 | This place is about to crater |
I haven’t used this category for things I want to see and do, but I should. James Turrell has been one of my favorite artists for many years now, and I think a few people have heard me rave about his Roden Crater Project. I want to visit/tour it. From this NY Times article of someone wanting to do the same, it looks like it won’t open until 2011. I can’t wait.
Tags: James Turrell, people
 | I wear my Eastpak |
When I was in 5th grade or so, the whole Jansport and Eastpak fad hit. Everybody was using these $40-$60 back packs, and you weren’t cool unless you had one. Josh Smith was really the one that gave me the most peer pressure about it. I begged my mom to buy me one. They had a lifetime warranty and if there was anything wrong with it, you just sent it back for repair. You could also stab a pen through the bag and it would "heal" itself. How awesome was that? Anyway, my mom was very reluctant to get me one, but one day, she caved.
When I picked my mom up to drive out to Philly a few weekends ago, she noticed I still had my eastpak. I think she was pleasantly surprised that I had stood behind my words and promise to take care of it. I was surprised she remembered the whole ordeal.
I’ve sent the bag back for repairs once since I’ve had it. The middle compartment zipper had broken and torn. I think it took a month to get it back, but it came back with all new zippers (they had "JS" imprinted on them…so I think Jansport bought eastpak or something), new stitched leather bottom, and new zipper pulls, when I didn’t have any on them when I sent it to them. Awesome. I’ve never been happier with a bag. Thanks, Mom.
Tags: Jansport, Josh Smith, mom, philly
 | Liquid assets |
From an email forward I got:
If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash.
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
It’s called the 401-Keg
Tags: Delta Air Lines, Fannie Mae
 | I’m not the King, i just sing |
"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
– Desiderius Erasmus
 | BNY Mellon is pushing money up the Hill |
From news release:
"The Bank of New York Mellon has announced that it will contribute $3 million over a six-year period to Pittsburgh’s Hill District community through Pennsylvania’s Neighborhood Partnership Program (NPP). The program will focus on education, job training and community revitalization for residents of the Hill District, which is near the company’s downtown Pittsburgh campus.
Also supporting the One Hill Community Benefits Agreement are the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city’s champion ice hockey team. "We are deeply honored to invest in a neighborhood with a noble history and promising future," said Vince Sands, Chairman, BNY Mellon of Pennsylvania. "With more than 6,800 employees located within a mile of Centre Avenue and Crawford Street, and many of them volunteering in the Hill District and surrounding communities, we are both a corporate sponsor and an involved neighbor."
Hill House Association will serve as the NPP program administrator and will work with the One Hill Coalition, which represents more than 100 community groups assembled to identify and prioritize strategies for revitalizing Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District. The NPP funds will address community needs ranging from job training and education to community improvements and social services.
"BNY Mellon has a strong history of supporting Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods; but never more than today with this unprecedented commitment to the Hill District," said Carl Redwood, chairman of the One Hill Coalition. "The BNY Mellon commitment gives the One Hill community benefits agreement a strong early start in the efforts to revitalize the Hill."
"BNY Mellon’s initial commitment is for six years, but its impact will last for decades to come," said Evan Frazier, Hill House Association president and CEO. This is a great example of what’s possible when communities, companies and public officials come together for the collective good."
"Fundamentally, good business decisions are also good community decisions," said David Morehouse, Pittsburgh Penguins president. "The BNY Mellon commitment is a significant investment in the Hill District and a very positive local development."
"We are working together to make sure that the millions of dollars of new development under way translates into job opportunities and long-term neighborhood revitalization for the residents of the Hill," Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said. "Working with residents and committed businesses, a new, better city will be built on the Hill.""
Tags: BNY Mellon, Carl Redwood, Centre Avenue, Chairman, Chairman of Pennsylvania, David Morehouse, Evan Frazier, hill district, Hill House Association, house, Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor, money, new york, NPP program administrator, One Hill Coalition, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh campus, Pittsburgh Penguins, president, president and CEO, social services, The Bank of New York Mellon, Vince Sands, Work
| | the Jetsons |
Are automobiles the pinnacle of personal transportation? I was thinking while driving back on the turnpike today that I wouldn’t trust normal people to fly cars or hover crafts or anything like that. I wonder if they said the same thing about cars at first though. We’ll say cars were available to the public around 1900. I wouldn’t say they caught on until the 40s as a practical solution where they started seeing them everywhere and started thinking about highways and such. I haven’t seen any research that would near anything safe for human flight at a mass produced level. It might be taken at an indicator that it’s simple never going to be practical or safe. All we are left with is improving existing tech, like the electric car and such. There has to be hope for some new innovation………….right?
