The name of the American corporate game is consolidation. Each retail behemoth was an erstwhile tiny regional player which later made it big.

If the American centre really wanted to walk into a dinghy ill lit mom n pop store they would have done so.

We're asked to lament the death of local flavour. Local flavour defined by hard of hearing grandpas ( Read more... )

I don't know when it happened but I'm growing more and more sceptical and not a little intimidated by expressions of piety. Does piety imply narrow mindedness and moral certitude that I find unbelievable ( Read more... )

In not even bothering to talk about the down spiral of the Dow and Nasdaq, Barack Obama is basically giving Wall Street a gigantic middle finger and some serious adult man to man talk. For far too long, public policy was driven by how much the market moved in response to one's decisions.

Way to go, BO.

At any point in time, you can classify yourself as a watcher or a doer. The classification is fluid but everyone believes that one can, if the need arises, become a doer. This is not to say being a doer is better. It is just the other mode of existence away from the default mode. When we say that X is a born leader, we're actually saying X's ( Read more... )

Some train journeys begin with trepidation, others with hope, yet others with an intense implacable desire to reach the other end ( Read more... )

I feel
calcified.

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Today is a bar crawl. West village to east village. Sounds like fun. Plenty of new faces to meet. Plenty of love and laughs - the absurdity of a weekend spent being too busy to relax :)

It's being organized by the most self assured person I know. Comes with being a lawyer I guess. She seems tough as nails. Gorgeous too. I appreciate her.

Btw, when ( Read more... )

Bill Murray's character in 'broken flowers' is on a mission to atone for his sins. He's been in numerous relationships - none long enough to last the distance.

In my introspective moments, I've often thought about Murray in this movie. More so than the broken flowers strewn behind him - he is a broken flower. He looks shabby. His thoughts are of ( Read more... )

After that brief interlude where I ranted abt the Progressive ad, let's go back to my social life.

P wants to move apartments. She is very very kicked about the SoHo apartment she's moving into. This Sunday, I, along with 4 other friends, will be helping her move. It's expected to be a cold weekend.

So I suggested to P that instead of us 6 people ( Read more... )

the annoying sales rep in the Progressive ad for car insurance has GOT TO GO - annoying, ridiculous, not remotely funny.

Maybe the ad agency should be dropped.