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indexed: Not surprisingly, they always have 'Money' and 'Forbes' in the waiting room.
Not surprisingly, they always have 'Money' and 'Forbes' in the waiting room.
Hmmm... this would've been better represented by a pie chart! haha..
This is so true. I've also found that if I take along something I really need to do (grading students' papers, for example) because I know the doctor will keep me waiting for 90 minutes, then the doctor will appear in 5 minutes. (S/he will still only spend 10 minutes with me, but at least I can avoid the magazine part of the routine.)
And golf magazines. Lots of old, boring golf magazines.
It's inevitable, though. The doctor has the perfect queue. The patients barely ever chose to leave. There is always a next job waiting. They basically don't need to care so long as the queue is greater than zero. Similarly, think of a fast food chain: they don't particularly care if people are waiting. In fact, they prefer it. It doesn't matter to them if customers get up and leave, so long as there's still someone in the line behind them. Their only incentive to work faster is to attain greater throughput (for more money). Good customer service is just a side effect.
Ha...it is so true. Every once in a while there's an interesting magazine, but it's a hundred years old and falling apart, cause it's the only one anybody wants to read.
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I've worked in doctors offices before and I think they could use a little defending here. Most doctors offices do attempt to stock current and topical magazines in the waiting rooms. Unfortunately many patients will then take the magazine with them to the exam room or they are simply stolen. Theft is the reason you see some offices put the magazines in the oversized binders with clear plastic covers.As for the long waits, yes, some doctors will spend half an hour chatting on the phone with golf buddies when there are patients waiting in exam rooms. But more than likely the doctor is on the phone with a pharmacy approving a refill request they've called in, or consulting with a specialist about other patients, or completing the charts of other patients, or if the doctor is in private practice he may be tending to something business-related like staffing, rent and so on that can't wait until after the patients have all been seen.Another cause of problems is the patients themselves. There's a reason they're told to arrive early for the appt if they have paperwork to complete. And don't complain about the paperwork: If it weren't absolutely necessary to have you fill it out they wouldn't ask you to. (If the doctor or staff wanted to annoy you there are far more creative things they could do, trust me.) Patients who show up late will screw up a schedule as well.
And Golf Digest.
You are very much right,though we taking this in a funny note but it is really hard truth..Most of the doctors are not spending enough time with the patients(except with few patients who are really close to them),they quickly digesting and giving prescription..mobile phone deals
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- A late goal from Erick Torres earned Chivas USA a 1-1 draw and kept the Portland Timbers without a win six games into the 2014 season.Portland opened the scoring early, just as the clock ticked over to the 7-minute mark. An unfortunate deflection off Eric Avila handed possession to Max Urruti. Urruti passed back to Darlington Nagbe, who had enough space and time to pick out Will Johnson's run. The Timbers captain made no mistake and smashed his first of the year past Dan Kennedy to make it 1-0.Just when it looked like the Timbers might go onto record their first win, Chivas USA grabbed an equalizer in the 79th minute. Leandro Barrera's cross found Erick Torres completely unmarked in front of goal -- the Timbers defenders disastrously asleep on the job -- and Chivas USA's leading scorer added another to his tally.Chivas USA is now 1-2-3 on the year, while Portland is stalled on 0-2-4. Follow GOAL.COM on TwitterSports & RecreationPortland TimbersChivas USAErick Torres
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Patent US4789604 - Decorative panel having improved surface properties - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA decorative panel and method therefor. The decorative panel includes a core layer and layers which are decorated on one or both sides of the core layer. At least the outermost layer of the panel on at least one of the two surfaces of the panel is predominantly composed of a synthetic resin which can...http://www.google.com/patents/US4789604?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4789604 - Decorative panel having improved surface propertiesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS4789604 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 06/909,551Publication dateDec 6, 1988Filing dateSep 22, 1986Priority dateSep 21, 1985Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA1290718C, DE3533737A1, EP0216269A2, EP0216269A3, EP0216269B1Publication number06909551, 909551, US 4789604 A, US 4789604A, US-A-4789604, US4789604 A, US4789604AInventorsJohannes C. W. van der HoevenOriginal AssigneeHoechst AktiengesellschaftExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (4), Referenced by (66), Classifications (20), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDecorative panel having improved surface properties
US 4789604 AAbstract
A decorative panel and method therefor. The decorative panel includes a core layer and layers which are decorated on one or both sides of the core layer. At least the outermost layer of the panel on at least one of the two surfaces of the panel is predominantly composed of a synthetic resin which can be one or more components polymerized by radiation and includes unsaturated acrylates and methacrylates. This layer is scratch-resistant at a scratch loading of at least 1.5N, preferably 2-7N (DIN 53,799, part 10) and has a low gloss corresponding to a reflectometer value of not more than 50 at an angle of incidence of 85� (DIN 67,350).
