Walking In Wuhan

I spend a decent hunk of my day looking for articles and story ideas, so I run into some interesting tidbits and links.

Found this cool slideshow of book ads from old New York Times book reviews.

[SLIDESHOW!]

An interesting fact from a Thomas Friedman column that is worth checking out.

"Two dates — two numbers. Read them and weep for what could have, and should have, been. On Sept. 11, 2001, the OPEC basket oil price was $25.50 a barrel. On Nov. 13, 2007, the OPEC basket price was around $90 a barrel."

[Friedman: Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda]

If your dream has always been -- as mine has -- to own part of a professional soccer team, here's your chance. Seems shares of a low-level English soccer team -- no, you're not going to be buying a stake in Chelsea or Man U -- can be had for roughly $72. Any bets on how long it takes for some American to try and sign Pele?

[Buy your own football team]

This isn't a link or anything, but apparently there are hidden costs to invading, occupying and standing in the middle of an ethnic playground fight. Seems the war could cost as much as $1.9 trillion by 2009. So let's see, that's 1,900,000,000,000,000 dollars. I guess that's not so bad when you consider the National Debt is growing $1.8 billion per day.

Dear Baby Boomers,

Thanks for all the help.

Sincerely,

The Future