I heard of a man
who says words so beautifully
that if he only speaks their name
women give themselves to him.
If I am dumb beside your body
while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips,
it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside the door.
- Leonard Cohen
“Let Us Compare Mythologies”
I’ve experienced scarce funds in boom times and available funds in lean times.
I prefer the latter.
I just got notice that the bank account I opened in the 70’s (in my first decade of life) is now officially closed. For years it has just been a lingering relic that I seldom used, but for completely irrational reasons I had never chosen to close it. Well, over the weekend I decided it [...]
I really enjoyed this article about Jamie Lee Curtis. In particular I found myself resonating with this quote:
“The same way that midcentury modern architecture was in the ’50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old. Function over frivolity. Clean living. Clean lines.
If I can challenge old ideas about [...]
As Dr. Derman put it in his book “My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance,” “In physics there may one day be a Theory of Everything; in finance and the social sciences, you’re lucky if there is a useable theory of anything.”
via New York Times
