February 2009

Fabulous Friday: Man up, says Mr. T to jobseekers

February 27, 2009

Mr. T has wisely decided to speak out on the recession and offer some comforting words of wisdom to job seekers: MAN UP. The 56-year-old actor, famous for his tough guy role as BA Baracus in the 80s television series The A-Team, said he was visiting London to show Britons how to be a man and treat ladies with respect. He said life was about “fair play” and added that he tried to lead by example. “If you get knocked ...

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Empty TEUS: Poetic, haunting empty boxes

February 26, 2009

One of the things I track at work are the movements of  TEUs (twenty-food equivalent units.)  These are the containers that you often see if you drive by ports, and sometimes on trucks.  It’s based on the volume that a box 20 feet long holds.  These boxes can hold anything from cigarettes to sardines to motorcycles and it’s how we track world trade.  The reason they’re called equivalent units is that they often don’t have a standard height, meaning that ...

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Believni: Friday Morning Fun

February 20, 2009

Oh how I wish I could get my hands on one of these babies for my apartment. Unfortunately, it looks like it will not be meant to be.

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Shlom bayit (שלום בית)- Maintaining sanity and comparative advantage in the household

February 18, 2009

Mr. B and I will have been married for almost five months, so I think at this point, it might be a good time to discuss shlom bayit, or the concept of maintaining peace in the household that is so integral to Jewish marriage, both from a perspective of LOVE and from a perspective of being an econ NERD. Here we are, all smug and Jewish and almost married. Mr. B and I do not have any semblance of a ...

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Turtle quandary and the fight between Hebrew and Yiddish

February 17, 2009

I’ve been all around with clients, caught up in Valetine’s Day, and generally thinking of other good excuses to slack. For today, I have two deep questions to ponder. The first, is shown below: What the heck do I do with this turtle? I bought it at Target at their after-Valentine’s-Day sale, and thought it might be useful as a serving dish, as well as possibly a change collector, a wall decoration, an impromptu plate, and possibly a planter, although ...

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