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November 25, 2005 "Raj Peter Bhakta, an alumnus of the popular Donald Trump television show The Apprentice, will run for US Congress from Pennsylvania's 13th District on a Republican ticket, and attempt to unseat freshman incumbent Allyson Schwartz, a Democrat."--rediff.com November 17, 2005 Phylicia "Rashad said she found an answer to her career confusion in Siddha yoga, a form of meditation focused on creating stillness and peace within the mind."--thecrimson.com November 14, 2005 Stone Phillips is moving from West 72nd Street to a "sleek 4,100sf, four-bedroom condo/loft on West 19th" Street, reports curbed.com. --- 25 East 78th Street in New York, a hundred-foot wide palatial mansion designed by Stanford White, is for sale for $50,000,000 through Sotheby's International Realty. "The mansion is comprised of 18,000 square feet spread over six floors, with a full basement. Some interior details include soaring high ceilings, magnificent French windows, and a five-story grand staircase that rises to a dramatic octahedral skylight," says Quest magazine. --- "Sources said that NBC has passed on ordering another round of episodes of the [Martha] Stewart-hosted edition of 'The Apprentice,' which has struggled in the ratings since its September 21 premiere."--yahoo.com November 10, 2005
"The indictment of I. Lewis Libby has had one unintended benefit for the
former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney: The resurrection of his
once forgotten literary career.
"Used copies of his 1996 novel, The Apprentice, a thriller set in Japan that includes references to bestiality, pedophilia and rape, have been offered for as high as $2,400 on Amazon.com. Now, publisher St. Martin's Press has decided to bring the book back into print, announcing a new run of 25,000 copies." November 8, 2005 "New York’s week of contemporary art auctions got under way last night, Nov. 7, 2005, at Phillips, de Pury & Co. with the sale of art from the collection of Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis . . .. * * * ". . .the 50 lots in the auction were 100 percent sold for a total of $7,498,000, with premium, above the presale estimate of $5,010,000-$7,053,000. Top lot was Paul McCarthy’s Santa Long Neck (2004, in an edition of three), a nine-foot-tall painted bronze Santa Claus with a butt plug for a neck and a merde-colored face pierced by three lengths of hose. It sold to an unidentified phone bidder for $750,000 at the hammer -- $856,000 with premium -- a new auction record for the artist." --- "Unless you're an athlete, it's likely that the majority of guys you interact with on a regular basis [at Yale] are either Jewish or gay," writes Daniel Weisfield in an article for the Yale Daily News. --- Used copies of Scooter Libby's out-of-print novel The Apprentice, set in Japan in 1903, are selling for high prices through amazon.com. The reviews were mixed, at best, one reviewer at amazon noting the book's "dollops of voyeurism, bestiality, pedophilia and corpse robbery." Copies are also being offered for sale at ebay.com
November 6, 2005 "The most Democratic academic center in the nation [in the 2004 presidential election] was Cambridge, with 85 percent of the vote for Kerry, followed closely by Amherst (84 percent) and Northampton (80 percent). Hanover, N.H., home to Dartmouth College, trailed at 77 percent."--from article by Nina J. Easton for the Boston Globe. November 5, 2005
Save 50% off on Cashmere Scarves at Charles Tyrwhitt. Offer Expires 111105 I read recently that there is some evidence that athletes in red uniforms do better than athletes in blue uniforms more often than not. I suggest that men wear a red tie for any type of contested occasion in business, especially for lawyers going to a contested hearing.
November 2, 2005 A Gawker Stalker reports seeing "Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg hating life at Moscow Cats on Friday the 28th. She was embarrassingly not amused at the levitating kitten. Her husband seemed to be enjoying the show." --- Arnold's Neighborhood--animation --- The November/December 2005 issue of Radar magazine contains one amusing article, "The Celebrity Appearance Fee Face-Off," the transcript of two telephone pranks in which a person posing as the representative of a country club speaks with agents for Star Jones and Anna Nicole Smith about the possibility of hiring them for a special event that would include an eating contest. I found myself laughing out loud on the commuter train as I read it. However, there is little else of interest in the magazine, not enough to justify buying an issue. --- Michelin Red Guide 2006 New York City: Hotels & Restaurants is scheduled for release on Friday November 4.
