Adventures In Capitalism: Chris Yeh takes on the myth of the necessity of the 100-hour work week that many entprerneurs see as the way to success in his topical piece, Workaholism Is A Choice (Usually The Wrong One). A quote from Yeh's well-intentioned piece to get you started:

I had a moment like this during my first startup, when I was held late at a meeting, and didn't have time to pick up my wife for a dinner were were supposed to attend.

I dashed off to the dinner about an hour late, and discovered that she wasn't there, because we were on a trip, and I had forgotten that she didn't have a car.

So I drove off to pick her up. She was furious, and rightly so. That never happened again.

He's probably lucky his wife didn't make him sleep in the "dog house" for a long time after that incident. Are you living life to work or working to live?

Onstartups.com: Seems like David Letterman's kind of comedy is getting less than stellar reviews these days, but Dharmesh Shah's efforts to join in the funny business of 10 things you won't hear an angel say are much more enjoyable. Check out Shah's Angel Investor Non-Admissons: 10 Things They Won't Say for a few belly laughs. There's almost nothing better than a good chuckle to make the day seem lighter. One of my favorites from the list is Number 8: "I like to invest in cool startups because it helps make up for high school." Not all of them are quite so pointed, but the other 9 items are worth a quick click and an equally fast read.

ArsTechnica.com: It's almost time for Jammie Thomas & Co. to approach the bench for another round of RIAA cagematch legal wranglings, and Nate Anderson has plenty of deets for the hungry IP-interested reader in his related article, Thomas retrial begins Monday: what to expect. Superstar savant laywer Kiwi Camara is expected to do a knock-up job of punching holes in the RIAA's already weak argument against Thomas. Anderson writes, "Kiwi Camara, the new lawyer who is defending Thomas-Rasset, mounted an ambitious pretrial attempt to exclude MediaSentry evidence, throw out record label evidence that they actually owned the copyrights in question, and make a 'fair use' defense of Thomas-Rasset's alleged sharing." If Camara's ambitious legal program will meet with skeptical judicial dismissal has yet to be seen but the court-side seat that Anderson is sure to occupy will bring you, the faithful reader, as close to the real thing as possible without even having to leave your office chair.

PRWeb: For an interesting news release on an upcoming IP auction, be sure to read Fortunoff Intellectual Property Auction Set for June 18, 2009. "Fortunoff's intellectual asset portfolio for sale includes certain trademarks, domain names, and customer databases. In addition, CONSOR has identified additional value added elements such as the bridal registry, exclusive jewelry designs, 1-800-Fortunoff, training materials, knowledge databases and IT systems."

BusinessPundit.com: Battery technology company Ener1 is on the path to lithium-battery world domination if their current product line can be brought to market with a little bit of taxpayer moola. Drea reports, "The Obama administration is trying to position the United States to become the world’s foremost manufacturer of lithium ion batteries. If the plan works, Ener1’s domestic first-mover advantages could poise it to control the global LI battery industry. 'Ener1 estimates it could win 5-12% of a million-vehicle battery market, creating $2.1B in annual revenue with 15% margins,'according to Seeking Alpha. As it stands, nobody knows yet whether the DOE will give it the necessary grant." Loans from Uncle Sam are a bit easier to get these days with oodles of stimulus funny money rolling downhill to even the most modest of startups. Read Ener1 Wants to Win Lithium Ion Battery Race to catch up on the rest of the LI story.