Miscellany 09 Mar 2008 05:00 pm
Words, delicious they are.
My favorite treat: the Sunday NY Times read outside with sun and breeze.
Today’s best:
- term, and one for savoring whilst thinking about linear time (and the sometimes lack thereof): spatiotemporal dimension. As in, “Even an artist who likes to fool around with spatiotemporal dimensions can get stressed out by a deadline”, from the aritcle, “The Taste of Nothing, the Smell of Mars”, in the Art section.
- explanation of the devastating appraisal of my house this previous week (and I betcha the author didn’t imagine how tangible the reality he described would be for his readers), “If the housing boom was a manifestation of irrational exuberance, some say it has swung too far in the other direction, to irrational despondancy.” on the front page, above the fold.
- display of American gluttony: “Everyone wants to eat like an American on this globe, but if they do, we’re going to need another two or three globes to grow it all.”, on the front page.
- scary thought, “No one creates a new technology really understanding how it can be used or how it can change a society.”, from the Business section.
on 10 Mar 2008 at 3:15 pm 1.Cathy said …
I don’t think I have your correct address (my other computer crashed, and I’m now resigned to the one set aside for the boys). Can you please shoot me a quick email so I can check/update my files?
Thanks!
P.S. I’m now thinking maybe a small coop might be better, easier? I would involve cleaning the litter, but moving wouldn’t be an issue. The playhouse coop on backyard chicken is adorable!
on 11 Mar 2008 at 8:59 pm 2.dalimama said …
gee, I think your home appraiser is a closet writer.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 9:36 am 3.Tia said …
Just for the sake of updating….the economy and mortgage crisis turns out to be a just a convenient excuse for crappy work. First, the appraisal was apparently done unsupervised. The house could not have been actually entered, because the stats on the report all reflect critical facts like the number of bedrooms it had two years ago, not today. Details like what kind of flooring it has are wrong. And the comps attempt to compare a 100 year old historical home with a 2 year old trailer with half of the square feet.
Can we say, “scam”?