November 1, 2005
Harvard University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, Cambridge
University, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley,
and Yale University were the top seven universities in an annual
British survey of international university standings, released by the London
Times Higher Education Supplement. The rankings are primarily based on a
survey of more than 2,000 academics from across the world, the number of
times university faculty are cited in academic papers, and faculty to
student ratio, Martin Ince, who helped to compile the survey results, said.
The survey also added professional recruiters' preferences as a new
criterion this year.--Source:
Yale Daily News --- The Collector's Giftset of Sex and the City - The Complete Series on DVD for the United States is being released today.
October 31, 2005 Happy Halloween!
I watched The Colbert Report one night last week. I found it boring. Almost nothing was funny. As Robert Bianco says in today's USA Today, "The session with He's Just Not That Into You co-author Greg Behrendt was so painful, it may have encouraged people to return the book." Behrendt would have been better by himself, instead of interacting with Colbert in a boring scripted dialogue. Next time that I have a half-hour to spend in front of the television, I'll know that I can find much more interesting fare on the Food Channel and the Weather Channel. October 28, 2005
The Sheraton Russell hotel, at the corner of 37th
Street and Park Avenue in New York, is slated to close next month in
preparation for demolition so that SJP Properties, of Parsippany, New
Jersey, can develop a 21-story condominium building at the site, reports
observer.com. October 25, 2005
The Sea Island quality fabric is woven in Italy by
the greatest fabric weavers in the world. It's supremely soft & breathable
making it extremely comfortable and light to wear. I have been very happy with the clothing that I have ordered from Charles Tyrwhitt. October 17, 2005 useit.com lists the top ten design mistakes that weblogs make. I suppose that the list amounts to one person's opinion, albeit a person with credentials. I commit many of the mistakes on my various blogs. Here is my picture. Do people really want to see pictures of bloggers? I enjoy some blogs without having seen pictures of the bloggers.
Who is the Manolo? Pajamasmedia.com writes: "In the year since the Manolo’s [sic] shoe blog debuted, his online empire has grown to include over a dozen sites catering to connoisseurs of cravats, bridal wear, bargain hunting, Prada, and of course, more shoes. A link from the Manolo has become the brass ring for fashion bloggers everywhere, and his site is an industry insider’s [sic] must-read." Zagat Survey 2006: New York City Restaurants is being released on October 24. It can be ordered from amazon.com. September 29, 2005 In this week's podcast at SimonSays, Carole Radziwill discusses What Remains.
September 28, 2005 The blog "Go Fug Yourself" "has become a small sensation," writes Brooks Barnes in the Wall Street Journal. "The site now attracts about 126,000 visitors a day." * * * "So far, Go Fug Yourself is generating just $3,500 a month through advertising. Getty Images, the big digital photo supplier, threatened a copyright infringement lawsuit and temporarily shut them down." September 26, 2005 Carole "Radziwill's
brave narrative thrums with emotion; her details are unflinching. She is
also discreet; only by searching between the lines can the reader divine her
feelings toward Kennedy relatives, Radziwill in-laws. And while she reveals
much about class, she barely mentions money, class' often conjoined twin.
Are there pre-nups? Trust funds? --from review by Mameve Medwed in newsday.com of Carole Radziwill's book What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship & Love.
Sherryl Connelly, Daily News Book Editor writes
in the New York Daily News about the book: "It's
much to her credit that while 'What Remains' offers a genuine understanding
of what it means to be an outsider in America's royal family, she takes
things no further than they should go. " September 23, 2005 "An office building that Harvard recently purchased in Allston is being considered as a site to house some of the University’s art collection during a future renovation of the Fogg Art Museum. * * * "The Fogg Art Museum on Quincy Street [in Cambridge] has not been renovated since its construction in 1927. It is not handicapped-accessible or climate-controlled, and only 1 to 2 percent of the museum’s collections can be displayed for visitors." --from an article by Joseph M. Tartakoff at thecrimson.com.
I watched the first episode of the new
season of Donald Trump's The Apprentice last night. Melissa,
the candidate who was fired, was probably the stupidest candidate yet.
