Joey Gibson's BlogThoughts, musings, ramblings and rants on Java, Ruby, Python, obscure languages, politics and other exciting topicsEconomics Lesson About Gas Prices- April 23, 2008 The Ludwig von Mises Institute has an excellent article called Economics 101: The Price of Gas that everyone should read. It explains how much of the price of each gallon of gas goes to those "greedy" oil companies, how much goes to our wonderful, benevolent, altruistic government, and how prices have changed since the 1950's. It also compares prices in other industries with a critical statistic, called the profit margin. Go read the article, now.http://joeygibson.com/blog/politics/economics_lesson_about_gas_prices.html More Crappy Food In Snellville- April 22, 2008 Last night before I went bowling, I decided to get something to eat. I wracked my brain to come up with some place that I haven't eaten at 900 times recently, and finally settled on Applebee's on Hwy. 124. I was seated and after what seemed like about 5 minutes, the waitress finally came over. I ordered a Coke and the Crispy Orange Chicken Bowl, without the mushrooms. She responded, "I'll see if they can pick them out for you. It's a mix." I responded that I have gotten the dish there before...http://joeygibson.com/blog/life/more_crappy_food_in_snellville.html Jason Castro Covers Brudda Iz And Nails It- April 10, 2008 On Idol last night, Jason Castro announced that he was going to sing 'Over the Rainbow,' as performed by Brudda Iz. When I heard that, I thought, 'OK, this is either going to be insanely great, or really awful.' As it turned out, it was unbelievably great. He captured the essence of Iz's version, but he owned it, too. And he played the ukulele! I was almost speechless when he finished. He got praise from all three judges, which he richly deserved. You can buy Jason's version of the song from.http://joeygibson.com/blog/music/jason_castro_covers_brudda_iz_8212_and_nails_it.html |