http://somabus.com A Society, Marketing, and Business Blog. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:15:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tomorrow we vote. I have to admit that I am a bit concerned. For the Country For Business For the Markets For Capitalism For Gun Ownership I am not going to vote for Obama. I don't think I will vote for McCain. I think I will vote for Ron Paul. http://somabus.com/2008/11/03/election-eve/ My shoes look great! Theo did a great job on them. And then he said I could decide the price. Just 10 minutes before I had heard him quote another customer 18 dollars. I gave him everything I had in my wallet, (which was more than enough). What do you charge ... http://somabus.com/2008/10/23/a-lessor-known-saint/ I received an email today with a tag at the end advising me to consider the environmental effects before printing. "Please consider the impact on the environment before printing this email or its attachments".This is being done in places of business which run through paper without thought at all. Is printing ... http://somabus.com/2008/10/21/consideration-in-the-21st-century/ Saudi Arabia has begun trials against Islamic militants from Al-Qaeda. The kingdom has been the target of attacks in the past as the ruling family is not necessarily very popular amongst extremists. Most of those on trial are Saudi citizens who have been extradited from countries like Iraq.  This is important ... http://somabus.com/2008/10/21/saudi-militant-trials/ The writing was on the wall a few days ago when I did the calculation on Aubrey McClendon's losses in his own Chesapeake Energy stock. After closing at a record low on Friday, it became public that McClendon was forced to sell "substantially all" of his stock in order to meet margin calls. Word on ... http://somabus.com/2008/10/11/ceos-liquidating/ Ever lost over $20 million dollars per month? Chesapeake Energy's CEO Aubrey McClendon has; for four months in a row. Apparently he kept buying further in as the stock continued a decline. In whole McClendon spent over $150 million purchasing a little over 3 million shares starting in the middle of July. ... http://somabus.com/2008/10/07/chesapeake-energys-ceo-bluff/ I wouldn't even use Yahoo email in my personal life. I look down on those who use it for business. At least use Gmail (no offense Seth Godin). I view Yahoo email as tedious, clumsy, and no doubt a relic of those who simply cannot move with the times. It's ... http://somabus.com/2008/09/17/unprofessional/ What if your business card literally turned into a flower when planted. I bet people would talk about it.  http://somabus.com/2008/09/09/going-green/ There really is something to be said when you outdo almost every service available, and thats exactly what Stormpulse has done. This is an incredibly neat way to really get a grasp on what is going on. Two guys, coding, beating NOAA.   http://somabus.com/2008/09/08/tracking-hurricanes/ It appears that China is gaining a fairly large foothold in the future production of Iraqi Oil. Sort of waters down the "all for oil" talk about the Iraq war. The positive here would certainly be that China will now have a set interest in that country. This should shift their future involvement ... http://somabus.com/2008/09/07/china-grabs-iraqi-oil/