1st Tier Veolia Suez 2nd Tier Bouygues – SAUR RWE – Thames Water Bechtel – United Utilities Enron – Azurix 3rd Tier Severn Trent Anglian Water Kelda Group American Water Works (purchased by Azurix) – Suez and Veolia have a monopoly on over 70% of the existing world water market. Suez operates in 130 countries … Continue reading
Author Archives: Justin
Life of… Justin?
I imagine many of my dear readers have seen or at least heard of the MTV reality show “Life of Ryan” following the life of skater Ryan Sheckler. I stumbled across an episode yesterday and after watching the duration of the episode, could not help but be struck by how boring Ryan’s life is. During … Continue reading
Paying My Dues
Diagnostic Testing: $2200 Durable Medical Equipment: $770 Medications: $900 Hospital Stay: $3800 Destroying your face, dislocating your shoulder and bruising your ribs while saving the life of your dumbass friend that chose the wrong route to climb up a rock face: Priceless Continue reading
Cheap Fun in the Nursing Home
I recently wrote about my grandfather, Fritz, and his adventures in the Sterling Inn. That’s a picture of Fritz posted above… Subsequent to that post, he and Irene moved up to an “assisted living” facility in Washington named Highgate – after being politely encouraged to depart the Sterling Inn. We dropped in to visit them … Continue reading
One Lifeguard’s Lifestyle (Not exactly David Hasselhoff…)
I stopped off at one of my favorite Mexican restaurants last night and as I was by myself, I sat at the bar. There are always interesting people there and last night proved no exception. I met a guy named Syder that works as a lifeguard on beaches in Southern California. He completely sold me … Continue reading
J.S.O. Syndrome
I have a problem with relationships. That problem is jealous boyfriends, husbands, etc. I am appalled by the number of friendships I have had with girls that have gone cold because the girls allow a male significant other to dictate to them (through guilt trips, whining, picking fights, etc.) the terms of their friendships with … Continue reading
How To Get Inspired To Write
My friend Ian (of ifitfeelsgooddoit.com fame) recently dedicated a post seeking to inspire those out there that complain of not knowing what to write about… Ian simply walked into a Dollar Tree store and wrote a review of it. Now, I have the opposite problem – too much to write about rather than too little. … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 