Now it's time to expand beyond the operational people.

Now it's time to expand beyond the operational people.

(Gunn) is definitely one of the Bay Area's best. He does it all -- dribble, shoot and defend. He makes read more

(Gunn) is definitely one of the Bay Area's best. He does it all -- dribble, shoot and defend. He makes shots when we need them most.

If you get home at 9 p.m. and you try to call your broker, is he going to be there? read more

If you get home at 9 p.m. and you try to call your broker, is he going to be there? I don't think so. But your computer will be. It doesn't have a mortgage and it doesn't need to sleep.

So far this year, 15 have already resigned, and it's only March.

So far this year, 15 have already resigned, and it's only March.

You can't beat somebody with nobody.

You can't beat somebody with nobody.

[Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, read more

[Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, after a slow start, it grew to become a $US2.3 billion ($3 billion today) blockbuster for its owner, Pfizer, in 2003.] About 80 per cent of the prescriptions were for unapproved uses - conditions like bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, hot flashes, migraines and tension headaches, ... In fact, Neurontin has become a sort of all-purpose restorative for chronic discomfort of almost any type - yet there is almost no good published evidence that it works.

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and read more

Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.

When asked what he would do if he only had six months to live: Type faster.

When asked what he would do if he only had six months to live: Type faster.