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By Jeff, on January 21st, 2007 Our National Savings Rate Is Embarrassing [Fool.com] January 17, 2007
Wow… this was surprising to me:
…consider these historical numbers for the U.S. personal savings rate:
* 1984: 10.8% * 2001: 1.8% * 2003: 1.4%
Do you see a troubling trend? So do I. Care to guess where we landed in 2005?
* 2005: (0.5%)
That’s right — negative savings!
Is that unprecedented? Well, not exactly. We hit negative levels for two years — during . . . → Read More: U.S. National Savings Rate breaks a bad barrier
By Jeff, on January 21st, 2007 Slice of Scifi – Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » The New R2D2 Projector
Got a home theater? Don’t care about picture quality, but want your own Astromech droid? Check out the link.
I want one just so I can have it follow me around the house…
[tags]R2-D2, Star Wars, home theater, projector, novelty items, robot[/tags]
By Jeff, on January 21st, 2007 Kilmer plans Genius return – Movie news – Movies – Virgin.net
Okay, Real Genius was a pretty funny Val Kilmer movie. For the 80′s. Making a sequel 20 years later… not so bright.
This does, however, give me the chance to post everyone’s favorite quote from the original:
Mitch: You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning… Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god . . . → Read More: A not-so-Genius move
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