Member since November 25, 2011
About glen
Co-founder of Gentlemint and jackalope enthusiast.
glen (aka Glen Stansberry )
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Fix Things, Never Force It: Lessons From Grandpa
Remembering a tinkerer in an age of silicon and code
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Cap'n Crunch: Liar and Fraud
"My whole life has just been shattered into a pile of stale cereal crumbs."
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Yes, Credit Cards Are Making You a Bad Person
"People rarely spend exactly what they earn, exactly when they earn it. With savings, we pass today's earnings to the future. With credit, we pull expected future earnings into today."
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How Do Death Valley’s “Sailing Stones” Move Themselves Across the Desert?
"These mysterious rocks have puzzled scientists for decades—until one geologist found the answer on his kitchen table."
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New on Gentlemint: Improved comments
Another of the most-requested features knocked out. More coming soon...
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A Disappearing American Original: The Roadside Rest Area
"Humble in stature, these traditional rest areas, despite their charm, have become a relic of America's roadside past, unable to match the conveniences of modern day travel centers with their fast food restaurants, wireless internet, and large bathrooms."
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Sean Parker Wedding Is the Perfect Parable for Silicon Valley Excess
Pro tip: Save $10 million, use beautiful natural surroundings.
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"Who is the average Gentlemint member, anyway?"
The question that's always asked, but never answered how reporters hope.
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Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi
"North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man—a humble sushi chef from Japan—who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What ...
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Man Sticks His Camera Out Storm Shelter Hole, Captures Tornado
Unbelievable. The second video shows what the storm shelter looked like and how they pulled it off.
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I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore
At that moment—and this part is a little foggy—a bright arc of electricity shot through the window and directly into my chest. I'm not sure whether the arc originated from the sky or the ground, but it knocked me out of my chair. I hit the concrete ...
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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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