Thursday, May 31, 2001
No way, man. "ScarGon"? His book is called "Going Nuts"! Come on, Mr. Doubting Thomas! Chalk this one up along side BonsaiKitten.com.
We had a Thai picnic dinner on the grass in Prospect Park, then drove her Jetta to JFK to pick up Vassar grad Kimberley. Then to Bar Tabac on Smith Street where I downed four Stella draughts. Making-out in front of the bathroom. A lift home and warm kiss goodnight. Not bad.
posted at 4:59 PM
Tuesday, May 29, 2001
She still needs:
LENOX COURTYARD GOLD 5PC PL SET 12 3 $79.98 (Needs 3 more of these)
LENOX COURTYARD GOLD LG OV VEG 1 1 $105.99
LENOX COURTYARD GOLD GRAVY BOAT 1 1 $97.99
LENOX COURTYARD GOLD CREAMER 1 1 $69.98
LENOX COURTYARD GOLD SUGAR BOWL 1 1 $91.99
LENOX COURTYARD GOLD LG PLATTER 1 1 $191.99
posted at 5:54 PM
Subject: incongruous celeb sighting of the week
Documentarian Ken Burns. Yesterday. In Sephora.
-- AllnStrtt
posted at 3:45 PM
Thursday, May 17, 2001
posted at 1:46 PM
Tuesday, May 15, 2001
This is a poem made up entirely of actual quotes from George W. Bush.
The quotes have been arranged only for aesthetic purposes, by Washington Post writer Richard Thompson.
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
by George W. Bush
I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen and uncertainty
and potential mental losses.
Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the internet
become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being and the fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope, where
our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize Society!
Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!
posted at 3:31 PM
Sunday, May 13, 2001
Rubik's Cube world champions.
posted at 1:13 PM
Wednesday, May 09, 2001
Strength Through Failure responds to the news of John Sexton, the new N.Y.U. president:
I guess they need someone like him. Who's got time to snooze when there are so many landmarks to tear down, so many gardens to bulldoze, so many Soviet-style dormitory-megaliths to erect?!?! Oh yes, TAKE ME TAKE ME TAKE ME!!!!! IF YOU BUILD IT I WILL COME ABBBBBBBBLAAAASSDDDDDKJ!
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Mr. Sexton will succeed L. Jay Oliva, who has been president for 10 years, next May. In selecting Mr. Sexton, 58, the trustees tapped an experienced administrator with a working knowledge of the university who holds a Ph.D. in the history of religion as well as a law degree, and regards education as a pastoral mission.
He is a fervent fund-raiser who recently completed a seven-year, $185 million capital campaign for the law school. He is a man given to passions, about his family, his job and spectator sports. He squeezes everything in by sleeping four hours a night, eating one meal a day and drinking 20 to 30 cups of coffee daily.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/nyregion/09NYU.html
posted at 2:46 PM
New Advertising Medium to Hit the Streets of Los Angeles
On May 9th 2001, a new outdoor advertising system, E-Caps, will hit the streets of L.A. E-Caps are 17" diameter non-rotating wheel cap discs, which provide over six square feet of attention-grabbing advertisements on taxicabs. This advertising medium lends a "hovering" impression to the cabs as they move along their route.
posted at 1:43 AM
Tuesday, May 08, 2001
I get a little irritated when people bring out the "what is to be done" question as if it were a real zinger. After two decades of largely upwardly redistributive social policy, the first question is: What is to be undone? I'd start by ending welfare reform as we know it, and if everyone is so determined that single moms be out working at Wendy's instead of staying home with the kids, then we've got to have serious and reliable transitional benefits—childcare, Medicaid, food stamps (which some states have been snatching away just as they kick a woman off welfare)—until that glorious day when Wendy's wages and benefits suffice to keep a family out of the dumpsters.
--- Barbara Ehrenreich
posted at 6:27 PM
Monday, May 07, 2001
Sex education is fucked up. They bring in
plastic models of the penis and vagina, and
that's when it all starts, the boys start beating
up the girls, the girls start kicking the boys in
the balls. I mean, why not teach us how to love
each other instead of showing us plastic models
of our genitals?
posted at 12:57 PM
Sunday, May 06, 2001
What went wrong with that last business client you played golf
with?
-- What are the principles of client golf?
What does golf behaviour reveal about our character?
Why are many executives failing to build rapport with clients on
the golf course?
On June 21st, 2001, Strategic Golf will introduce itself to the
Toronto area by facilitating a Business Golf Workshop. The
workshop targets executives wanting to succeed in client golf.
Participants will learn:
1. How to leverage golf to meet corporate objectives.
2. How to plan and set-up a client day of golf.
3. Business golf etiquette.
4. Basic rules of golf.
5. Conversation strategies.
6. Recognizing and adapting to golf/business behavioural styles.
7. Playing the round - The dos and don'ts.
8. Strategies for the 19th Hole.
At Strategic Golf, we believe that relationship management is
critical for business success. Golf can help develop rapport,
trust and camaraderie with clients, if the executive can manage
himself or herself on the course.
June 21st, 2001
Fitness Institute
70 Wellington West, 36th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
5:00pm - 5:30pm Networking and Cocktails
5:30pm - 8:00pm Workshop
$99 per person, includes a Welcome Package & raffle prizes
The workshop is lead by CPGA Professional Julie Lashmore, and The
Strategic Planning Group's Dobri Stojsic.
posted at 11:26 AM
But of course Auld Lang Syne is more than a New Year's song. It is one of the great expressions of the tragic ambiguity of man's relation to time, which mixes memory with desire, carrying away old friendships and bringing new, turning childhood escapades into old men's recollections, making change the very condition of consciousness, and at the same time the creator and the destroyer of human experience. All this is done in the purest folk idiom, with no abstract statements or generalizations, except for the chorus itself, which states in simple but powerful terms the question that lies at the heart of so much human emotion.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
And here's a hand, my trusty friend
And gie's a hand o' thine
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
posted at 11:23 AM
Thursday, May 03, 2001
He is owned by my friends Leslie and Jon, who are married. His name was originally Gorgeous, but Jon protested.
posted at 6:28 PM
Wednesday, May 02, 2001
The lowest common denominator (LCD), the leading cultural indicator for American mass-market tastes, continued its precipitous drop last week, fueling worries about the future of the U.S. marketplace for ideas and stoking fears of a long-term cultural recession.
Read Article
posted at 7:10 PM
Tuesday, May 01, 2001
Bridal Shower Do's and Don'ts contributed by HunkMania
DO plan it at least a month in advance.
DON'T let one or two guests stop you from making reservations or making
commitments till the last minute.
DO collect money in advance from your guests in the case of a pooling of
funds.
DON'T get your bachelorette "fall down drunk" (this usually means the night
is over by 11:00pm). Some bachelorettes have not been out drinking heavily
since college. So they drink at the level they used to - this can put them
in the hospital! Stay away from Long Island iced teas (a mixture of cheap
liquors).
DO buy some bachelorette party favors. No matter how corny these favors may
be, they really can start the night off right and differentiate your
bachelorette if the bridal shower is being held in a public place.
DON'T be the planner of the party if you are really not into it. Find
somebody who is.
DO choose places that cater to bachelorette parties. Watching other
bachelorettes act silly is fun too.
posted at 1:31 PM
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posted at 1:03 PM
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