Business
A Perfect Weekend
Monday, May 26th, 2008My blog has been a bit depressing lately with talk of a slowing economy, layoffs at my company, and a generally toxic atmosphere at work. But this weekend put all of that out of my mind, at least for a couple days. The weather here in Brooklyn was idyllic; upper 60’s and low […]
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Buy, Carry, List, Pack, Mail
Sunday, April 27th, 2008That’s been my life this weekend. My book supply has been running low so I decided to really make an effort to increase my inventory. And I sure picked the right weekend. Saturday morning I went for a bike ride and hit all the stoop sales in my neighborhood. And there […]
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Crazy Week on Wall Street
Sunday, March 16th, 2008It’s been one of the craziest weeks at work that I can remember: first, Elliot Spitzer resigning and then Bear Stearns imploding. While none of this affects my job directly, I work in Equity Research and am in the middle of a lot of information flows, and am around a lot of people […]
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My Library Grows
Saturday, March 8th, 2008It’s a rainy Saturday in Brooklyn, and I’ve been using it to catch up on some outstanding tasks, including writing my first blog entry in a week. Things have been a bit slow on my blog, but have been very busy elsewhere.
I’ve just finished listing another 25 books, and am up to […]
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Selling Books for Extra Income
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008My regular readers may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging much lately. I’ve been busier than usual with my day job. And, as I wrote a few days ago, I’ve been implementing an idea I had for selling books on the internet.
I’ve written about how I occasionally find books on the street that […]
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Checking In
Monday, February 25th, 2008The last week has been crazy. I posted a couple weeks ago that several of my co-workers were laid off. Well, their projects were dumped on me. I’ll delegate them onto other teams, but first I have to understand them, and this has required a LOT of work.
I’ve also been implementing an […]
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The Ax Falls
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008I wrote yesterday about a feeling I had that cuts were about to happen in my department. Well sure enough, my instincts were correct: the ax fell today. Four members of my group were let go, along with thousands across the firm. On the one hand, I feel relieved that the ax […]
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A Politician Lies, Foreigners Go on a Shopping Spree, and $556 Billion in Debt is Thrown Into Doubt
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Rhea over at The Boomer Chronicles wrote a post about a confrontation between a reporter and presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney stated during a question and answer session with reporters that “I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign, I don’t have lobbyists that are tied to my campaign.”
Well, a reporter named Glen Johnson […]
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Bad Customer Service
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008I will not accept bad customer service. I have a list of several stores and restaurants in my neighborhood that I won’t go to or recommend. Not surprisingly, the list gets shorter as these businesses never seem to last very long. I guess I’m not the only one who won’t put up with […]
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