Andrew Tobias

Patrick Murphy's Video

Published on July 10, 2009 Plant a tree! “Tropical deforestation contributes more to global warming than all the vehicles on earth. Does the world have a plan to deal with it?” Read it here. Help the Amazon here. EAT SOUFFL�! Charles went nuts last night and made an enormous cheese souffl� followed by a chocolate souffl�.

Very Wow

Published on July 09, 2009 MY COLLEGE CHUM WENT TO LIVE IN A TREE And here we are, nearly 27 years later, and he’s improved thousands of lives (and I’m pretty sure he now lives in a hut). Here’s the annual report.

Summer Fun

Published on July 08, 2009 YOU THINK +YOU+ HAD A BAD DAY I owned shares in Diamond Crystal Salt, decades ago, and vaguely, faintly remember something about this, which was maybe just a $45 million footnote in an annual report. Reading the full story now (which I won’t spoil by summarizing it) leaves one’s head shaking in wonder. “Oy,” is the best way I can describe it.

Health and Home

Published on July 07, 2009 HEALTH This tells you how long you’re going to live – with implied hints for living longer. HEALTH CARE This is Paul Krugman with the crystal clear case for why we can afford it. HOME – THE MOVIE Very wow. Did you watch it? It is beautiful, haunting – free – and (please don’t let this turn you off) show-stoppingly important.

Videos

Published on July 06, 2009 AL FRANKEN Take 30 seconds to enjoy it? PEPSI Take 60 seconds to enjoy a Pepsi? (Thanks, Juan.) Home – THE Trailer Wow. HOME – THE MOVIE Very wow.

TKF and USA

Published on July 02, 2009 TKF One of my dad’s clients half a century ago was Bonomo’s Turkish Taffee. This has nothing to do with the closed-end Turkish Fund suggested in April at $5.47, and neither does the Firesign Theater’s iconic, “Welcome to side six, as we learn three new words in Turkish: towel, bath, border.”* But with TKF closing last night at $9.