I haven't even had time to read all my friends' LJ entries (although I seem to have time to attack their zombies, go figure) but here is a quick update of the past week.  I went to NYC.  My plane did not fall out of the sky.  I managed to keep 350 economists happy.  I ate a great deal of excellent food and walked up and down the upper west side.  I ( Read more... )

1. Water: cheaper than booze ( Read more... )

pandora.com is my new big thing. The musical genome project, what a great idea ( Read more... )

I can't get this to size right in the LJ window, so go here http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/labor/HPIM0444.JPG to see The Handsome Prince, aka, evil hellcat from hell. And, to see the original next to his portrait: Read more... )

A quick thank you to x_h00ine and mr_booze -- had it not been for you, the FD and I would never have had the chance to visit the city that is no more...

A couple of weeks ago First Daughter and I went through the fridge like Sherman through Georgia. We didn't actually set any fires, but we plowed ruthlessly through the salad dressings and barbecue sauces and ancient pulpy unidentifiable substances and filled a garbage bag with things that had passed their sell-by date; in fact, as my son ( Read more... )