How the Snickers Bar Changed Over Time
As I became relatively more prosperous in my 40s, I began to buy Snickers by the box. In the 1990s, you could buy a carton of 48 Snickers bars from Smart and Final Iris for about $16, or 33 cents a bar.
Oslo v. Portland: A Hilarious Comparison in Cost of Living
The price comparison standard for my generation: A pint of cheap beer PDX: ~$3-4 OSLO: $12-14
Beginning hourly wages at a coffee shop
PDX: ~$9 OSLO: $22
In September 2011, I moved to Oslo, Norway (my mother’s homeland, the country of my birth, and one of the most expensive cities in the world) from Portland, Ore. (where I’ve spent my entire adult life until now, and a young, broke person’s wonder dreamland, minus the jobs). I moved here as an unemployed English teacher, seeking economic asylum of sorts from a state with 11% unemployment. I have a job here (great). It’s also incredibly expensive (not so great). Here are some observations from my time in the Land of Arctic Wealth:
• Spending and earning in the two cities are very different, surprise. The dollar has been weak this year (the exchange rate when I arrived was 5.5 Norwegian kroner (NOK) to $1 USD, so that’s the figure I’ve used for comparison).
What You Get for a ‘Premium’ Domain Name
According to the Bloomberg Businessweek's cover story, Logan has been buying the wrong domain names.
They May Raise Our Coffee Prices, But They’ll Never Take Our Freedom
Local man fights injustice with open letter.
HIV Tests for Everyone! You Get an HIV Test! And You Get an HIV Test!
How much will home HIV tests cost?
Will Lena Dunham Find a Publisher?! (Trick Q)
Lena Dunham’s literary agent is seeking $1 million for Dunham’s very first book. It will include “candid accounts of losing her virginity, trying to eat well (detailed diet journal included), obsessing about death” among other tales (“the most awkward date ever with an older director”). Sadly, no one is interested or even returning their phone calls, who is Lena Dunham, what is this.
