Quote of the Day [11.16.08]
“I’ve always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel.”
Bertrand Russell
Link of the Day [11.16.08]
Here’s another take on what business needs to do to ensure better stewardship of our economy. Businesses should be focused on being good corporate citizens, take out greed from their motivating principles, and look to respect for their customers and employees. Good luck on that!
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/
nov2008/ca2008117_654471.htm
Quote of the Day [11.15.08]
“Why do people think artists are special? It’s just another job.”
Andy Warhol
Link of the Day [11.15.08]
I like art. Last year on the España tour, we stopped at the Prado and the Reina Sofia in the same day. I remember visiting the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay. On the infamous cruise of the Baltic, CapitolSwell and I each bought a small painting of Talin, Estonia. Supposedly, they were done by student painters carving a living selling these 3×5 paintings to tourists like us. While CapitolSwell left his to me, I proudly and prominently display them in my home. Of course, my anime figures dominate them, but they are still to be seen.
I also have two Shag prints. I think they’re authentic silkscreens. I’ve gotten one framed and when the crafts store finally has another of their custom framing sale, I will finally get the second one framed too. I’ll also hang this one my wall, too.
Ramenya in Sapporo
Ramenya in Sapporo
Originally uploaded by theefer.
Quote of the Day [11.14.08]
I cherish the twilight
I maximize, my soul is the right size
I watch for the power to run out on the moon
(And that'll be sometime soon)De la Soul, "I am. I be"
Link of the Day [11.14.08]
Greed kills.
This article is pretty much a damnation of the wizards on Wall Street. They don’t know what they’re selling. We don’t know what we’re buying. We’re all dead in the long run.
I remember my one and only business class during my grad school studies. It was a class about ethics in business and it was filled with nothing but finance folks. They took the view that the bottom line was the first thing that mattered for a business. They didn’t out right ignore the need for ethical entrepeneurship, but they didn’t think that it was worthwhile. I took this class at the end of 2007. I wonder what happened to their world view.
Customize Your Own Cup Noodle
Customize Your Own Cup Noodle
Originally uploaded by daryck.
Would you consider this good?