Her statement that she could not work well with women was not very
intelligent, since women are more than half the population. Liz
Scott summarizes the episode at
tv.zap2it.com.
"Simon Russell Beale has played plenty of
Kings in Shakespearean tales, but this winter he'll don a crown in a very
different type of show. The actor is set to replace Tim Curry as King Arthur
in the smash Broadway musical Spamalot, where he will begin
performances on December 20."--Cara Joy David,
broadway.com September 19, 2005
“Harvard will celebrate Constitution Day this afternoon. It has no choice in
the matter. “In what several
educators say is an unusual affront to academic freedom, a new law signed by
President Bush in December requires all schools that receive federal funding
to honor the anniversary of the Constitution’s adoption with a lesson on the
nation’s founding document.” --from article by Zachary M. Seward at
thecrimson.com September 15, 2005
Are
Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide by Maureen Dowd is
scheduled for publication on November 8, 2005. "In a new book filled with
chapters that surprise and amuse, Dowd explains why getting ready for a date
went from glossing and gargling to Paxiling and Googling; why men are in an
evolutionary and romantic shame spiral; why women have reeled backward in
many ways; why men may be biologically unsuited to hold higher office, given
their diva fits and catfights, teary confessions and fashion obsessions; why
women are fixated on their looks more than ever, freezing their faces and
emotions in an orgy of plasticity that makes the Stepford Wives look
authentic; why male politicians and male institutions get tripped up in so
much monkey business; why many alpha women, from Martha to Hillary, can have
a successful second act only after becoming humiliated victims; and why the
new definition of Having It All is less about empowerment and equality than
about flirting and getting rescued, downshifting from 'You go, girl!' to
'You go lie down, girl.'"--from Book Description at
amazon.com and
bn.com
September 14, 2005
"Suit makers return to the Ivy League style of
the 1950s," writes G. Bruce Boyer in the September 2005 issue of
Quest.
From the article: "I think the
resurgence of American traditional is something of a reaction to
overstatement," opines John Kalell, creative director of Southwick, the New
England manufacturer most associated with soft tailoring over the years.
"I see young men going back to these vintage looks and claiming them as
their own. For them, it's new and different. The fabrics aren't
flat and shiny and slick, they're textured and patterned and have some heft
to them. It's a young look for a new age that doesn't just break away
from the past, but uses it in maybe a slightly bolder way." September 12, 2005 In the
Wall Street Journal, Andrew Blackman writes about Zappos.com * * * "Zappos
has over 1.8 million pairs of shoes in its warehouse and says orders should
be received within four to five business days. Domestic shipping is
free on all items, but the company doesn't ship internationally." September 4, 2005
What Really Happened While You Were Away! Secret Security
Camcorder Hidden in a Clock Play the full-motion AVI digital video files
through your computer or laptop using the included USB cable. August 29, 2005
Symptoms of Withdrawal : A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption
by Christpher Kennedy Lawford
is scheduled for publication in October, "a memoir .
. . that is going to knock everybody's socks off," says Liz Smith in the
New York Post. "This book is mesmerizing.
You can't put it down. It remains that way until Chris 'gets religion'
towards the end and dwindles his impact with preachy, repetitious AA
platitudes and a rousing narcissistic 'recovery' that includes leaving his
faithful devoted wife of 17 years and their three young children, in order
to realize himself in sobriety."
Michael Gross’ new book
740
Park; The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building "which
will be in the stores in October is a riveting document of the city’s social
history from the time of the building’s construction which began about the
time the stock market crashed in 1929 right up to today. Now considered one
of the best addresses in the city, it was built by Jackie Onassis’
grandfather James T. Lee," says the
New York Social Diary.
August 25, 2005
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate,
Friendship, and Love, by Carole Radziwill, widow of Anthony Radziwill,
is scheduled for publication on September 26.
"In a way Carolyn [Bessette]
and I were both self-invented," Radziwill reveals in her book excerpt in the
new issue of O, reports the New York Daily News. "The
difficulty for self-invented people is they have to reconcile what they were
back then with what they are now."
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2004 and January 2005
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March, & Apr. 2004
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