Reading and the Real World

24Apr09

          I’m reading a book about the economy right now.  I don’t suppose that’s too surprising, given that we’re in the most complicated, difficult economic situation in history.  (I don’t think I’m overstating that.  Even The Great Depression can’t say it was subject to the velocity of change—the downward plunge—we’re seeing, thanks to the immediacy […]

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Parking Garage Attendant

22Apr09

          I was about to be late for a meeting one morning as I spun into the underground garage hoping to park and dash.  There wasn’t an open spot anywhere, but there was a sign that said “Valet” and so, desperate, I pulled up, handed my keys to a pale but otherwise hardy-looking young man […]

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