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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Murmuration

Fri, 4 Nov 2011, 06:50 PM (-06:00)

hat tip: Gizmodo

Letters

Fri, 4 Nov 2011, 06:41 PM (-06:00)

“Oh, I got your letter,” he said. “I liked it. Thanks.” I wasn’t quite sure what to make of that and was trying to remember what I had written (as it’s been a several weeks) when he continued. “I really liked it, because it reminded me of…” Reminded him of what? “…it reminded me of […]

Three on Greece

Thu, 3 Nov 2011, 12:00 AM (-06:00)

So what’s with Greece? Three data points that are refreshingly free of smoke. 1. Kevin Drum has a conversation on Greece and explains how this is not about fixing things but rather a struggle between Greece and its creditors over the huge loses from a train wreck that’s inevitably coming. 2.Yves Smith’s interprets Papandreou’s recent […]

So Many Words

Tue, 1 Nov 2011, 06:39 PM (-06:00)

We were trying to figure out what to say. What to put into the memo. What was important. And what was not. I was at the whiteboard jotting down ideas, drawing pictures of how our argument should look. She was typing into a laptop and poking holes in my scribbles and sketches, adding points that […]

William

Tue, 1 Nov 2011, 06:26 PM (-06:00)

He has white hair and a long, white beard. If it were Christmas time, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him in a big, red suit. He talks with a friendly drawl: a tone and way of speaking that makes him easy to listen to. Listening to him, you want to be his friend. And he […]