Author Topic: In the New Yorker...  (Read 1922127 times)

Offline serious crayons

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,711
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #360 on: September 07, 2011, 11:54:05 pm »
:o

Actually, that sentence I quoted made me think of you, Katharine.  ;)

At least the part about the outsized curiosity and skepticism.  :)

 :laugh:  8)  Thanks -- I think.

You could throw modest financial requirements in the mix, too. Indifference to reputation? Well, that depends, I guess.  ;D


Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,165
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #361 on: September 08, 2011, 01:59:31 pm »
:laugh:  8)  Thanks -- I think.

You're welcome, I'm sure. Of course "outsized curiosity and skepticsm" is a good thing!

Quote
You could throw modest financial requirements in the mix, too.

I left it out because you have kids.
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

Offline serious crayons

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,711
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #362 on: September 08, 2011, 05:51:54 pm »
I left it out because you have kids.

True, my financial requirements are no longer so modest. Still too modest for their taste, though.  ::)


Offline Front-Ranger

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 30,288
  • Brokeback got us good.
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #363 on: September 08, 2011, 07:48:23 pm »
True, my financial requirements are no longer so modest. Still too modest for their taste, though.  ::)



Isn't that the truth!! Today my son sold one of his bikes for $1K which he pocketed. The price we paid for it new: $7999.00  :o
"chewing gum and duct tape"

Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,165
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #364 on: September 14, 2011, 01:01:45 pm »
Anybody else checked out the schedule for this year's New Yorker Festival, published in the Sept. 15 issue?

Wow. ...
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

Offline serious crayons

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,711
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #365 on: September 14, 2011, 05:12:44 pm »
Anybody else checked out the schedule for this year's New Yorker Festival, published in the Sept. 15 issue?

Wow. ...

I did. I thought I might watch some of it online later. I have watched videos of past segments, including talks by Malcolm Gladwell and James Surowiecki.


Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,165
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #366 on: September 14, 2011, 06:34:56 pm »
I did. I thought I might watch some of it online later. I have watched videos of past segments, including talks by Malcolm Gladwell and James Surowiecki.

I'm sure they're both fascinating to hear!

One of these days I'll get around to reading The Tipping Point. ...  ::)
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

Offline serious crayons

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,711
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #367 on: September 14, 2011, 07:23:45 pm »
I'm sure they're both fascinating to hear!

Yes. That's where I first heard that, up until the Reagan Administration or so, the highest income-earners were taxed at 75 percent or whatever it was. Nowadays, that's more widely known, but it was news to me at the time.

Quote
One of these days I'll get around to reading The Tipping Point. ...  ::)

You should! It's good. So is "Outliers."



Offline louisev

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 16,107
  • "My guns and amo!! Over my cold dead hands!!"
    • Fiction by Louise Van Hine
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #368 on: September 14, 2011, 08:23:09 pm »
Yes. That's where I first heard that, up until the Reagan Administration or so, the highest income-earners were taxed at 75 percent or whatever it was. Nowadays, that's more widely known, but it was news to me at the time.



90% actually.
“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,165
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #369 on: September 14, 2011, 10:07:50 pm »
You should! It's good. So is "Outliers."

Oh, well, at least I've read the New Yorker articles based on The Tipping Point and Outliers.  ;D

Funny, I would be kind of interested to hear Jon Lee Anderson and Dexter Filkins. Or, rather, I have to admit I'm curious as to what they look like. I don't exactly like Jon Lee Anderson's articles; they're too long, and they put me to sleep, but I slog through them anyway because I figure they're good for me. And I just like to know what someone with a neat name like "Dexter Filkins" looks like.
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.