Gold diggers go prospecting in the Valley

If Emily Chang’s forthcoming exposé of Silicon Valley is to be believed, some of the goods are not just odd, but extremely odd indeed.

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The odds are good, but the goods are odd
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A few weeks ago, I watched Some Like It Hot. This classic comedy is the story of two musicians (played by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, pictured with Marilyn Monroe) who disguise themselves as women, join a female jazz band led by Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Monroe) in order to escape the Chicago Mob.

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