12/15/2008
In case you were wondering... (in thoughts on life)
...we moved, and two days after the move, fate decided to hand us several moderately catastrophic events. We're not unpacked, not fully moved, and, unfortunately, I'm not posting to the blog. I may not be around for a while, but if you'd check b ... Read More
11/23/2008
It's time to get down with Moss Phlox (in thoughts on life)
Oh, how they carry on in Japan. Thanks to the wife for catching this one. And while she was packing, too. Read More
11/17/2008
It's the move (in thoughts on life)
I will be posting somewhat more sporadically than usual - pause here for an ironic chortle on your part - because the wife and I have just taken possession of a house, our first. I am knee deep in the building trades (to use an awkward metaph ... Read More
11/07/2008
Pfizer suspends research on drug that stops the munchies (in thoughts on life)
The good news: the drug worked by blocking the receptors in the brain that make you hungry after smoking a blunt. The bad news: instead of craving a brownie, you want to kill yourself. Oh well. Read More
11/03/2008
A truly great man passes (in thoughts on life)
Studs Terkel died a few days ago at 96. A pioneer in the field of popular oral histories, his talent for sympathetic listening and patiently interviewing everyone from the great to the completely unknown (especially the unknown) made his man ... Read More
09/29/2008
The man who called the economic collapse correctly at every turn predicts... (in thoughts on life)
...that we're close to a complete financial meltdown, due to enlightened "free-market" policies, as he's pointed out before. Nouriel Roubini blogs today: "When investors don't trust any more even venerable institutions such as Morgan Stanl ... Read More
09/19/2008
The financial crisis: reporting on the reporting (or the lack of it) (in thoughts on life)
Once again, we're seeing the truth of Noam Chomsky's observation on a financial system run by and for corporations: the profit is strictly private, but the risk is... shared by all taxpayers. And the mainstream press, to whom we might have t ... Read More
09/11/2008
A poster to go with your "mission statement" (in thoughts on life)
One of the more insidious and annoying facets of business life - just behind referring to problems as challenges - is the ubiquity of those posters illustrating some concept like "Teamwork" or "Success". You've seen them; black borders, gorgeous ... Read More
09/10/2008
And God Spoke To Moses (with a brooklyn accent) (in thoughts on life)
The Lord has blessed me, to be sure. To give just one example: 10 years ago (or thereabouts), when the wife and I were first dating, I trained out to New Jersey with her from Manhattan to meet her parents. I didn't know anything about these p ... Read More
09/08/2008
The Stop Sign movie (in thoughts on life)
It's a corporate thing. Thanks to Paul T. Read More