Member since November 25, 2011
About glen
Co-founder of Gentlemint and jackalope enthusiast.
glen (aka Glen Stansberry )
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Welcome to the Real Space Age
"This is not a rendering. It is a launching pad in the New Mexico desert for rocket planes that will send you into space for $200,000. It opens later this year."
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A 75-Year Harvard Study Finds What It Takes To Live A Happy Life
Incredible stuff. Some nuggets:
"For instance, the 58 men who scored highest on measurements of “warm relationships” earned an average of $141,000 a year more at their peak salaries (usually between ages 55 and 60) than the 31 men who scored lowest; the former were also three times more ...
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Featured Gentlemint Member: Razorback
We're trying something new around here: featured Gentlemint members. Razorback is our first.
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The Meticulous Business Ledger F. Scott Fitzgerald Kept Between Hangovers and Happy Hour
"By the last entry, the state of Fitzgerald’s life is grim—'work and worry, sickness and debt.'"
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Staples & Sundries Vancouver 1886
"Vancouver was incorporated as a city in 1886: a tiny ramshackle community consisting of wooden structures that had bloomed with the Canadian Pacific Railway's last spike. This soap replicates the smell of this new land with woodsy overtones and hints of a salt water breeze - a renewed fresh scent ...
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How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
"So they went from being specifically an undershirt to being an outer garment, representing a transgressive act by teenage men. They were very much associated with the idea of the rebel, particularly through people like Marlon Brando and James Dean."
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Frankenfish that can live out of water for days hunted in Central Park
Title pretty much says it all.
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This Shirt Can Be Worn For 100 Days Without Washing
Bachelors everywhere proclaim collective "HUZZAH!".
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Blunt Umbrella
"Structurally, the Blunt falls somewhere between suspension bridge and NASA space probe."
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9 of the Most Fascinating Abandoned Mansions from Around the World
"Lavish trappings fall into disrepair, once proud halls play host to insects and dust, and elegantly constructed architecture is exposed to time and the elements. Here are nine crumbling mansions that are fascinating to look at and come with some intriguing backstories."
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What happens when you wring a washcloth in space
Seeing his watch move on his arm throughout the clip is pretty cool too.
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Chewbacca Almost Appeared with Pants on Star Wars
"I remember the memos from 20th Century Fox," Hamill said. "'Can you put a pair of lederhosen on the Wookie?' "
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Beam Global | Jim Beam Distiller's Masterpiece
This bourbon expression from Jim Beam is the most exclusive, highest quality offering within the Beam family. Only available at the Jim Beam American Stillhouse in Clermont, Ky., it is:
+Extra-aged in the optimal rack-house position, determined by Master Distiller, Fred Noe
+Finished in PX sherry casks, adding a dynamic ...
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Severed goat's head at Wrigley Field mirrors curse on Chicago Cubs
"Billy goats have struck mortal fear deep in the heart of an inveterate Cubs fan since 1945, after Chicago tavern owner Bill "Billy Goat" Sianis pronounced a curse on the club on October 6 of that year -- just a month after the end of World War II."
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The Stories of Poop Hidden in NASA’s Apollo 10 Mission Transcripts
A little space humor for ya.
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Margaret Thatcher passes at 87
'To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: 'You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning,'" she declared, to cheers from party members.
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