Weekend 160.1
(1) Giants stuck in Kansas City overnight (1a) Update: Giants-Vikings game moved to Monday (2) Happy Time (3) “I brought this great event to New York to tell the world…that Continue Reading →
Weekend 160.0 (WSJ Edition)
(1) The Twilight of Battle The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner “The great battleship being towed up the Thames by a squat, steam-powered paddle-wheel tug. All the glory of the Continue Reading →
In between the lines…
“I’m not inclined to resign to maturity.” Illustration: Tsuyuki
Advent 2010, Week 2
Preparing a Place for Others by Marcia Morrissey (via Hot Air): “As we enter Advent, it is a time for waiting, hope, and preparing ourselves for the coming of the Continue Reading →
November Job Numbers, 9.8% Unemployment
Awful. I was listening to the job numbers on CNBC and a half-hour before the Squawk Box crew interviewed Tom Friedman. Friedman is wet behind the ears. He, like Krugman, Continue Reading →
Epic Mickey
15 Fascinating Facts about Fantasia
Sanriku Railways in Iwate Prefecture
Title: Sanriku Railway Company’s 25th Anniversary Illustration: Mibu Natsuki
Advent 2010, Week 1
Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. – Romans, 13:11-14 Here is Thomas Merton in Seven Storey Mountain: When a ray Continue Reading →
Christmas Toys (Just Window Shopping)
(1) Villa Sibi Modernist Dollhouse (2) A-FRAME (3) Xtreamliner Cab (4) Domus Stone Scale Structures (5) Anker Construction Kit (6) ArcheToys
Thank you, Dan Nygaard…
…for your letter in the Op-Ed section of the Wall Street Journal on Saturday/Sunday, November 27-28, 2010. Public Universities Should Cut Costs—and the Hubris For three decades state universities have Continue Reading →