My final shopping cart of Iraq money stuff

Call me greedy, but I kept $8.6 billion in walking around money.

Every NFL Franchise
$8,600,000,000

4 Race Track
$340,000,000

15 Manhattan Townhouse
$18,000,000

12 Hollywood movie
$150,000,000

4 Casino
$770,000,000

10 South Pacific Island
$38,900,000

Levees That Can Do the Job
$40,000,000,000

2 Porsche 911 Turbo
$126,200

Honolulu estate
$7,999,000

10 Winery in Napa Valley
$34,000,000

5 Air Force One
$325,595,000

4 Your Own Airport
$4,822,000,000

4 Oil Company
$16,400,000,000

3997 Feed a Starving Child
$2,160

4496 House a family
$60,000

4096 Protect Tropical Forests
$1,500

Help Prevent the Next Katrina
$14,000,000,000

3549 Cure the Sick, Heal the Injured
$41,300,000

4006 Get On Board With Mass Transit
$150,000,000

5994 Feed the Poor
$1

Dracula’s Castle
$140,000,000

4 Lear Jet
$11,595,000

3 Yacht
$100,000,000

6 Buy the World a Coke
$6,500,000,000

Chewing Gum
$23,000,000,000

4 Bentley Azure Convertible Mulliner
$376,485

11 Jewlery
$8,500,000

Something to wear
$1,200,000,000

3996 Help Disabled Veterans
$10,000

1999 Buy a Goat
$150

3996 Women’s Small Business Kit
$40

2997 Adopt a Polar Bear
$100

3996 The Gift of Sight.
$33

4 Saleen S7
$395,000

5 Mansion in Beverly Hills
$165,000,000

20 Jackson Pollack painting
$142,700,000

20 Picasso painting
$113,400,000

5 Theme Park
$3,500,000,000

10 Super Bowl ad
$2,600,000

Wow, a real life post! What the Iraq war bought me

So a guy wrote a book about what the $1 TRILLION dollars spent on the Iraq war could’ve purchased (recent estimates have escalated that to $3 trillion apparently).  There were noble things like fund Social Security, pay off all college students’ credit card debt, double the cops on the street for 32 years, 1.9 million more teachers.  Crazy things like line all the highways of the US in 23.5c gold leaf, buy everyone on the planet an iPod (did not specify type in the article I read).  There was a link to a site where you could go on your own noble and crazy shopping spree.  Here’s what I bought before I got bored:

Every NFL Franchise
$8,600,000,000

4 Race Tracks
$340,000,000

5 Manhattan Townhouses
$18,000,000

6 Hollywood movies
$150,000,000

4 Casinos
$770,000,000

4 South Pacific Islands
$38,900,000

Levees That Can Do the Job
$40,000,000,000

2 Porsche 911 Turbos
$126,200

Honolulu estate
$7,999,000

5 Winerys in Napa Valley
$34,000,000

2 Air Force Ones
$325,595,000

2 Your Own Airports
$4,822,000,000

2 Oil Companies
$16,400,000,000

1000 Feed a Starving Child
$2,160

500 House a family
$60,000

100 Protect Tropical Forests
$1,500

Help Prevent the Next Katrina
$14,000,000,000

500 Cure the Sick, Heal the Injured
$41,300,000

999 Get On Board With Mass Transit
$150,000,000

1998 Feed the Poor
$1

Dracula’s Castle
$140,000,000

2 Lear Jet
$11,595,000

3 Yacht
$100,000,000

Buy the World a Coke
$6,500,000,000

Chewing Gum
$23,000,000,000

4 Bentley Azure Convertible Mulliner
$376,485

6 Jewlery
$8,500,000

Something to wear
$1,200,000,000

OKAY OKAY, so not the most altruistic of spending.  But it’s annoying to put 500 homes in and see no difference essentially in your balance.  I haven’t closed my cart yet, so maybe I’ll keep tossing in homes for the less fortunate, feeding of starving kids, protecting of rain forests, etc etc etc til I’m zeroed out.  It might take all day.  I’ll post an update later.

