Tax Day in the U.S.

If you’re still plugging away at your taxes, you might consider TurboTax if for no other reason than they give you this little "Retirement Distributions" icon:

Yet it still feels so far away.
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Rich people starting to "jet pool" to private islands to help save the planet ~ gee, thanks

Necker Island, the private island retreat of Richard Branson, is the global warming locale of the moment as several celebrity-status entrepreneurs and politicians gather there to talk about a world "on fire" according to the International Herald Tribune.
The best line of the article is this: "Some of them, like [Google co-founder Larry] Page, carbon-consciously jet-pooled [...]

New island wallpapers available at National Geographic

Bora Bora came up in the Gulfstream post, and luckily I found my way to a really beautiful picture of it on National Geographic’s website:

There is a whole series of island photos called "Patterns in Nature: Island Aerials," all of which are available for wallpaper downloading at resolutions of 800 X 600, 1,024 X 768, [...]

The single palm tree of ‘South Pacific’ at Lincoln Center Theater

There is something completely weird and poetic about the idea that a single palm tree is all that is needed to convey a place in the Lincoln Center Theater production of "South Pacific" as seen in this photo of the palm by Sara Krulwich (New York Times):

The Times writes: "Stagehands load in the lone palm [...]

If you had to choose between eye sight and islands

Here’s a special new ad from CareCredit (click to enlarge):

What makes this one interesting is that they’re not trying to equate LASIK with a tropical island, just telling you that you can have both good eye sight and a tropical vacation.  CareCredit offers financing for healthcare procedures that insurance doesn’t necessarily cover.  It is a [...]

AP: ‘An unloved new island in Maldives’

Associated Press write Matthew Rosenberg has a new article called "An unloved new island in Maldives."  The article talks about the island of Hulhumalé that the government of the Maldives built near the airport and the capital of Male.  They can’t seem to attract people to live there according to the article.  Of course, this [...]

Kapalua Bay Beach on Maui named 3rd Best Place to Propose in the USA

TripAdvisor has released their Top 10 places to propose in the country.  Coming in at number three is Kapalua Bay Beach on Maui.
This is just great.  Now people will think that they have to propose on the beach, get married on the beach, and go on a beach honeymoon.
Even more surprising is the fact that [...]

Hawaii Chair ~ absolutely ridiculous (or is it?)

Back in November, we talked about the "Hula Chair" found in the SkyMall catalog.  Well, now the motorized version of the chair called the "Hawaii Chair" from a company called Perfect USA is making buzz around the Internets.  I have to say that it makes the Hula Chair look like a rocking horse in a [...]

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

Fortune has spiced up this year’s "The 100 Best Companies to Work For" with lots of escape and scuba.  Even the start of the article on page 61 of the February 4, 2008, issue opens with a profile of, well, not the number one company (Google) but instead with number 88!  Woo hoo!!  Number 88, [...]

Professor Murder ~ On A Desert Island

If you’re willing to look beyond (forward to?) the breast-like coconuts on the palm tree of the On A Desert Island album artwork of Professor Murder, you might like the bright but technical islandish (but not outlandish) sound of this group from Brookadelphia.  Their song "Civilization Three" was the featured download at RCRD LBL at [...]

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