It seems that everyone these days is talking about Google, about how it’s impending IPO will give it a market cap greater than every the market cap of every other company in the world combined (okay, that is not really true), about how its one of the few companies to have its name turned into […]
Former Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson, D-Culver City, kicks Zhang Xiao Ju betweent the legs during a demonstration performed by Buddhist monks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 22, 2004. In their first visit to the United States, a group of Shaolin martial artists from SongShan, China demonstrated acrobatic flips and shows of strength […]
I’ve been reading a little, doing crosswords, studying a GMAT Review book and been going to movies and museums. I’ve also developed a paralyzing phobia over writing – I just can’t seem to write these days about anything. Not poetry. Not journals. Not short stories. Taking my writing class has actually made things worse believe […]
Yesterday, 3/18/04, was my first virtual birthday. While the day was special in some regards, it just didn’t feel as if it was my birthday. I use the term virtual for a number of reasons: For starters, I received (by a wide margin) more birthday wishes via the Internet than I did via a phone […]
Here is a link to a Binghamton University Pipe Dream (campus newspaper) article that talks about alumni marriages. The most interesting stat is that that 1 in 10 BU students eventually marry another BU student. I’m sure that the percentage (10%) is much higher for the Jewish alumni as I know of 4 couples who […]
There was an article in the 3/17/04 edition of The New York Times which reviewed Montrachet, the restaurant where I popped the question to my now fiance and future wife. We ate there after graduating college in 1999, our first “mature” meal, and the second time we ate there I left with a bride-to-be on […]
I grabbed the copy below from an E Online news post: The nationally syndicated columnist was taken in by a hoax letter that bore a strong resemblance to a day in the life of the dysfunctional cartoon family. Dear Abby (real name: Jeanne Phillips) penned a reply to a letter purportedly from “Stuck in a […]
From news@stephenking.com: “Due to popular demand, the US publication schedule for release of Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower have been moved ahead. The on-sale date for Song of Susannah will now be June 8, 2004 and The Dark Tower will be available September 21, 2004.” I have only two words – Yeah baby!
From Neu: In a three-way victory for bitter irony, John Edwards won not a single state on Super Tuesday, while John Kerry was robbed of his sweep by… Howard Dean?!?! I wonder which one is the most pissed? Actually, come to think of it, that probably goes in the decreasing order: Edwards, Kerry, Dean.
….I would do the following: well, I don’t know what I would do. If I leave it as is, I could live off of the interest. Or I could spend some and then use the remaining amount for steady interest income. The major dilemma is that a million dollars just does not go as far […]