Ingmar Bergman’s death seemed like a good occasion for me to finally watch a movie I’d been saving for a while: Light Keeps Me Company, a documentary about Bergman’s great cinematographer, Sven Nykvist, who died last September. The irony is that the only Bergman film I’ve seen is The Seventh Seal, but that’s one that [...]
More with the getaway!
Jul 31, ’07
7:19 AM
Time for another day off, dear readers! Although I have tons of vacation time remaining (14 more days, by official count), I can’t realistically take much time off till November (except for our mini-vacation around Labor Day weekend), because I self-centeredly believe the world will grind to a halt if I’m not in the office. [...]
Bad day for old white guys
Jul 30, ’07
3:13 PM
I call bullshit if you say your deadpool included the trifecta of Ingmar Bergman, Tom Snyder and Bill Walsh.
And gin makes me virtually invulnerable (to criticism)
Jul 30, ’07
1:40 PM
Caffeine can help fight skin cancer! I bet it makes the cells so hyperactive they just get tired and conk out. Now I feel less bad about the monstrous caffeine addiction I’ve fostered over the last few years. Go, coffee!
VP Fight!
Jul 29, ’07
5:31 PM
This op-ed by Walter Mondale on Cheney’s abuse of the authority of the vice president’s office is pretty entertaining: The corollary to Cheney’s zealous embrace of secrecy is his near total aversion to the notion of accountability. I’ve never seen a former member of the House of Representatives demonstrate such contempt for Congress — even [...]
Body and Soul
Jul 27, ’07
4:08 PM
(Ah, just enjoy the pix) Every driving choice I made on yesterday’s trip to Philly turned out wrong. I avoided the Parkway by going to the Turnpike out by the Meadowlands. . . only to discover that there was a multi-mile backup forming on the Turnpike. Back to the Parkway. . . where more traffic [...]
“Like some junkie cosmonaut”
Jul 27, ’07
9:57 AM
I got so freaked out by turbulence that I used to resort to vicodin before plane flights. Now I get mellow with Xanax, depending on the pre-flight weather reports. So I can’t imagine how drunk I’d have to be to fire up a space shuttle. Between this story and the Lisa Nowak craziness, I think [...]
Unrequired Reading: July 27, 2007
Jul 27, ’07
5:00 AM
It’s a fresh batch of links, dear readers! Enjoy!
Getaway
Jul 26, ’07
7:05 AM
Work is under control: the July/August issue landed on my desk yesterday, the Top Companies report’s website is live, our conference enrollment is rolling along, and our September issue looks like it’ll be a big one. So I’m taking a vacation day! I’m heading down to Philly to visit a friend of mine (Drake, not [...]
Up is down, black is white
Jul 25, ’07
4:45 PM
Gulag survivor Solzhenitsyn praises Putin, while a former KGB general calls Russia a criminal state.
