Archive for April 12th, 2009
Casualties of the Economic Crisis
There is no end to the suffering:
- “Ultimately, their Tiffany china went to the country house, as did the dining room table for 12, a large kitchen cabinet and much of their cooking gear.” (NY Times)
- “The chauffeur-driven BMW had to be exchanged for a Toyota Avensis”. (Berlingske Tidende)
The horror! The horror!
HT (US Story): Edge of the American West.
Disjointed Easter Notes
- Unfogged explains what Easter is all about.
- Adam Kotsko has reservations about The Lives of Others. (Additional note: In the world of real existing socialism, Wiesler would have been shot).
- Andrew Gelman has a problem with the word “ontology“.
- My Old Mother’s choux pastry isn’t too shady.