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by jld 14y ago
Or Cyprus.
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by jld 14y ago
Why don't they just give away prizes randomly in a raffle at the end? Teams can still win, but losing a contest that has no prize is seldom as stinging.
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by jld 14y ago
I did a fair amount of research on this when shopping for my wife, and couldn't find any decent sized (say, larger than ~1/2 carat) clear synthetic diamonds. There were some options in yellow or pink, but I didn't find a thriving manufactur
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by jld 14y ago
I used Blue Nile to buy my wife's engagement ring and was very happy with the service/quality. The online customer care agents actively pushed me to buy the lowest quality diamond that would appear 'best', as there are many levels of qualit
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by jld 14y ago
Yes, they say it costs about $75,000 to buy yourself on to the best seller lists. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732386430457831...
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by jld 14y ago
Actually, somewhere between -4000 and 4000.
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They did redesign the cover: http://amzn.to/1436x0J You can read more about how that story ended here: http://brokenpianoforpresident.com/2012/07/19/jack-daniels-l... <blockquote>In case you’re wondering, no, my publisher, Lazy
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by jld 14y ago
Finishing a book every two months would be insane for a fiction writer.
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by jld 14y ago
Someone commented on that article, that whomever pushed through this deal was worth their weight in gold. Or ~4700 pounds. $100,000,000 / ($1,500/oz * 14 oz/lb) = 4700 lbs
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by jld 14y ago
I think the question is about the genesis of the unusual annual salary of $756.72.
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You can see the Stylish icon in the poster's screenshots. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish/fjnbnpbmke...
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by jld 14y ago
Also a "cross on my own type" here in Seattle and I watch people get jaywalking tickets on a weekly basis. Seattle's jaywalking law makes it illegal to cross, even when not obstructing a vehicle, and the cops love to write tickets for it.