alpha is beta

“Nice idea Marketing. Run it by Legal.”

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:04:43 -0400

“Nice idea Marketing. Run it by Legal.”

The multiplier: $60,000 of stimuls money to post signs about...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:55:13 -0400

The multiplier: $60,000 of stimuls money to post signs about spending of stimulus money. Reporter buys gas to drive to sign for photograph.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Stimulus signage

Diogenes of Sinope

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:06:00 -0400

Diogenes of Sinope

Post-Gazette NOW The team was in uniform — and clean...

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:45:41 -0400

Post-Gazette NOW

The team was in uniform — and clean shaven — today for a formal photo with the Stanley Cup.

http://www.post-gazette.com/#ixzz0IWQOo1BA&D

"Ohio: Graduation Ceremonies Canceled After Cheating By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A school district said..."

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:29:08 -0400

“Ohio: Graduation Ceremonies Canceled After Cheating
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A school district said it uncovered a cheating scheme so pervasive that it had to cancel graduation ceremonies for its 60 seniors. A senior at Centerburg High School gained access to teachers’ computers, found tests, and printed and distributed them to classmates, administrators said. Graduation was canceled because so many seniors either cheated or knew about the cheating but failed to report it, district officials said. The superintendent, Dorothy Holden, said the district had to take a stand and let students know that cheating could not be tolerated. Diplomas will be sent in the mail.”

- The last sentence is perfect. That will show them!

National Briefing - Midwest - Ohio - Graduation Ceremonies Canceled After Cheating - NYTimes.com

Banking panics in the past were way better dressed. Hats really...

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:07:59 -0400

Banking panics in the past were way better dressed. Hats really make the crisis

(From: Gary Gorton’s interesting paper: “Slapped in the Face by the Invisible Hand: Banking and the Panic of 2007”)

Be a shame

Tue, 05 May 2009 09:48:30 -0400

«Mr. Friedman, who once ran Goldman, says none of these events involved any conflicts. He says his job as chairman of the New York Fed isn’t a policy-making one, that he didn’t consider his purchases of more Goldman shares to conflict with Fed policy, and bought shares because they were very cheap.»

Translation: That there is a beautiful bank you have - be a shame if something were to happen to it.

WSJ: New York Fed Chairman’s Ties to Goldman Raise Questions
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124139546243981801.html#printMode>

20+ years of finance. Milken to Sock Puppet to CDOs . Wall...

Fri, 01 May 2009 20:49:00 -0400

20+ years of finance. Milken to Sock Puppet to CDOs

Wall Street Timeline 1985 to 2007 - National Business News - Portfolio.com

While checking google finance… bummer

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:33:18 -0400

While checking google finance… bummer

abstract submission deadline

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:36:00 -0400

«We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline for theInternational Conference on Economic…»

So many ways to parse that. Me, I am a big fan of abstract deadlines: You need to get this done shortly before the dawn of the new age…

"Lock in your monthly price for life with our two-year Price Guarantee Plans."

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:57:26 -0400

“Lock in your monthly price for life with our two-year
Price Guarantee Plans.”

- From Verizon FIOS offer. They seem a bit pessimistic to me.

"How to remove and clean your Macbook Pro Keyboard"

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:01:24 -0400

“How to remove and clean your Macbook Pro Keyboard”

- Nonverblog » How to remove and clean your Macbook Pro Keyboard

Sadly, I might need this. Spore + Orange Juice is not a healthy diet for a 7 year old. Not for the keyboard

"We’re buying fewer cars because we need fewer cars."

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:11:24 -0400

““We’re buying fewer cars because we need fewer cars.””

- Economic Scene - The Start of a Crisis, Through the Lens of Avis - NYTimes.com

Weekend listening SXSW 2009: The Decemberists (via SXSW 2009:...

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:06:20 -0400

Weekend listening

SXSW 2009: The Decemberists (via SXSW 2009: The Decemberists : NPR Music

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"Anger is the new hope."

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:12:49 -0400

“Anger is the new hope.”

Random bits of advice for the recently jailed “You do your...

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:11:00 -0400

Random bits of advice for the recently jailed “You do your time nice, don’t rat anybody out, never take it in the …” [Sean Connery in Family Business]
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/family-business-script-transcript-connery.html

"Insurance is the oxygen of the free enterprise system. Without the promise of protection against..."

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:40:00 -0400

“Insurance is the oxygen of the free enterprise system. Without the promise of protection against life’s adversities, the fundamentals of capitalism are undermined.”

- From AIG’s document requesting some (more) government money. Indeed, just what would happen if AIG did not have protection against “life’s adversities”? Pass me the dictionary, I need to look up “consequences.” Or “irony.” Or “sad.”

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13112282/Aig-Systemic-090309

Oh the...

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:21:00 -0500

Oh the tragedy…

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/us/05mortgage.html?_r=1&hp

Oh this is not fair. Construction at coffee? Argh.

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:04:38 -0500

Oh this is not fair. Construction at coffee? Argh.

My office renovation project. Flying sparks from welding or...

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:10:10 -0500

My office renovation project. Flying sparks from welding or slicing steel. Jackhammering.