1. A decorative panel, comprising:a core layer; an outermost layer applied over said core layer, wherein said outermost layer comprises a synthetic resin polymer, which polymer is comprised of at least one unsaturated acrylate or unsaturated methacrylate group; and wherein said outermost layer is scratch resistant at a scratch loading of at least about 1.5 Newtons as defined by DIN 53,799 part 10 and has a reflectometer value no greater than about 50 at an angle of incidence of 85� as defined by DIN 67,530; and decoration means for forming a decoration covering said core layer. 2. A decorative panel according to claim 1, wherein said outermost layer is scratch resistant at a scratch loading of from about 2 to about 7 Newtons.
3. A decorative panel according to claim 1, wherein said synthetic resin polymer comprises at least one oligomer selected from the group consisting of an epoxy-acrylate, an epoxy-methacrylate, a silicone-acrylate, a silicone-methacrylate, a polyester acrylate, a polyester methacrylate, a urethane acrylate, and a urethane methacrylate.
4. A decorative panel according to claim 3, wherein said outermost layer further comprises at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of a monoacrylate, diacrylate, triacrylate, tetraacrylate, pentaacrylate, hexaacrylate, monomethacrylate, dimethacrylate, trimethacrylate, tetramethacrylate, pentamethacrylate, and hexamethacrylate; and wherein said monomer or oligomer is copolymerized with said synthetic resin.
5. A decorative panel according to claim 4, wherein said diluent comprises an ester of (i) a polyol or an ether polyol and (ii) an acrylic or methacrylic acid.
6. A decorative panel according to claim 3, wherein said synthetic resin polymer comprises at least one oligomer selected from the group consisting of an epoxy-acrylate, a silicone-acrylate and a polyester-acrylate.
7. A decorative panel according to claim 1, wherein said aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer is copolymerized with a diacrylate or triacrylate by radiation.
8. A decorative panel according to claim 2, wherein said underlay comprises a pigmented or non-pigmented nonwoven fabric or paper and a heat curable aminoplast or phenoplast resin.
9. A decorative panel according to claim 1, wherein said decoration means is incorporated in said outermost layer.
10. A decorative panel according to claim 1, wherein said core layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of (a) wood, (b) a plurality of sheets of paper, plastic, or metal (c) nonwoven fabric, and (d) fiber mats.
11. A decorative panel according to claim 1, wherein said decorative panel further comprises at least one additional layer between said core layer and said outermost layer; and wherein said decoration means is incorporated in said additional layer.

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Hermana Ellen Chamberlain: EVERYONE Came to Church This Week!!!!!
Guess who had a CHEVERE VACAN CHAMPU week this week!! Gold stars for everyone who guessed Hermana Chamberlain!! First of all, we taught a ton of awesome lessons. I feel the Spirit way strong every time we teach, it´s ridiculous. We found a new family, Carolina and Blanca, and Carolina committed to be baptized in February!! YAY!! And it was my first time asking the baptism committment question!! Plus, we brought Marcos to a baptism on Saturday and he came to church on Sunday, and he´s so excited about his baptism that we moved it up and he´s getting baptized this weekend on Saturday!!! WOOOO!!! So now I´m totally scared that something terrible will happen and it won´t happen. But I´m trying not to be so paranoid. I think that paranoia is something that comes with being a missionary, but I´m trying to get over it.
