Dispatch from Nerd Land

Unless you are married to a SuperNerd, you may have missed this: a short film about Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft, starring every A-list celebrity who might need a favor one day.

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  1. DecornoJanuary 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM

    I had not seen that. What a crack up! I love the comment at the end about the brilliant leader "who just won't pay more than $7 for a haircut."

    He and his wife have already given away more than the Rockefellers and Carnegies combined. I love that when asked about what their kid will inherit, Melinda Gates said she takes a page from Warren Buffet's book and believe you "should leave enough so they can do anything, but not leave so much that they can do nothing."

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  2. DecornoJanuary 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM

    I had not seen that. What a crack up! I love the comment at the end about the brilliant leader "who just won't pay more than $7 for a haircut."

    He and his wife have already given away more than the Rockefellers and Carnegies combined. I love that when asked about what their kid will inherit, Melinda Gates said she takes a page from Warren Buffet's book and believe you "should leave enough so they can do anything, but not leave so much that they can do nothing."

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