In case you know someone who is no convinced that things are bad in Lebanon, bloggers, you tube and flikr offer reality takes.

Wandering the 'Net, as I do, I came across a blog entry discussing 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed, and I found myself agreeing ...

1. Selling to the wrong people.
2. Spending too much money.
3. Spending too little money.
4. Putting on a fake front.
5. Assuming a signed contract will be honored.
6. Going against your intuition.
7. Being too formal.
8. Sacrificing your personality quirks.
9. Failing to focus on value creation.
10. Failing to optimize.

It's worth a read, even if you're not planning to go it alone any time soon.

ever wondered how much better star wars - revenge of the sith was for those english speaking people who got to watch it in china?

try this to find out how well that script survived translation into chinese, then back to english: [http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html]


rotflmao!