So now I need to tell you the story of Marcos b-c it´s super awesome. So Marcos had been listening to the missionaries before he found us, but according to his teaching record, he hadn´t been keeping his committments and so they had to drop him. BUT, all this time that he hasn´t had missionaries, he´s been reading the Book of Mormon. And before this he had been drinking a lot and smoking and doing all this bad stuff but since he had been reading the BOM he had stopped doing all that stuff. SO he pretty much converted himself and he´s getting baptized and yesterday we took him to Gospel Principles and he was totally answering all the questions. Basically he´s awesome and I wish all of our investigators could be just like Marcos!!!
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The Secluded Tea Party: Clandestine Cake Club Cambridge (Latest Club News & AOG in Leeds)
Clandestine Cake Club Cambridge (Latest Club News & AOG in Leeds)
As some of you know, I am the creator of the Cambridge version of The Clandestine Cake Club, a free national cake swap group, run by a very talented and enthusiastic cakey friend of mine.
Last weekend I was thrilled to accept an invitation to the Clandestine Cake Club's First annual organisers gathering (AOG), hosted in Leeds by Lynn Hill, our fabulous creator of this exciting international cake club as well as the National Cake Week celebrations.
Lynn has been a good friend of mine for the last 2 and a half years, after I contacted her for some advice and a chat about underground tea parties and pop up tearooms. It was at this time that I was getting The Secluded Tea Party up and running and I had no idea what I was letting myself in for hehe. Lynn was an absolute star and helped me out with the legal bits and lots of tips to help me take the tea parties to something fantastic. Her advice was valuable and I will always support her, as she did for me, with the CCC being no exception.
We were both sat at an event together in London on Valentines weekend 2011 and Lynn was toying with an idea of a cake swap club, with big plans and no idea how big it might get this time a year later! I told her it was a superb idea and to count me in for a Cambridge club if she decided to go for it...
The rest, as they say ....
I believe, when I started the Cambridge meet a month later, after chatting about it, there were 5 or 6 of us dotted around the UK running cake clubs and looking at the first Organisers gathering this weekend, there were over 80 leaders there! Wow.
That's over 80 cake clubs across the Country, not forgetting the cake clubs in Barcelona, South of France, New Zealand, Finland, Canada and Cayman Islands. This is just the start of international Cake clubs, I am sure of it. Needless to say, there are a heck of a lot of cakes being baked, pots and pots of tea and coffee being sipped and hundreds, most likely thousands of new friends and relationships being made. All thanks to the good old cake.
The AOG was a hugely successful event, giving us all a chance to meet in the flesh after a year or so of Tweeting and Facebooking each other, the networking happened naturally and the conversation flowed from start to finish. It was great to see Helen from another of our local groups at Bury St. Edmonds and we missed Cat from the Ely Cake Club, but hope to see her there next year I'm sure : )
Taking over The Queens Hotel in central Leeds, we were spoilt rotten with tea, coffee and pastries and a beautifully cooked lunch downstairs in their private restaurant. A choice of chicken curry or thai salmon with bean sprouts and rice was on offer with salad/vegetables and for the more adventurous guests, apple crumble and ice cream or fruit salad was on offer for dessert, if you could fit it in. A lot of guests were saving themselves for the main event...
The "Official" Clandestine Cake Club at the AOG... I mean, how could Lynn arrange a Clandestine meet without an actual Cake Club? ; )
There was an extremely impressive spread of homemade cakes and the queue for a few slices of our fave looking cakes was a queue to be impressed by - It was so much fun!
We were also provided with the ultimate goody bag, with treats provided by various sources including Kenwood, Renshaws & Eddingtons. Some of the components included cookie cutters, tea towels, different flavoured baking essences, royal icing samples, silicon cupcake moulds, a magnetic timer and the list goes on! Lynn wasn't kidding when she said it was better than a recent events' goody bag, she did the CCC proud with such a generous offering, thank you so much Lynn!
There were also a lot of leftover bits and bobs from the goody bag packs, which we were allowed to help ourselves to and take some bits back for our own cake clubs, so Cambridge, some of you may be in for a treat at the next meet ; )
Lynn did help us with some practical advice throughout the day on how to upload write ups, photos, etc onto the CCC website and this was a huge help to many of us, as the website can sometimes be a bit confusing for the leaders on this admin stuff.
