Logic & Sanity

Chase-Durer Men's Pilot Commander II Chronograph

I've became a bit of a watch aficionado as of late, giving preference to big watches. As a software engineer I look at everything from a functionality point of view, so I like watches that are substantial and manifest themselves more as an instrument rather than a piece of jewelry.

Here's my latest acquisition that's arriving on Tuesday.
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        At 48mm, this watch will be quite prominent on my wrist and the rubber strap screams utility. This is something I would wear with jeans in the summer and with sweaters in colder seasons.

               

The rich are fleeing New York

New York billionaire Tom Golisano is taking his big bucks elsewhere.

Furious over a new "millionaire's tax" that could cost him an extra $1 million this year, the Rochester-area resident and three-time gubernatorial candidate says he's fleeing the state for Florida's Gulf Coast.

Income tax rate is being raised to 8.97% (up from 6.85%) for those making $500k+, in the New York state. Our idiotic government is chasing wealthy tax payers out of state, instead of attracting them. They are happy to have him in Florida, ofcourse, but the idiots who pushed for this tax hike are a bit upset.

Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor, who championed the tax hike, called Golisano's move "selfish."

"It's a disgrace that this is how he pays back the state where he was presumably educated and that's been so good to him," Cantor said. "Taxes are the price you pay for civilization. He's moving to a space where there's a little bit less civilization."

It's all nonsense, since Mr.Golisano was paying taxes. Curiously, Dan Cantor is missing the irony of his words. If taxes are the price you pay for civilization, then what does it make the people who pay little or no taxes? The very same people who he's claiming to represent?

"Snapping like a dog..."

A respected Russian artist was arrested after mixing wine and prescription drugs before allegedly drinking liquid soap and attacking flight attendants on a trans-Atlantic flight.

British-based Galina Rusanova is accused of of punching and kicking flight attendants and - at one point - 'snapping like a dog' while trying to bite a crew member's leg.

I flew to Kiev end of March, and as part of keeping ourselves occupied during the 10 hour flight, we got a bottle of whiskey from the on board duty free catalog. Got to love AeroSvit - the steward brought the bottle along with three plastic cups and my cousin, I, and a girl (we met at the terminal before boarding) had quite a good time consuming it.  A couple sitting in the next aisle got creative with their whiskey bottle and juice, by using a Starbucks commuter mug as a cocktail shaker. We had a great time without bothering other passengers or giving the flight attendants a hard time.

I fear that due to idiots like this they are going to forbid alcohol consumption from flights altogether.  It's almost as if people have to get licensed to drink when flying.