Category: Lifestyle

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How Rich are you… and I mean money…

If you think about it, the majority of the people (like 99%) are more well off than most of the world population. We really don’t realize how nice we have it, but then you realize most of us in the US are part of the group called the “Living Poor” which means you don’t make enough to sustain your standard of living in the environment you’re inhabiting now…

This site says I’m in the top 0.48% richest people in the world.
There are 5,971,172,435 people poorer than you.

Wow, that’s pretty good eh? Now does that mean I can afford a house in NYC.. um not even close…

Check it out

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SF Flower Conservatory, Japanese Tea Gardens & Thanh Long

With some free time over the holiday break, I took a trip out to Golden Gate park with the fam during a typical overcast SF day. As much as I lived in the Bay, I had never been to Alcatraz nore have I spent much time in the park but to sleep in the sun or dance at various house events…

Here’s a couple shots from the SF Conservatory of Flowers (A botanical display of over two thousand plant species – this particular visit they had an Orcid Exibit), Japanese Tea Gardens (which is the oldest public Japanese garden in California) and dinner at Thanh Long (which if you haven’t had their roasted garlic crab… you’re truly missing out.

Full Gallery of SF Conservatory

Conservatory of Flowers Site

Random FAQ’s:
~ The Conservatory displays over 1,500 species of plants native to dozens of countries including Borneo, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ghana, Philippines, and many more.
~ The Conservatory is whitewashed to reduce the light intensity and heat load as well as to maintain the historical apperance.
~ The building has 16,800 window panes nestled within a grid of 100 arches crafted from redwood and Douglas fir. Niney percent of the colored pieces were salvaged and reused.
~ As part of the Integrated Pest Management system, geckoes are utilized to help control pests.
~ The Conservatory is the oldest wod and glass, Victorian-styled exhibit in North America.

“When the emotions are strong one should paint bamboo;
in a light mood one should pain the orcid” ~ Chueh Yin

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“Cartoon Network” Canceled

So this is the story of how the NYPD and DEA ruined Christmas. I had heard word of this show around town, but never new much more than that… The Smoking Gun reports:

DECEMBER 8–In a blow to New Yorkers who enjoyed having their premium marijuana delivered to their doorsteps, Drug Enforcement Administration agents have busted up a six-year-old pot ring calling itself the Cartoon Network that was busy preparing its festive holiday shipments before federal agents kicked in the door.

And it looks like the DEA also confiscated the list of clients for the ring… as if you don’t have enough to be paranoid about. Check out the stash as Hamburgler is the face of the “Network” for the holidays:

Just a highlight from the Investigation report:

  • The organized network ran for about 6 years covering NYC Metro and Long Island
  • This was a door-to-door delivery service where you phoned in your “order” and it was delivered the next day based on availability and quantity
  • They ran a call center for customer support
  • There were approximately 12 Couriers delivering supplies, each with Network backing of security support and legal support should they get arrested (So long as they didn’t nark)
  • They kept detailed computer records of all their customers including names, addresses, phone numbers, and buyer histories
  • Couriers were paid about $200 a day which is over $50,000 tax free if they didn’t work weekends like the rest of us
  • The lead cartoon in this network was Joel Nebel who the DEA estimated was making revenue of $12,500 a day! With the same work week as the Courier estimate above, he was making 3.2 Million in sales a year…tax free
  • It all went south for the network when an accomplice for the network was found dead in Jan 2004 with 20 lbs of weed and a customer list tied to the cartoons.
  • Through surveillance, the DEA estimated the Network was receiving 400 calls a day for services
  • Ultimately it was the girlfriend that was careless and brought down the final nails to the cartoon network coffin

‘Cartoon Network’ Canceled {The Smoking Gun}