A real highlight for most of us, was an informal chat and an education on a real and some may say, mad passion of a fellow CCC leader, Rachel MgGrath aka Dolly Bakes of the Bolton CCC. Rachel has a passion for Bundt Cakes. A passion is one word, another would be that she has an insane obsession with them and her enthusiasm and true love for these stunning cake creations was infectious. She reeled off just how many different shapes and sizes she actually owns, including a cathedral and even an octopus shaped cake mould, all with interesting stories behind them. I think Rachel has actually caused quite the interest in these interesting cakes and has even gone as far as coordinating a National Bundt Day which many of us will be getting involved in.
As the Cambridge Cake Club host and with an even bigger passion for all things fun, free and cakey, I have set the date for the very next Cambridge Clandestine Cake Club.
There are limited places, so to book, have a READ BELOW and email me to book your place.
We will be meeting in a secret venue in Central Cambridge, you just bake a cake, bring a guest to eat with us and with some pocket money spent on beverages at said Clandestine location, we can actually sit and enjoy the Great British Bake Off Final as part of the theme for this Cambridge event.
Get in touch now if you would like to join me on Tuesday 16th October 2012 at 7pm, to find out more on this Cambridge meet as well as other Clandestine Cake Clubs around the country, just visit the Clandestine Cake Club website here.
If you aren't yet signed up, get your name down for up to date information & cake-based news in your area.
PS - If you missed it, some of us (including myself) were live on the BBC One Show in February with our Clandestine Cake Club concoctions, you can see this clip here.
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Michael Kors Outlet is a native New Yorker with serious prairie envy.
Michael Kors Outlet is a native New Yorker with serious prairie envy. Time and again, the designer seeks inspiration in America”s open spaces. For spring, he set his sights on the Southwest and designed a collection that was half Texas, half Taos, but not without an urban edge. After all, his big-city girls, like Catherine Zeta-Jones, who, along with husband Michael Douglas, unleashed a paparazzi melee at the show, want to look chic no matter what their destination may be.
To that end, he offered up warm-weather staples with a rich seventies bent, like safari shirts, gauchos, and scarf dresses. There were ecrus, olives, browns, crisp blacks and whites, and painted desert accents of orange and red. Kors can”t resist matching a bikini top with a full skirt; when the bottoms were on display, they were of the high-waist retro variety. (Gratefully, those eyelet numbers were lined.)
It wasn”t all fun in the sun. Take away the hat tied around her neck, and Lisa Cant”s black wool serge bolero and cropped pants go from Santa Fe to Manhattan”s Upper East Side. Of course, his eveningwear—this season in tiers of chantilly lace and point d”esprit—is always gala ready, regardless of the time zone or backdrop.
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Patrick MFernley, Nevada163Reviewed 23 December 2015 via mobile This place is disgustingThis has to be the worst pizza in town. Their pizza is dried out disgusting the sauce is so plain it was like eating cardboard. The wings I asked for BBQ sauce and it was like buffalo sauce I don't know I had to go...MoreThank Patrick M Shelley HReno, Nevada788Reviewed 13 July 2015 PIzza Baron is okay pizza, not the best, but not the worst. Just average.I've eaten here about 4 or 5 times... had pizza and ribs. Ribs are okay, again nothing special. Good barbeque sause, tasty, but nothing great. Restaurant is clean, people are friendly, and the atmosphere is like a luncheonette. It's a good place to stop if...MoreThank Shelley H dave dReno, Nevada1Reviewed 30 April 2015 food poisoninbit into frozen wing, didn get off the pot for 3 days. called to complain n was told it wasn't them n got hung up on.Thank dave d Barb B71Reviewed 23 April 2015 via mobile Not satisfied! I ordered a pizza that was delivered cold and the cheese had onions in it! YUCK! Got a replacement the next day which had hardly any toppings on it. Very sad with the service! :-( They have been good in the past, but their quality...MoreThank Barb B mmaskalyReno, Nevada648Reviewed 22 April 2015 Good Value of pizza & wingsGreat for a party there or to go. Prices are very economical but these are not gourmet pizzas.
good order ahead business for quick pickupThank mmaskaly megan0627Gettysburg, Pennsylvania19928Reviewed 28 June 2014 via mobile Hotel DeliveryWe're staying at the Holiday Inn Express and we ordered delivery.
