1. How do German politicians move?
2. Good review of Nicholas Carr.
3. Interview with Robert Hall.
4. Paul Romer on the New Orleans police force.
5. Profile of Reinhart and Rogoff, and how Rogoff quit chess.
6. Model this.
7. The world's largest food market.
#1: I grinned at Mrs Merkel’s movements at the Germany-Argentina game. She looked as if she wanted to find someone to hug, or to dance with.
#6 is a tragedy of non-status-quo reference points (Kosegi-Rabin?). Those holidays are meant to shower attention on people who have been neglected the rest of the year. Instead, formal holidays create astronomically high expectations, so that a Valentine’s Day that is better than all other days, but worse than what a wife expects, is actually coded as a loss. The pain of a mediocre valentine’s day is similar to a truly bad act (DUI, extra-marital flirting, etc) on another day.
The answer, of course, is to lower expectations. Dole out one Valentine’s day worth of gifts and attention across 3 randomly chosen days from the whole calendar. Note: she must know the plan, because it’s her expectations, not yours, that must be lowered.
Would you mind reminding me about #6 a bit before the day’s observance next year?
tyler cowen…. we are a couple of your old friends from your youth….. Mr. Pine and his Purple House…. and Leonard kessler… my daughter in madison , wisconsin’s friend gave her a copy or your best books selections in THIS WEEK and there was the
incredible independent Mr. Pine my favorite character…. ( I think that I am really Mr. Pine…. I have a purple
front door….. and a wall in one of my studios is lavender},,, thank you for including mr. Pine in your best books
list. I am honored and humble to be with my favorite authors….. Dostoyevsky… Proust… and Dickens…. ( could I add
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater… Kurt Vonegut… Chekhov Uncle Vanya…and Saroyan The Time of Your Life..} I want to
send you a package… I have an address of George Mason U… 4400 University dr.. Fsirfax, Va 22630-4444 is this correct?
by the way, the Article in May , Washington Post said you read five books in a day…..wow..
happy July…. cheers , Leonard Kessler…. the grandkids have dubbed me… Lenardo Octavius the K…
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