What We Could Have Done With The Money – Rob Simpson (site)

Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-27:

  • @myzuk they are supposed to be dry, i’m just saying #
  • got the wife back into lost by just turning it on. she’s halfway done with s2, we have s3 bluray and s4 preordered #
  • tired, but fully functioning. #
  • november is national novel writing month http://is.gd/4VOm maybe i’ll work on mine #
  • @ryanblock post results of this please. (i do clean install, but am always tempted by migration assistanc) #
  • @myzuk much like many i have machinations on writing a book, already have a basic idea/format/structure. #
  • @MacDivaONA check out the freecycle options near you #
  • i want to try http://www.baconnaise.com/ via @slashfood #

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Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-26:

  • it would look ridic with the black bezel, but i like the look of white keys + alum of the apple kbd so much more than the black +alum of mbp #
  • @LindsayG it’s all about 98% on what level difficulty? (= though i’m sure you are a master #
  • wow if palin is going rogue bc she thinks mccain camp has sunk her reputation, she sure is doing a bang up job of ruining it herself #
  • i miss chappellle show #
  • wonder how much of snl had to be redone due to poehler pumping out that kind today? #
  • am looking forward to weekend update, i think seth meyers could handle it solo and not sure who on the cast would fill nicely #
  • sudekis? wiig? anyone but casey wilson or whatever her name is #
  • fuck it, making cookies, see y’all in an hour #
  • @iamshimone is that the david allen greer show? or the DL hughley show? #
  • http://twitpic.com/iaau – More of these to come tomorrow #
  • meyers doing okay, but robocall was way too long #
  • “feel like a dummy yet?” #
  • who really thought these fuckin bk shroom and swiss commcercials were a good idea #
  • i really hope i creamed the butter enough or the cookies (shortbread really) are ruined #
  • will jeremy sisto and anthony anderson be the end of law and order? #
  • wifey’s disappointed and shocked how bad chris martin sounds live vs cd #
  • weird i’ve finally seen a pic of the mbp where i dont hate the black keyboard. bad sign #
  • one rzn not to upgrade computers, i dont want to have to reapply korean character stickers to a kbd #
  • and i dont want to have to custom cut clear skins to protect high traffic keys #
  • three songs for coldplay? is this bc cutting poehler sketches? #
  • seriously 4 songs? okay thanks for cutting that off #
  • Shortbread cookies are dry like pretzels or saltines. But not bad for my first go round and only second time making cookies #
  • @LindsayG impossible for anyone not a 10 year old savant #
  • http://twitpic.com/iawp – He’s sleeping I’m finishing my cookies #
  • kobe arod tony hawk michael phelps in GH world tour commercial, weird #
  • a win is a win, but i’m not satisfied with a 13-9 win #
  • damn, the minefield beta with tracemonkey is friggin fast. #
  • playing around with cs3, lightroom, and aperture #
  • i thought when you minimized a qt mov, the “thumbnail” in the dock kept playing the vid (just tiny like)? not the case with the side dock? #

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Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-25:

  • @LindsayG ooooh o.y.w only ftw!!! #
  • i wish tivo had a “remind me” feature #
  • @LindsayG congrats!!!! #
  • http://tinyurl.com/6epjfu tesla sedan is the fuckin’ heat of 1000 suns #
  • 3 days, 2 whole foods and i’m STILL without quinoa, it’s like buying the iphone 3g all over again #
  • despicable #
  • http://tinyurl.com/5gumfl #
  • http://tinyurl.com/5jd8n9 oh yeah, you know it #
  • no joke, fighting fighting not to just go pick up an mbp today…. retail therapy of sorts i guess #
  • @iamshimone oh there will be no remorse til i get my bank statement or cc bill (= #
  • someone won the mega millions a few days ago, back down to the starting jackpot, grr, should’ve been me! #
  • @iamshimone and you are as bad as @ayn for my wallet #
  • “looks like real cool japanese girl” #
  • trying to find the most simple cookie recipe (flour, water, butter, eggs, sugar with either maple syrup or honey) #
  • @myzuk simple as in don’t need a lot. i have sugar, flour, butter, eggs, milk, honey, maple syrup (do have mixer of sorts) #
  • @myzuk yeah was looking at them. picking one of THOUSANDS now #
  • it’s absolutely irrational my desire of the new mbp, not even bc i don’t need, but more bc i have problems with some of the design cues #
  • achieved one of my goals for weekend, unfortunatley the least productive one (catch up on heroes and mad men) (yeah heroes = done!) #
  • amazing how much monty’s breath DOESN’T stink since getting his teeth cleaned #
  • set up mail.app, not sure if i’ll use it. #
  • been on safari (nightly webkit) all day. nice. not sure how much better than ff for my usage #
  • keep on looking at pics of the black kbd to make me not want that mbp… (= #