The food took about 45 minutes to arrive and the deliveryman was very pleasant.
The super-fried chicken was GREAT. But the "tossed green salad" was 25% black olives and 25% mushrooms and some other...More1 Thank megan0627 MKLadyS7Post Falls, Idaho3626Reviewed 16 May 2014 Some of the best pizza we've eaten!All 3 of us loved the pizza. The fish and fries were ok. They were very nice to deliver to our hotel room late at night. I want more pizza!Thank MKLadyS7 Samantha RReno, Nevada1Reviewed 16 December 2012 this place is horriblei am so upset they have this special wings and pizza and the wings were the wrong kind first off...they were cold and the pizza was paper thin and hard as a rock.... for 35.00 it was horrible ..... never againThank Samantha R Kevin MReno, Nevada13548Reviewed 19 October 2012 Decent pizza and wingsThe pizza was decent and the wings were good, although being from Buffalo, NY, it's hard to find great wings. The price was good and the portions generous.Thank Kevin M foodieRenoNvreno nv28296Reviewed 2 August 2012 I am sure they have been in Reno about 30YRSThey are an old standard LOCAL!!!! Probably don't get tourists but they have a following and it is loyal Good pizza and wings and they deliver Never changes and that is good!!!!Thank foodieRenoNv Previous
Updating list... Restaurant MenuMain MenuThe Baron's Super Pizzaextra ingredients: green peppers, tomatoes, pineapple, jalapenos, garlic, chicken & baconSmall7.39Medium10.59Large13.79X-large16.79Super Cheesea blend of special cheeses used on baron's pizzaSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99Italian SausageSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99PepperoniSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99SalamiSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99Beef & OnionSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99MushroomsSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99Black OlivesSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99HamSmall8.14Medium11.59Large15.29X-large18.99Imported AnchovySmall10.99Medium14.59Large19.79X-large24.79Baron's Super Special Comboitems 1 through 7Small10.99Medium14.59Large19.79X-large24.79Vegetarian Specialolives, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, tomatoesSmall0.75Medium1.0Large1.5X -large2.0Additional ToppingsMedium2.0Large3.0Pan PizzaMain6-piece7.85Small Order: 12 Pieces5.99Large Order: 18 Pieces8.59Jumbo Order: 30 Pieces: 3 Lbs14.39Extra Large: 50 Pieces: 5 Lbs25.95Extra Fries1.09Extra Dip (small Cup)0.25Extra Dip (pint)1.95Baron's Special Chicken Fingers6-piece. served with garlic bread, celery, hidden valley ranch & tangy b.b.q. chicken wings, regular or boneless. served with garlic bread, celery, ranch dipBox Of 3 Fillets, Cod5.49Box Of 6 Fillets, Cod9.99Baron's Fish N Chipsserved with french fries & garlic breadBox (one Pound)7.85Bucket (two Pounds)13.49Baron's Bar-b-que Spareribsserved country style with french fries & garlic bread6.5With Meatballs, Add1.25Mushrooms, Add0.95Baron's Spaghetti Dinnerserved with marinara sauce & garlic breadSingle Box, 3 Pieces (wings Not Included)5.95Super Box, 6 Pieces (wings Not Included)11.2512 Pieces19.5Baron's Super Fried Chickenthe baron's chicken is deep fried to golden perfection & served with french fries & garlic breadSide Orders1.09French Fries1.95DoubleSmall Cup0.25Pint1.95Ranch Dip1.75Pepperoncinis-doz2.5Garlic Bread, 8 Pieces4.95Tossed Green Salad5.19Breadsticks5.19Cinnamon Sticks With Vanilla Frosting5.19New Anchor Zucchini Sticks5.19New Anchor Cream Cheese Poppers5.19Mozzarella Sticksserved with hidden valley ranch & marinara sauce5.19Onion Rings5.19Mushrooms10.95Platterserved with hidden valley ranch & tangy b.b.q.
