The view from my parking lot as I left the office around 5pm:
In Equity
Jan 31, ’08
7:39 AM
Speaking of not being able to handle prosperity, the first details of Jerome Kerviel’s testimony have been leaked: As of Dec. 31, 2007, my gains had reached €1.4 billion ($2 billion), which I had not declared to the bank. At that point I had been overtaken by events and didn’t know how to present this [...]
Bean Crazy
Jan 31, ’08
7:35 AM
My pal Jon-Eric has brought me along to some NY/NJ Giants football games in the last few years, on occasions when his brother can’t use their ticket. The seats his family has are great: lower tier, 47-yard line, just below the overhang of the mezzanine. It’s a great view, somewhat protected from crappy weather, and [...]
Why do the chickens have human arms?
Jan 30, ’08
7:18 AM
I’m off to the optometrist, now that I’ve learned that you can’t order contact lenses without a prescription. Thanks, opti-cartel! I was saving this for the right occasion. It is really not safe for work, if you work in a cubicle farm. Of course, I don’t endorse any of the aforementioned behavior.
Risky Business
Jan 29, ’08
3:19 PM
It’s gettin’ so a businessman can’t expect no return from a fixed fight. Now if you can’t trust the fix, what can you trust? For a good return, you gotta go bettin’ on chance, and then you’re back with anarchy. Right back inna jungle. —Johnny Caspar, Miller’s Crossing In the midst of massive writeoff & [...]
What it is: 1/28/08
Jan 28, ’08
5:00 AM
What I’m reading: John Lanchester’s Mr. Phillips, Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men, and Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha, Vol. 3 What I’m listening to: Sing You Sinners, by Erin McKeown What I’m watching: almost finished with the first season of The Wire! What I’m drinking: Balgownie Estate 2004 shiraz Where I’m going: No trips planned [...]
The law is a ass
Jan 26, ’08
6:46 AM
Reading over the morning papers online, I came across a WSJ story about the FCC’s five-year-long crusade to fine ABC and some of its affiliates over an episode of NYPD Blue for showing a woman’s butt onscreen before 10 p.m. Takeaway line: “Although ABC argues, without citing any authority, that the buttocks are not a [...]
A Map of Miss Reading
Jan 25, ’08
2:54 PM
Picking up my mail this afternoon, I noticed a Pottery Barn catalog with the tagline, “NEW REDUCED DELIVERY CHARGES ON MORE THAN 65 ITEMS!” My reaction? “Why, if I order more than 65 items from these jokers, I sure hope I would get reduced delivery charges!” Then I thought about it a minute and, um, [...]
