I tend to buy technology that is unique in design. I sold an old mobile phone for twice what I originally paid for it, and the phone was less than 10 years old. I'm still holding on to old PDAs like my beloved Apple Newton (anybody remember that one?) and would be inerested to see whatthey go...
A loss of a great comic talent, and (at times), a really snappy dresser! Bernie could have died an obscure comic playing small houses, but one big break (A Spike Lee documentary about comedians) turned him into a megastar. What a great career, and what an inspiration to us all to take advantage...
There was a German record label called JMT, which was distributed by Polygram in the US, that was one of my favorite labels in the world for the first 5 years of the 90s. They had Cassandra Wilson, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Greg Osby, and I think the early Geri Allen stuff was on JMT...
Mildred Pierce
"Mildred Pierce" was on TCM last night. My wife and I love to MST3K a good (or bad) Joan Crawford movie. That was pretty much the only movie I watched all WEEK.
Just bought a 1997 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas on Friday. Had a bit of work done on it so that it glides along nicely, and man has it been a great weekend! Haven't taken pictures yet (waiting for my plates), but here's what she looked like from an ad running this week online:
When I was a new account executive, I went to a meeting to pitch some new business about 9 years ago, and I didn't wear a tie. I didn't think the meeting was going to result in anything, because no one at my firm had ever been able to close them in 10 years of pitching. I closed at the first...
I smoked an America Anthem today (that's the one in the fancy wood box) and I have to say I like this cigar. CAO rarely lets me down, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this one.
a bit of a revisited classic
This is the cover of Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin, Issue #1. I have rotating comic book covers/sci-fi images as my desktop.
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To people who would shop at J. Crew, the garment is worth what is says on the tag. Where else are they shopping to know the difference? To them, this is vintage. It says so on the tag.
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