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Brass Ecstasy At Newport (Greenleaf Music)Vincent Chancey (french horn)Luis Bonilla (trombone)Marcus Rojas (tuba)Nasheet Waits (drums)
Dave Douglas has been beyond the borders of jazz since he started out in the early '90s. An artist who for those unfamiliar, has combined the exuberance of Louis Armstrong, the adventure of Lester Bowie and the artfulness of Woody Shaw into what I believe is the best and most creative trumpeter of his generation. Douglas' new album Brass Ecstasy At Newport is just more evident of how he is making a definitive statement inside and outside the jazz landscape. This is essentially a live document of Dave Douglas' newest of many collective ideas Brass Ecstasy debut album from last year, Spirit Moves (Greenleaf Music). The performance was originally recorded by WGBO in Boston so the sound quality is excellent. But its the music that really delivers on an astonishing note.
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Short story: “Shakespeare’s Memory”
“Shakespeare’s Memory” (“La memoria de Shakespeare”), by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley
Original first published in a collection of the same name in 1983; Hurley’s translation appeared in the New Yorker on April 13th, 1998 (subscribers can read here); read by Hisham Matar in the December 2012 New Yorker Fiction Podcast (listen here); also in Collected Stories (Hurley again, Penguin)
This story is kind of nuts. I feel like it’s about the weirdness of academic types more than anything else. I mean it’s also a fantastic examination of how memory works, how it affects personal identity, how it holds fast to seemingly trivial details and fumbles seemingly significant ones.
A false emblem
“One will wonder quite reasonably why tigers and not leopards or jaguars? I can only respond that spots displease me and not stripes. If I were to write leopard in place of tiger the reader would immediately intuit that I was lying.”
—Jorge Luis Borges, as translated by Christopher Mulrooney (found here)
I love this but I’m not sure I understand or agree. Surely we all disguise our experiences, at least in fiction, by substituting one specific detail for another. Surely readers can’t read our minds and understand that this particular symbol or emblem is a false one. It seems to me that including true details (like the names of real people we’ve known) serves only a private purpose, a magical purpose.
On an unrelated note, Mulrooney removes Borges’ comma from that last sentence. I wonder why? Perhaps the Spanish original has a flat or abrupt or emphatic tone that’s best captured in English by eliminating the pause.
Short story: “Blue Tigers”
“Blue Tigers” (“Tigres azules”), by Jorge Luis Borges, as translated by Andrew Hurley
In the original Spanish, collected in Rosa y Azul (1977) and in La memoria de Shakespeare (1983); appeared in English in Collected Fictions (1998, Penguin); found online in the Independent; PDF here
Is it absurd for Borges to make me think of Lovecraft? The narrator’s abject horror at discovering the nature of reality. A hidden knowledge that means madness for anyone who finds it. Impossible arithmetic and non-Euclidean geometry. Anyway, I like this, it’s an eerie little horror/philosophy story.
On our resources
—Jorge Luis Borges in Twenty-Four Conversations with Borges: Interviews by Roberto Alifano 1981-1983, can’t identify the translator by googling (quote found here)
Flash fiction story or fictional essay or perhaps personal essay: “Borges and I”
“Borges and I” (“Borges y Yo”), by Jorge Luis Borges or “I,” translated by various
Appeared in Borges’ collection The Maker (El Hacedor), 1960; anthologized in the 1981 book The Mind’s I; Antonios Sarhanis’ translation online here
A brilliant examination of personal and authorial identity. It makes me think (forgive me) that “Everything and Nothing” is autobiographical. The last line could be the last line of a horror story.
Antonios Sarhanis’ takedown of Andrew Hurley’s translation is interesting. I don’t agree with every choice Sarhanis makes, but I admire the translation and the thought he’s put into it.
Short story: “Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology”
Appeared in Lightspeed Magazine in July 2014; there’s also a YouTube recording of the author reading it aloud at Readercon (the audio isn’t very good)
7045 words, according to Lightspeed
A fantastic riff on a theme by Borges (“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”).
I love failed Pygmalion stories, and this one doubles as a failed imperialism story, which only makes it more delicious.
