9 years is a long time. We “became” Yankee fans since it’s just easy to pick the winning side.

2001 was a heart breaker particularly after 9/11, but it taught me Baseball 101: pitcher rules.

2003 was great even without the rings.

2004 was unfathomable. And it got worse.

Yankee’s $201m payroll in 2009 is actually some $7.6m less than 2008, but it’s still almost double of Phillies, and more than the 4 teams with lowest payroll combined. The 4 top teams have more payroll than the last 10. The world is unfair.

So money CAN buy happiness. You just have to spend it right.

Again, from Ruan Yifeng:

在中国，当你很相信“理想”这件事，你终究会真正地失败。

It’s his response to the famous DPP legislator’s words:

台湾这个社会让我最感动的事情，就是当你很相信“理想”这件事，你终究不会真正地失败。

哀莫大于心死.

I’ve never been to a gym.

So I’ll die 5 years earlier than you. Send me some flowers at the funeral, will ya?

But I’d sign up for a swimming treadmill gym in a snap.

A good one costs about $25,000.

With $100 monthly fee, 12 hours a day, 4 slots per hour, it takes less than half a year to recuperate the device price.

There are of course a lot of other costs (rent, electricity, water, repair, staff, etc). But if you can get a volume discount on the device and flexible plans to get more people to join at lesser fee, it may look like an ATM after a year or so.

If you have a few million dollars in your mattress, leave a comment.