Midtown, ATL

Here's something I found on an old SD card today. It dates back to 2008. My camera had one of those shutter timers so I left it out on the balcony for a couple of days. You may recognize the buildings. One is the Fox Theater, which was formerly a mosque, and to the right is the Georgian Terrace Hotel. And just up the street is the Margaret Mitchell house (Gone with the Wind). I can't remember the intervals used to shoot this. Anyway, at the end are some random shots that somehow got mixed into the photo sequence. May have been from a thunderstorm. Enjoy.

Herman Melville on FTTA

"For the most part, in this tropic whaling life, a sublime uneventfulness invests you; you hear no news; read no gazettes; extras with startling accounts of commonplaces never delude you into unnecessary excitements; you hear of no domestic afflictions; bankrupt securities; fall of stocks; are never troubled with the thought of what you shall have for dinner - for all your meals for three years and more are snugly stowed in casks, and your bill of fare is immutable." 

what makes me happy, pt.1:

My Morning Jacket - El Caporal
Rooftops and sunroofs
Paul Stuart
Thai food
Overtime pay
NY Times – Opinions
Thesauruses
Wilco - She’s a Jar
Summer lacrosse
Dimly lit coffee shops
Canon
CFO Magazine
gMail chat

favorite ties

Paul Stuart

#26 Manhattan

Stuff White People Like
I love this website. Here's a tip...

Another secret fact about white people, if you are in group setting and the topic of New York City comes up, find the highest ranking white person and say “oh, are you from New York?”

To them, this means you are calling them cultured, cool, and urban. They will respond with something like “oh, well, I’ve spent a lot of time there,” or “I lived there for three years.” You will have instantly become more popular than all other people in the group.

i'm a lifesavers junkie

With no larger problems
That need to be erased
Nothing more important than to know
Someone’s listening
Now I know
You’ll be listening

But of course...

Thank you Wiki

On September 21, 2007, U.S. District Court Judge James Muirhead used Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" in his court ruling after receiving an egg in the mail from prisoner Charles Jay Wolff. Muirhead ordered the egg destroyed as he stated in his judgment[8]:

I do not like eggs in the file.
I do not like them in any style.
I will not take them fried or boiled.
I will not take them poached or broiled.

I will not take them soft or scrambled,
Despite an argument well-rambled.
No fan I am of the egg at hand.

Destroy that egg! Today! Today!
Today I say!
Without delay!

Joe the Plumber

Remember that guy? Now he's working as a news correspondent. Interesting...

Watch Here

I really can't help it....

When the sun shine
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath imma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella

It's a wonderful life

The Times has an interesting piece this morning about the classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life." This is a movie I have never seen, and was recently encouraged to watch. As Wendell Jamieson explains, "Lots of people love this movie of course. But I’m convinced it’s for the wrong reasons. Because to me 'It’s a Wonderful Life' is anything but a cheery holiday tale."

As A.O. Scott explains "Everybody knows this movie as a uplifting, heartwarming holiday tale, but if you look at it again a very different picture emerges. It's a wonderful life is a dark disturbing fable about greed, exploitation, misery, and disappointment."

Here's the link: Wonderful? Sorry, George, It’s a Pitiful, Dreadful Life

I'll probably rent it tonight...

Addendum: And here's another article I just found, along similar lines. It's interesting, but I still haven't been able to rent the movie.

"Moon River"

Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.


music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer

I've followed the election pretty closely, but after Tuesday I'll be so happy to have this issue closed. It's very time consuming to keep track of every endorsement, poll, and op-ed piece that lands itself in the Time or the Journal.

This weekend hosted the notorious the GA-FLA game, so I took advantage of the weekend and rented 5 movies. Originally I was only going to rent 3, but it's not too much more expensive to get 5, so I went back through and picked out two more - turns out those two were my favorites. Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Also rented a John Wayne movie, The Searchers. Then there was Notorious, an Alfred Hitchcock movie that warrants recommendation.

I'm tired of writing. It requires too much thinking...

and for the scrutinizing...

"Hillary has big chunky thighs as well, that has to be considered"

So thats an excerpt from a conversation I witnessed in a scrabble room, at Scrabulous, waiting for my game to start. I will refrain from comment. [BTW my login is Sciolist, feel free to challenge me.] Speaking of Scrabble, I found an anagram puzzle game you can download free. Its excellent; each letter combo has at least one potential bingo. More on that later. Back to work - adjusting for risks and WACC.

Eppur si muove

The other day I discovered The Post Secret Blog

A few of my favorite lines; "You're my happy ending," and "I know we can fix this." So yea, thats sweet. I'm still not sure how I feel about reading other people's secrets, but I like it.

I'm considering to write something academic. Okay, that was a joke. But really, I want to write! Maybe reading Reed's research has given me the itch.

Nostalgia rolls on...

Ice Cream of the Month