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Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-24:

  • Jalepenos at dinner so hot lip flesh is burning!!! #
  • @KPB if you ever do, let me know and i’ll reward you with a case of it or something (= #
  • @ayn so did you wipe the data, clean install of osx and then the additional software? #
  • damn @greggrunberg 1 hour 271 followers #
  • @greggrunberg iphone apps: twitterific, twitterlator prob best bets #
  • why am i updating on my computer via the web and not t’rrific? dunno, twitter was just open #
  • back to t’rrific! #
  • My iPhone be resetin my videos so they are new even after been watched yo #
  • @tstarks33 pales in comparison to @bettydraper #
  • woot friday off! but i had to wake up “early” bc monty’s got to get to the vet for his teeth cleaning #
  • any suggestions on which webkit nightly build to run? or just the latest one? #
  • ack FF kbd shortcuts ingrained in my brain (at least what i do use) need to work on safari (and camino if diff) #
  • i wake up this morning REALLY wanting a new computer when i have next to no need for one (well not 100% true, but very little need) #
  • Always feel so guilty when I leave monty at the vet #
  • ugh, covered in foreign dog hair from the vet #
  • i really want to redo my entire del.icio.us and all my bookmarks, i’m in an organizing mood today. but i also want to sit on the couch… #
  • and play madden all day #
  • via @gruber osx v. vista battery life http://tinyurl.com/5ow358 tho i though in vista the new mbps were limited to high gpu (hence lower bat #
  • no joke i’m literally fighting to keep myself from buying a new mbp today… and i hardly use my computer at home anymore (long days at work #
  • and i want a new AeBS for gigabit even though nothing important is wired for me #
  • hey, i’m just trying to save teh economy by buying myself into the poorhouse #
  • sigh really wanting new mbp today. #
  • @iamshimone too bad, the migration assistant is great, but i always opt for clean install and run around looking for app licenses #
  • @LindsayG what are you running? i started trying to run regularly again, but am having hip pains #
  • 3g down in DC? Or just me? #
  • @iamshimone I’m always scared of that and I use the opportunity to get rid of apps I don’t use but I hate reinstalling all I do use. #
  • In no particular order: languages, write more, ukulele, workout, read more. #
  • @iamshimone I don’t use entourage but have read on numerous occasion that it craps out at about 4gb mail db just beware #
  • @joshuatopolsky haha showing up gdgt!!!! #
  • @ayn awesome man. Good shit. I’m still rocking non gigabit aebs #

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Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-23:

  • @CarolLiang I’ve been on an insane quinoa kick lately. Been making a big pot of it 2x/week #
  • @KPB they sell fat tire around here?I’ve not seen it. #
  • @CarolLiang super easy to make. i just eat it, but you can use it in place of rice #
  • @CarolLiang 2 cups water or broth to 1 cup quinoa. water to boil, add quinoa boil for 15-20 min remove from heat #
  • @CarolLiang let cool a bit, add stuff (i do peppers, corn), lime juice or vinegar, a splash of olive oil #
  • @CarolLiang stuff to add can be almost anything. oh and salt and pepper to taste #
  • @ayn well are those static films or adhesive? #
  • @DCTenor1 you’re really going to BTO a mac? why not just get the base and upgrade yourself, way cheaper and easy to do? #
  • make your baby, the easy way http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/ #
  • make your baby the easy, less fun, way: http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/ via @hapak #
  • oh me and gisele do NOT have an attractive kid… #
  • american classic workwear (of sorts) is popular and fashionable again: http://is.gd/4CFm which is not news to sufu, etc #
  • @DCTenor1 cool, i hadn’t looked at the upgrade price, just made the assumption based on the norm RAM upgrade crazy #
  • monty’s got a teeth cleaning appt with the vet tomorrow. and unrelated, i’m starving #
  • @DCTenor1 i think that’s a reflection on ddr3 prices not apple. 4gb ddr2 is 60-80 vs 225 for apple for white macbook. #
  • @gruber “we do it all up front and in public. that’s the way freedom is and we wouldn’t change it in a minute” great line for then for now #
  • poor monty’s going to be thirsty, nothing to drink after midnight until after his teeth are cleaned #
  • @jsnell when i got it up and running i’m a big fan of boxee on atv, and it ran stuff off my mac via unPnP great #
  • i think the 3 disc wall-e edition (digicopy) is an attempt by ama to get ppl to cancel the crazy 3 for 2 deal mistake #
  • @danbenjamin on g4? scifi? i want to rewatch in HD as i didn’t have HD until s2 i think, or latter half of s1. #
  • http://twitpic.com/hu2u – One bright spot #
  • whenever i see other mac desktops all their drives are nicknamed personal things. mine are things like “media” “backup” i feel uncool #
  • damnit, 2nd day in a row, fell off the wagon… )= argh #

