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FebruaryFeb 13 Friday 09
"While the consensus is that computers will antiquate the frenzied shouting and signaling of the pit,..."
"While the consensus is that computers will antiquate the frenzied shouting and signaling of the pit, we're not there quite yet. I returned to Aaron's desk to find him cursing at his screen." - How to Trade Options by Nicole Pasulka of The Morning News
"In an act I perceived as enduring faith in the financial system, he bought me a drink."
"In an act I perceived as enduring faith in the financial system, he bought me a drink." - How to Trade Options by Nicole Pasulka of The Morning News
FebruaryFeb 9 Monday 09
"John Updike described the discovery of a path from the Empire State Building to Rockefeller Center..."
"John Updike described the discovery of a path from the Empire State Building to Rockefeller Center that didn't make use of 5th or 6th Avenues. Instead he cut through building lobbies, parking lots, and underground passages on his way through the thicket of Midtown's …
"We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that represent their interests,..."
""We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that represent their interests, because we know that you cannot have a strong middle class without a strong labor movement," the President said. "When workers are prospering, they buy products that make …
FebruaryFeb 5 Thursday 09
"People always assume that if someone doesn't know something, it's because they..."
""People always assume that if someone doesn't know something, it's because they haven't paid attention or haven't yet figured it out," Proctor says. "But ignorance also comes from people literally suppressing truth--or drowning it out--or trying to make it so confusing …
John Updike Please Pardon The Syncopation: perhaps none...
Please Pardon The Syncopation:
perhaps none captured the imagination of the book-reading public more than his precisely observed tales about ordinary citizens in small-town and urban settings.
"My subject is the American Protestant small-town middle …
"Hemingway described literary New York as a bottle full of tapeworms trying to feed on each other...."
""Hemingway described literary New York as a bottle full of tapeworms trying to feed on each other. When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. I think of the books on library shelves, without their jackets, …
during his years as a reporter for the New Yorker. Photograph:...
during his years as a reporter for the New Yorker. Photograph: Getty/Hulton archive
JanuaryJan 31 Saturday 09
"If I go belly-up, I will no longer be able to tip my doorman when he gets me a taxi. This is not a..."
"If I go belly-up, I will no longer be able to tip my doorman when he gets me a taxi. This is not a hypothetical situation. I have studiously avoided tipping him for a solid month now. Consequently, he no longer has cash to spend at the liquor store after work, and the …
JanuaryJan 25 Sunday 09
listening to stories about Canadians by Ernest Hillen
listening to stories about Canadians by Ernest Hillen
"It seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and values in this..."
"It seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and values in this country is one of the things that's gutted our generation. All the things that my parents said to me, like "It's really important not to lie." OK, check, got it. I nod at …