Book Review: Anathem
Posted on October 22, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
Even casual fans of speculative fiction need little introduction to Neal Stephenson, whose delightfully original imagination, combined with his instinct for technology and human nature, have helped him produce several genre-defining classics, in areas such as cyberpunk (Snow Crash), post-cyberpunk (The Diamond Age), and historical fiction (Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle). His latest work, Anathem, finds [...]
Read More..>>Sandy and Chima: Surprise, You’re Getting Married!
Posted on October 20, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Photography | Leave a Comment
It’s not even spring, yet love is in the air. Or maybe it’s something in the water? In any event, this past Saturday, Chima and Sandy, two of my best (and oldest) friends got engaged. Would you believe that they knew each other for 7 years before kicking things up a notch? True to Chima’s [...]
Read More..>>Apple Picking – Not Just For Laptops!
Posted on October 13, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
With all the 70+ degree days we’ve been having, it’s sometimes hard to forget that we’re in the middle of October – the heart of autumn! With crisper mornings and beautiful foliage that serve as a memorable prelude to every winter. This past weekend, my family and a group of our friends decided to celebrate [...]
Read More..>>Poem – The Uninvited
Posted on October 11, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
It’s been a while, but after some positive feedback from several of you, I’ve decided to take another crack at poetry. This one’s about the price of a few moments of precious inspiration. At the moment, it’s pretty rough – these are pretty much my thoughts in the raw, as reminisced on the way home. [...]
Read More..>>Nick and Norah – Two Kids, One Mixtape, And a Crazy Night in NYC
Posted on October 9, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Movies, Writing | 1 Comment
So – after passing the above poster in the subways all of last September, and much protracted curiosity and anticipation, I finally got to see Michael Cera’s new film – Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, about a pair of quirky teenagers who connect by means of serendipity, the chaos of the Big Apple, and (most [...]
Read More..>>How Much Are You Really Getting Paid?
Posted on October 7, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Work, Writing | Leave a Comment
Every working man (or woman) has a reason for being at his/her current gig. Some (like me) find it an interesting intellectual exercise. Some are truly passionate about what they do, especially if they’re freelancing, or starting their own shop. And of course, there’s always the pleasant smell of a few green ones in the [...]
Read More..>>Photography – Underground Noir
Posted on October 6, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Photography | 1 Comment
Seedy detectives, beautiful femme fatales, dark subplots…I happen to be a fan of film noir for all the right reasons, but what I love most is the cinematography – the foggy, soft-focused, phantasmagoric city full of mystery and danger. I decided to break in my new computer by dusting off one of my old images [...]
Read More..>>Work/Life Weighed in the Balance…
Posted on October 3, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Work, Writing | Leave a Comment
A little under a year ago, when I first joined my development group at Lehman Brothers (I will shout that name from the rooftops, now that they’ve gone the way of the dodo), I hit it off with one of my then colleagues. She was friendly; as witty as she was clever – an absolute [...]
Read More..>>The Insolvency Chronicles, Part 4
Posted on October 1, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Work | Leave a Comment
A little over two weeks after the bankruptcy and buyout, things at the office are slowly returning to a semblance of normalcy. Just a semblance. We have been trying to resume our normal development schedule. The thing is, once your work ethic has been damaged (by not knowing if you’re going to be there tomorrow), [...]
Read More..>>Dinner Parties for Fun and Profit!
Posted on September 28, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
Today is possibly the most exhausting Sunday I’ve had in a while. But a good exhausting – spent the bulk of the day cooking for a dinner party stealthily concocted to “introduce” two friends of ours. And it was quite a spread we put before them! We ended up serving: Beef braised with yogurt and [...]
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