January 2009
26 posts
The piled notebooks of Michael Bierut: another good reason to have a wide-angle lens. http://tinyurl.com/bz2gwl
Saturday planning when everyone finally is out of the drawings: a form of inter-office warfare.
“‘50,000 tons of chicken waste equals 40 MW of power’ This is totally absurd. A ton of is a quantity of energy, a MW is a measure of power.”
“Fifty thousand tons of chicken waste equals forty megawatts of...”
– A comment on Virginia Cavalier at TNR.
Such a good workout this morning—I’ve got that spring in my step. Too bad I have to get up at 5:30 to do it …
Enjoying a pre-opera drink at the Grand Tier bar at the Met. One of my favorite interiors in New York.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa: The Two Americas at TNR http://tinyurl.com/d4nple
Saw CNBC interview from Davos with the CEO of Burger King! He said they were succeeding. I’m surprised there wasn’t an avalanche of shame.
Walking through snowy streets is a lot less charming when I’m on the way to the gym and it’s 5:45 in the morning.
Sort of amazed how tiny most parts of my online life are compared to Facebook—which is the one I put in the least effort to maintain.
Loading, dining, elevators … the glory of architecture!
No heat in the movie theater means one more week passes without seeing The Wrestler. At least they told us in advance.
“What makes Obama a radical, albeit of the careful and deliberate variety, is his...”
– Carefully Radical, E.J. Dionne, Jr. at The New Republic
A close reading of the new White House website. @sevensixfive http://tinyurl.com/avc6wt
Gargoyles on 110th! http://tinyurl.com/dgahjd
Online reservations from Hertz are hardly worth it. They never seem to have the cars ready. The only thing that keeps me is the yellow logo.
Amazed by the tonal range of his speech: general to specific and back again, over and over. Where will it fall in the classes of rhetoric.
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How to Make Friends and Influence Sick People
Dimple: Hey babe, I hear your sick.
Other Side of the Phone Conversations: [Unheard]
Dimple: No, don't come out. I totally understand. I know your immune system totally sucks and you are sick all winter! Don't even think about coming out.
Other Side of the Phone Conversations: [Unheard]
Dimple: Really, just stay put and I'll see you when you are better in the spring. [To the passengers in the car.] Why are you all laughing?
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GHD sit-ups. Obviously an invention of the Spanish Inquisition and/or the Bush Administration. Either way, they simulate death.
Calculating IRA and 401K contribution rates is a very depressing activity. Holy Saturday morning, Batman!
Never underestimate the physical pleasure of the haircut or the shoeshine. The latter is one of the great pleasures of city living.
The Hudson was wonderfully free of activity all afternoon. It’s still amazing everyone made it off that plane.
“Facts are the core of an anti-intellectual curriculum. Facts do not solve...”
– Robert Hutchins
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“You can’t take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige...”
– Ivan Chtcheglov, “Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau” courtesy of sevensixfive and the Bureau of Public Secrets.
Basements, basements, basements, loading docks, basements. Get the idea?