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Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-22:

  • http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2008/10/15/shutter/ given how many pics i take with iphone, i might spend $5 on this via @gruber (df) #
  • @gruber, perhaps due to the traffic/sales from your post on camerabag, price dropped from $5 to $3. #
  • well day 1 of less sleep has kicked off. and i did get less sleep, though not as planned and i’m none too happy about it #
  • damn, fell off the wagon. time to get back on #
  • via @jkottke http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/ click colors and get interestingness photos from flickr. awesome juice #
  • my friend, who’s a nurse, has me paranoid that i might either have a torn labrum in my hip or no cartilage (arthritis). damn. #
  • http://twitpic.com/hmp0 – That time of day #
  • how did “text me the address” and it’s variations not pick up across the nation if gossip girl is so popular? or has it and i’m just old? #
  • 90% of the time i chew my gum like an a-hole (e.g. two a-holes XYZ sketch on snl) #

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Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-21:

  • i wonder if i would take post processing pics more seriously if i had an mbp (larger screen) and maybe a kbd/mouse #
  • (oh and also a working knowledge of photoshop!) #
  • i’m a little annoyed to be seeing “zack & miri” ads and not “zach & miri make a porno” ads #
  • i just rewatched and amy poehler’s sarah palin raps jumps ahead of lazy sunday and the natalie portman raps #
  • @iamshimone love TDM, too bad apple seemingly moving away from FW support. #
  • @myzuk yeah its all very annoying #
  • hmm, been “finishing backup” for awhile now. TM argh! #
  • yesterday gmail reset my avatar and my custom status messages. whatevs #
  • i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, i’m not a serious news junkie, but olbermann using the “good night and good luck” line is no good #
  • full after a black bean salad #
  • gossip girl gots to be one of the most ridiculous shows ever. seriously #
  • going to start trying to survive on about an hour less sleep. not sure how it’ll go #
  • http://twitpic.com/hhd3 – Add a dash of red #
  • ugh, my hip is clicking and stiff like i’m some 60 year old. have to put in at least a few miles tonight though. damn… #

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Here’s what I tweeted on 2008-10-20:

  • today has been a fairly shitty day. not a bad day, but as wasted sunday kind of #
  • youtube kills my macbook, fans a blowin’ maybe it’s a sign to get a new mbp #
  • personally i dont care about colin powell’s endorsement. way to jump on the wagon when it’s so far ahead dude #
  • emotional eating! only when i’m angry or annoyed. #
  • @ayn fuck it, WAY too late in the game for me to care. his endorsement now carries no weight #
  • @ayn the only good thing he said was the bit about muslims and how religion shouldn’t be a disqualier #
  • just burned my emotional eating food, so now i’m just settling for a banana #
  • @ayn haha, the whole “fam” upgraded to pro machines. nice #
  • huge diff between BR rips and DVD rips even after masses of conversion and cross-conversion. #
  • @LindsayG i’d miss you! #
  • from apple.com on mbp’s kbd “And the keys are curved to perfectly fit fingers.” is this true? i thought the chiclet keys were flat like MB’s #
  • warming up to a new mbp rather than new mb #
  • @fimoculous I had a pumpkin spice latte last night. I drink 1 per year #
  • have decided today to set up my macbooks with software to auto capture isight images (or movies) to see what monty does all day #
  • http://twitpic.com/hbvj – Nice orange to end the day #
  • http://domai.nr/ now we can all be like @peterrojas, or try to be kind of. #
  • i’m starting to convince myself to buy a macbook pro now, after steadfastly deciding to not upgrade until 10.6 dropped. #

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