In an interview with the Gaurdian, Sunday 27 November 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/27/umberto-eco-people-tired-simple-things
says, "there are no more communists around, even if you look for them with a lamp." I wonder if this is so simple.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Vaclav Havel
There was an interesting Tablet article about Havel. A funny throw away line there is (not about him), "he figured out in 1963 that Communism, for all its flaws, until that moment, was working, and whatever objections there might have been, they were not economic."This line says more about the person talking, Paul Berman, then whoever he is talking about.
Monday, December 19, 2011
on feeling alone
Do we all feel alone sometimes? Or is it only my fate to be a square peg in a round hole? Part of my problem is that I think I am a round peg in a square hole. I don't understand "most people" or know where I fit vis a vie them. I guess the real question is how much of this is emotional and how much is fact.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
New York Deals III
Marshals 125th Street. I have found this store to have tons of interesting stuff, great clearance items, suits, ties women's suits etc. I have tried taking the cross-town bus there and would urge one to strongly avoid it. It just seems to take forever. Much better is to take 2 or 3 from 96 Street, the 125th Street stop is right outside the store.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Richard Prince II
From November 30, 2012 WSJ on page A22.
The parents of artist Richard Prince worked for the Office of Strategic Services in the Panama Canal Zone before he was born. An article about Mr. Prince on Saturday incorrectly implied that his parents worked for the OSS while he was growing up in the Zone.
(See: "An Artist Amasses A Rare Collection" -- WSJ November 26, 2011)
The parents of artist Richard Prince worked for the Office of Strategic Services in the Panama Canal Zone before he was born. An article about Mr. Prince on Saturday incorrectly implied that his parents worked for the OSS while he was growing up in the Zone.
(See: "An Artist Amasses A Rare Collection" -- WSJ November 26, 2011)
Connecticut Lottery Story.
Connecticut Lottery Story.
I personally find it strange. I have heard of groups of people buying several tickets at a time, but one person at once? To me it sounds almost as if they figured out how to predict what the winning number is.
I personally find it strange. I have heard of groups of people buying several tickets at a time, but one person at once? To me it sounds almost as if they figured out how to predict what the winning number is.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Richard Prince article in the Greater New York
The Richard Prince article in the “Greater New York” section of this
past weekend’s Wall Street Journal said that he is 62 years old and
that, “he began collecting baseball cards at age 5 while living in the
Panama Canal Zone, where his parents worked for the Office of
Strategic Services.”However, the OSS was shuttered at the end of the
war, 1945, and the remnants merged into the CIA in 1946. If he is 62
he would not have been five years old until 1954!
http://www.britannica.com/
past weekend’s Wall Street Journal said that he is 62 years old and
that, “he began collecting baseball cards at age 5 while living in the
Panama Canal Zone, where his parents worked for the Office of
Strategic Services.”However, the OSS was shuttered at the end of the
war, 1945, and the remnants merged into the CIA in 1946. If he is 62
he would not have been five years old until 1954!
http://www.britannica.com/
Edward Shils
Reading Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals. I am fascinated by who Shils was and how he thought.
New York Deals III
Barnes and Nobel's.
It always seems worth going in. It makes me feel as if I am providing moral support to literacy. Having said that, what I do look for is the 75% off table that sometimes crops up. It may start at 50% off but sometimes falls to 75% after a few days. You can usually understand why the stuff is 75% off (Taschen-like books on bottle caps anyone?) but I have found something, although now I can not think of what. Once I came in to the Upper West Side location ( 82nd Street not the late, alas Lincoln Center outpost that has been ravaged and is full of hordes of shoppers) and they had a dollar table where I bought a few books!
It always seems worth going in. It makes me feel as if I am providing moral support to literacy. Having said that, what I do look for is the 75% off table that sometimes crops up. It may start at 50% off but sometimes falls to 75% after a few days. You can usually understand why the stuff is 75% off (Taschen-like books on bottle caps anyone?) but I have found something, although now I can not think of what. Once I came in to the Upper West Side location ( 82nd Street not the late, alas Lincoln Center outpost that has been ravaged and is full of hordes of shoppers) and they had a dollar table where I bought a few books!
New York Deals II
Jack's World, the main location, is just great. Whenever I am in midtown I try to stop off there. On the first floor, many of the stationary, electronics etc are not at all worth even looking at, having said that, there are lots of well priced food items, mixed in with great deals on mostly last resort type of food (Challah anyone?). Gift bags, wrapping paper and all sorts of useful things can be found for a dollar or less making these the kind of place I am afraid to walk around with a basket in!
New York Deals
Saving money in New York City isn't easy. Here is one suggestion
Pharmacies in general are horribly expensive. Having said that they have some decent and more then decent sales from time to time. I just saw a 25 pack of 500 ml water bottles for $2.99, which is better then I ever see in Shop-rite in New Jersey (which is another story in itself). What I find the eastist to do and certainly easist on the wallet, is to check their flyer's on their websites. While it is usually annoying to do this, it is not annoying as schlepping there!
Pharmacies in general are horribly expensive. Having said that they have some decent and more then decent sales from time to time. I just saw a 25 pack of 500 ml water bottles for $2.99, which is better then I ever see in Shop-rite in New Jersey (which is another story in itself). What I find the eastist to do and certainly easist on the wallet, is to check their flyer's on their websites. While it is usually annoying to do this, it is not annoying as schlepping there!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Dance to the Music of Time, Done!
I just finished a "Dance to the Music of Time." At this point, forgot some of the character's history's. However, I loved the series.
I loved the way both the narrator's life and the major world events are submerged in the background. I found the books similar to "Men at Arms" and "Brideshead Revisted" but in my opinion much better.
I loved the way both the narrator's life and the major world events are submerged in the background. I found the books similar to "Men at Arms" and "Brideshead Revisted" but in my opinion much better.
Monday, October 3, 2011
American Airlines hopefully gone
I hope American Airlines gets what it deserves. These airlines are really good at squeezing customers, I hope they will feel squeezed. Of course they are great at getting lifelines from the government. Ah well.
A Dance to the Music of Time
Just realized, based on this posting by Terry Teachout, http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2011/09/tt_a_study_of_reading_habits.html
that I did not read the last three novels of the "A Dance to the Music of Time." Hope to get to there soon.
that I did not read the last three novels of the "A Dance to the Music of Time." Hope to get to there soon.
P & G and HP
Hewlett Packard kicked out Leo Apotheker. While it seems that the board is covering themselves, it is still fascinating. So often it seems that the leadership of large companies seem to do funny things like one sees at P & G, constantly re-organizing in the faint hope that shifting people's offices and bosses will take the place of leadership and of giving consumers what they want. To see the board act forcefully against the shenanigans one finds is quite remarkable, although the HP board may be be a bit trigger happy.
Rav Kook
Everyone seems to have discovered the "real thing" and believes that they are the first to do so.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Where will Apple go?
It is hard to see how Apple can continue its momentum in the long (5+) years. Having said that it is clearly not going anywhere unless there are significant missteps or internal sqaubles. One may assume that if any dramtic changes there emerge, it won't be right away, although they may have been bubbling for several years.. This would insure that its value should stay constant for the next two quarters.
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