Tax break bonus

Lloyd Blankfein, Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs, received a bonus of $67.9 million. He could get quite a tax break on that if he’d just give it to some 503c orgs. Shoot, he could even simply endow a new charity. Or even make a deal with Goldman Sachs to feed some hungry people, or get ‘em needed medical supplies, or…or….

Flying differently

For those who find jumping off mountains and buildings insufficiently (or too) thrilling consider using a rocket belt for flight. Weird Science , which is apparently a PBS show, has some footage that’s fun to watch. Start with this one: Where’s my Rocket Belt? that tells the story over time.

Here is a YouTube example:

and links to one or two others (the latter being lower tech; it’s been circulating on the Internet for a while).

And then there’s Yves Rossy (select performances from the element at the top on that page; note that there are ads for watches embedded; also see YouTube video here and here), who straps on wings with jet packs attached to them and jumps out of airplanes. Check the related videos for more. Whew!

Given my earlier posts about people flying (here and here), perhaps I need to create a new category….