January 2012
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“But it is at our peril that we ignore the overwhelming evidence that...”
– Former British prime minister Gordon Brown explains why he’s pushing for a global education fund.  (via cheatsheet)
Jan 26th
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Jan 23rd
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“On this night, though, the financiers turned it into a playful paean to their...”
– A Raucous Hazing at a Wall St. Fraternity - NYTimes.com
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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“In the end, however, one has to ask a more basic question. Why do we care about...”
– The Income-Inequality Myth - Michael Tanner - National Review Online …so many things to say in response to this that it’s not even funny. I’m consistently surprised by the nerve of ostensibly well-educated people to totally ignore the relevant issues and hand-wave their way around...
Jan 23rd
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Jan 18th
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“A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed...”
– Brought to you by Senator Chris Dodd, “Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.”  #democracyfail This is like lobbying taken to the next level…how is this allowed? Welcome to our corporatocracy.
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Winter wonderland.
Definitely should have posted this long ago (the meal happened a month ago!) but I think I still remember enough to post a good review. We went to Elements and had their December tasting menu—five courses of wintry goodness, capped with dessert.  One of the amuses-bouche (amuses-bouches? I’ll never get that one right…) was this grapefruit barley salad. I wish they had actually...
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 11th
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Workplace Confidential: The Per Se Waiter on... →
angelawublog: New York, Jan. 8, 2012 Per Se actually has a list of people who aren’t allowed to go back. There’s a range of behavior that’s appropriate. We can accommodate wacky people, and for the most part, 95 percent of the guests are well behaved. Then you have the couple that goes and has sex in the bathroom—that happens quite a lot. You have people who throw up—they throw up a lot. There...
Jan 10th
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The truth about Kim Kardashian’s taxes - Portfolio... →
WSJ explains the difference between marginal and average tax rates, and why Kim Kardashian does not actually pay only 1% more in taxes than your average Californian tax payer. Hilarious since I remember one of their opinion columns made (basically) the same mistake a couple months back.
Jan 6th
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“According to Black, a number of factors have converged to heighten the risk of...”
– NYTimes.com - How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body
Jan 5th
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December 2011
21 posts
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Dec 31st
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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American Airlines, Bankruptcy, and the Housing... →
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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“America will, most likely, need to find a more normal, sustainable level of...”
– What Nail-Polish Sales Tell Us About the Economy - NYTimes.com
Dec 19th
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“The evidence suggests that short-sellers play an important role in detecting not...”
– Questioning the Evil of Short Sales - NYTimes.com
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“The private equity industry’s titans have long been worried this moment would...”
– Mitt Romney’s Run Puts Spotlight on Private Equity - NYTimes.com
Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Occupy Wall Street Reaches Princeton University -... →
hahahahahaha
Dec 9th
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UPDATE TO PREVIOUS POST
Update to previous post about Occupy Princeton mic-checking a JP Morgan TSS info session: currently in Friend Center printing out some stuff, spotted 2 Public Safety officers along with the head of Career Services, Beverly Hamilton-Chandler, hanging out near the Goldman Sachs investment banking info session. THIS JUST GOT REAL.
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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“I’m here to reaffirm my deep conviction that we are greater together than we are...”
– Full text of President Obama’s economic speech in Osawatomie, Kans. PREACH IT, OBAMA.
Dec 7th
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WatchWatch
aznsensazn: bittersweetromantic: Difficulty Level: Easy>Medium>Hard>Expert>Asian I don’t even know how to react to what I just watched. SIMPLY AMAZINGGGGGG. fierce asian girl is fierce kung fu shufflin?! 
Dec 5th
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November 2011
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Nov 29th
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“Dr. Farid and Eric Kee, a Ph.D. student in computer science at Dartmouth, are...”
– Software to Rate How Drastically Photos Are Retouched - NYTimes.com …does anyone still really believe that published photos AREN’T heavily retouched? I’ll freely admit to liberally retouching even the photos I post on this blog and on Facebook….
Nov 29th
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At Top Colleges, Anti-Wall St. Fervor Complicates... →
Hilariously, Princeton is not mentioned at all in this piece (though Harvard and Yale are). Living up to our reputation as the most stodgy of the Ivies? 
Nov 29th
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Nov 24th
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“Being young on Wall Street once meant having it all: style, smarts and too much...”
– Wall St. Layoffs Take Heavy Toll on Younger Workers - NYTimes.com
Nov 22nd
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Nov 18th
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“Beverly Hamilton-Chandler, director of Princeton’s Office of Career...”
– America’s ‘Brain Drain’: Best And Brightest College Grads Head For Wall Street
Nov 17th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Jean Georges.
This post is months overdue—I’ve been putting this off for a while because I don’t really quite know how to do this meal justice in a review. The eponymous flagship restaurant of Jean-Georges Vongerichten is located near the Time Warner Center, in a space with huge windows overlooking the area. The dining room has a great spacious set up with understated decor. I thought it was...
Nov 12th
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Bank of America Drops Plan for Debit Card Fee -... →
SCORE!  For once, the market did not fail us.
Nov 1st
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“The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it’s not nearly as big...”
– The Wrong Inequality - NYTimes.com
Nov 1st