. I refuse.

via

tumblarity is a lie.

another friday night on twitter. love it.

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:23:44 +1000

another friday night on twitter.

love it.

The Road to a Balanced Budget Leads to Microsoft

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:32:00 +1000

The Road to a Balanced Budget Leads to Microsoft:

vb:

“Microsoft’s Cumulative Tax Evasion Now Exceeds Washington State’s Biennial Deficit”

Some quick background: Microsoft bases their software licensing office in Reno, Nevada. Microsoft does this because Nevada has no tax on software licensing. Jeff estimates that Washington (state) has lost out on $700M in tax revenue.

It’s a good read and he makes some good points. However (and you knew there was one coming)…

It’s not really evasion if it’s legal. You want it made evasion? Change the tax law so that what they’re doing is illegal. Microsoft is a business, a publicly held business. By that nature alone, they have a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders to perform the best that it can within the constructs of the law. Microsoft is doing that in this respect (perhaps not others, but that’s another arguement).

States compete with other states to gain businesses. How do they do this you ask? Through taxation. If states want to attract certain industries, they will create tax breaks for those industries. The state makes back its revenue from payroll taxes from the jobs that were created. It also is just a good idea from the state’s perspective - the bigger number of employers that you have, the larger your tax base.

From a business perspective, taxation isn’t a moral thing. It’s a cost to do business. You’re going to go where there’s less taxation when it makes sense to. Until that is illegal, Washington (and Jeff) have no leg to stand on.

are you for real?

the text posts in your tumblr read: “apple good. microsoft bad.”

the GFC is microsofts fault? look around, maybe read “no logo” or something like it, walmart killed main st, major clothing manufacturers hire contractors to produce clothes (so that no strings tie them to the sweat shops), sorry but the world isn’t all sunshine and macbooks.

every CEO will do anything to protect their margin and bottom line (think riaa). SHOCK HORROR. just so happens in this instance the deal is legal, so, i have no doubt, whoever came up with this idea would’ve gotten a nice bonus.

humans are greedy, selfish creatues.

perspective is neat huh.

sorry vb.

**unfollowed**

kim made liam zoo themed b’day cupcakes!

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:55:34 +1000

kim made liam zoo themed b’day cupcakes!