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  1. @pierre A rebuttal of many of Kristof's statistics in the healthcare column you tweeted: http://blog.american.com/?p...
  2. Double-double animal style and a Neopolitan milkshake.
  3. There should be a word for "eavesdropping" with your eyes on someone else's mobile phone -- looking over their shoulder at their iphone, etc
  4. "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts: for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (via @vaughanbell)
  5. People who are against gay marriage are not nearly as passionate about the issue as people who are pro gay marriage.
  6. Clever Jamba Juice mailer: a $1 coupon, at least. Redeem it at a store to find out if it's worth more. Potentially up to $30.
  7. "It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." -- Oscar Wilde (via @justinemusk)
  8. All tech support to AT&T goes through an Indian call center where the agents cannot go off script. I want to strangle someone right now.
  9. Sometimes we laugh because a joke is funny. Sometimes we laugh to show we're smart enough to understand the joke in question.
  10. San Francisco was so beautiful this morning -- from atop the hills, views of the bay -- that I was tempted to take photos w/ the tourists.
  11. First time eating Burmese food tonight. Green tea salad, ginger lemonade, among other dishes. Yum.
  12. The best predictor of whether someone voted for or against Prop 8 (gay marriage ban) was how frequently a voter attended a place of worship.
  13. "It's the rare child who thinks his childhood is magical--at the time. Either it's hell, or he doesn't notice it." - Rog Ebert @ebertchicago
  14. Only the first 100 people to log-in on edufire.com for my conf call at 2 PM will get in. I'll talk for 20 mins, then Jon and I will do Q&A.
  15. On the Berkeley campus today students are lying on ground in frozen position to advocate for....the public option in the healthcare debate.
  16. Tomorrow at 2 PM PST I'm co-teaching a free 1 hr class on entrepreneurship with Jon Bischke on Edufire. Sign up here: http://cli.gs/yMBRVg
  17. You can now link your non-Google Voice number to Google Voice e-voicemail and free transcription. Damn cool, esp if you travel overseas.
  18. In Muslim countries, whose flags often have crescents such as in Turkey, the non-profit Red Cross is called "Red Crescent."
  19. The phrase "I aim to please" is officially a cliche.
  20. "If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." - Tagore (via @jhagel)