missing weeks
It was as if the city had simply opened wide and swallowed her whole — until she was seen on a security camera at the Midtown Apple store checking her e-mail. Then she vanished again. And then reappeared, not only at the Apple store but also at a Starbucks and several New York Sports Clubs, [...]
gasbaggery
“We conservatives have not done a good enough job of just laying out basically who we are because we make the mistake of assuming that people know. What they know is largely incorrect, based on the way we’re portrayed in pop culture, in the drive-by media, by the Democrat party,” the conservative talk show host [...]
Buffett reveals details of his worst year
Berkshire Hathaway reported today that its net worth fell in 2008 by $11.5 billion, a decline reducing its per-share book value by 9.6%. That was Berkshire’s worst result in the 44 years that Chairman Warren Buffett has run the company and, in fact, only the second decline in that period. via Warren Buffett reveals details [...]
signs of the times in Manhattan
Don’t Neglect to Send a Cover Letter When Applying for a Job
Cover letters are still necessary, and in a competitive market they can give you a serious edge if they are written and presented effectively. via Career Couch – Don’t Neglect to Send a Cover Letter When Applying for a Job – Interview – NYTimes.com. Worth remembering if you apply for a job, although I’d take [...]
The Next Slum?
At Windy Ridge, a recently built starter-home development seven miles northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, 81 of the community’s 132 small, vinyl-sided houses were in foreclosure as of late last year. Vandals have kicked in doors and stripped the copper wire from vacant houses; drug users and homeless people have furtively moved in. In December, [...]
The Canadian Solution
Guess which country, alone in the industrialized world, has not faced a single bank failure, calls for bailouts or government intervention in the financial or mortgage sectors. Yup, it’s Canada. In 2008, the World Economic Forum ranked Canada’s banking system the healthiest in the world. America’s ranked 40th, Britain’s 44th. … Canada has been remarkably [...]
topless dancer or nothing
“When you open the newspaper [want ads], unless you want to be a topless dancer, there’s nothing.” via Businesses in depressed Indiana town doubt Washington can help – CNN.com. Not much I can add to that quote!
unemployment diary
I’m fundamentally a creative type. I’ve sold a couple of written pieces, sold a few paintings, that kind of thing (over the last 10 years, nothing recent). I sank my creativity, my energy, my damed [sic] soul into that job, and in the end, I walked away with non-marketable skills in my head and the [...]
Trying to Live on 500K in New York City
Holy hell, this is depressing. At least if you live in New York. I don’t like living around this type of lifestyle… “People inherently understand that if they are going to get ahead in whatever corporate culture they are involved in, they need to take on the appurtenances of what defines that culture,” she said. [...]
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