January 2011
22 posts
How to Block The Suez Canal - CNBC →
I wrote this for CNBC today.
(Warning: It’s a bit rick rollish. I’m sorry.)
Davos Wives Versus Davos Mistresses Versus... →
“Rumor has it (heard first-hand from more than one jealous Davos Mistress) that there are legions of women — let’s call them the aspiring mistresses — who do not get a coveted Davos invitation and badge and so can not enter the Congress Centre but who come anyway. They book a hotel room and prowl the streets hoping to snare their prey. They are the worst enemies of the Davos Mistress.”
A Billion Dollars Isn't Cool Anymore →
You know what is cool?
A trillion dollars.
A Sack of Pain And Broken Bones
So this was four years ago, during a particularly rough patch. I still feel this way about all of you.
————— Forwarded message ————— From: John Carney <johnfcarney@gmail.com> Date: Jan 26, 2007 12:22 PM
As many of you might already know, I am scheduled for surgery on Monday. The plan is to put humpty-dumpty back together...
John Carney's Birthday Party, No Malice Palace... →
Two years ago.
So what should we do this year?
Here’s The Real Story of What’s Happening in... →
Too many people going to college. Not enough jobs for the college educated.
War Of The Snow Days
My boredom is at war with my reluctance to go out in the snow tonight.
Someone throw a really amazing party so that I have no choice but to go out.
College is one of America's worst investments →
youngmanhattanite:
utnereader:
theweekmagazine:
At least that’s what a new study suggests. The study found that nearly half of students make “no significant gains in learning” in their first two years on campus, and that they spend 50 percent less time studying than their 1970s and 1980s counterparts.
This is “depressing,” but hardly “shocking,” says Matt Kiebus in Death + Taxes. Anyone...
Bonus Day Hits Goldman Sachs Tomorrow! →
Tomorrow night, hit up your favorite investment banktress/sports writer for free drinks!
Chinese Mothers, Ancient Greece, And The Girl Who... →
“I mentioned this theory to the pretty girl who had come into Bungalow with the race-car driver. He had evacuated the bar in favor of the bathroom, presumably to revive his spirits with powdered medications. She had blonde curls that fell in front of her eyes when she talked. It was hard to pay attention to what she said because the long legs stretching out from her a tiny sweater-skirt...
Barack Obama's WSJ Op-Ed : Toward a 21st-Century... →
soupsoup:
We’re also getting rid of absurd and unnecessary paperwork requirements that waste time and money. We’re looking at the system as a whole to make sure we avoid excessive, inconsistent and redundant regulation. And finally, today I am directing federal agencies to do more to account for—and reduce—the burdens regulations may place on small businesses. Small firms drive growth and...
Did Goldman Just Admit That It Leaked The Facebook... →
While the news that Goldman Sachs is restricting its Facebook investment fund to investors outside the US is alreadyprompting cries that US securities regulations have become perverse, the media seem to be missing an important part of this story. It seems fairly likely that Goldman has discovered—or fears the government will discover—that the news of the proposed $1.5 billion Facebook fund came...
Elena Kagan Botches Her First Decision →
Who would have thought that Obama’s high court pick would mark her first opinion for the court with a case that takes sides with a credit car company over a poor guy who just wanted to hang on to enough money to keep up his 2004 Camry?