On how genius is made; or, on how a self is made
“[W]e tend to think of, say, Borges or Nabokov as geniuses, but really what we’re seeing is people who from an early age had access to knowledge that is completely off the table in schools. The presumption is that children couldn’t possibly cope with all this. We don’t even give them the chance. We decide on their behalf what we will dole out to them. The self is a product of choices and individualisms, but there is actually a very narrow range of choices. One does not have the chance to choose, and yet one is meant to invest so much into the path that one has chosen among this very small number of paths.”
—Helen DeWitt in an interview with Mieke Chew of BOMB Magazine (found via Language Hat)
Short story: “Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel”
“Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel,” by Shaenon K. Garrity
Found here in Strange Horizons, October 17, 2011; their 2011 Readers’ Poll gave it fifth place in the Best Story category; also nominated for a BSFA Award
A great homage to Borges’ “Library.” You don’t really need to read that piece first, either, since the opening sums it up. I love the bittersweetness of the ending, with its suggestion that this story could only be recounted by a failed librarian, someone left behind. And I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
The characters are fairly flat, sketched out just enough to support the plot and philosophical musings. Their names are nicely chosen. We all know what to expect from a Bev, Carol, or Ted who works at an obscure library in suburban Ohio.
Best line ever: “As you know, we did not work at an infinite library where every other book is Stephen King’s Cujo. That library is in El Paso.”
On the superfluity of camels
“Some days past I have found a curious confirmation of the fact that what is truly native can and often does dispense with local color; I found this confirmation in Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Gibbon observes that in the Arabian book par excellence, in the Koran, there are no camels; I believe if there were any doubt as to the authenticity of the Koran, this absence of camels would be sufficient to prove it is an Arabian work. It was written by Mohammed, and Mohammed, as an Arab, had no reason to know that camels were especially Arabian; for him they were a part of reality, he had no reason to emphasize them; on the other hand, the first thing a falsifier, a tourist, an Arab nationalist would do is have a surfeit of camels, caravans of camels, on every page; but Mohammed, as an Arab, was unconcerned: he knew he could be an Arab without camels. I think we Argentines can emulate Mohammed, can believe in the possibility of being Argentine without abounding in local color.”
—Jorge Luis Borges in his essay “The Argentine Writer and Tradition,” as translated by James E. Irby
Borges isn’t trying to give advice to falsifiers and tourists here, but I think what he says also applies to fiction writers trying to write outside our own experience.
By the way, sorry for the blasphemy, Muslims. (Or is it blasphemy to call Muhammad the author of the Quran? A good atheist ought to know these things. Anyway, googling the question hasn’t yielded anything.)


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Yes, it seems like every day the price of gas at the pump keeps going higher. It is hard to believe that back in January of 2009, the price per gallon of U.S. regular all-formulations retail gasoline was only $1.67 and now it is above $3.80 a gallon. If you have the privilege of living in California, you will pay an average price for regular of $4.21 per gallon and in the City of Los Angeles, the average price is $4.25 per gallon.
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I thought I would provide you with a couple of graphs showing the increase in the price of gasoline since both 1990 and 2009.
What is happening in Canada? If you look at the iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund (EWC) over the last year, it is up over 22%. Canada has weathered the banking crisis and housing crisis much better than the United States. Fortunately for income investors looking for diversification, our northern neighbor has over a dozen stocks with yields above 3% according the recently updated free list of top yielding Canadian stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Royal Bank of Canada (RY) is one of Canada's major banks, based in Toronto, Ontario and yields 3.8%. Jim Cramer mentioned it on Mad Money today as a bank worth investing in and a much better alternative to British banks. The stock trades at 11.2 times forward earnings.
TransCanada Corp. (TRP) is a Calgary based oil and gas pipeline company which yields 4.4%. The stock has a forward price to earnings ration of 16.7. The stock just hit a 52 week high last Friday.
Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI), a Toronto based communications and media company, yields 3.5% and trades at 10.5 times forward earnings. It is interesting to note the the company has increased dividends every quarter since 2008.
To see a list of over 15 high yield Canada stocks, which can be downloaded, sorted, changed, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
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Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) market cap: $31.3B ex div date: 5/2/2011 yield: 6.1%
Global Partners LP (GLP) market cap: $598.0M ex div date: 5/2/2011 yield: 7.2%
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Now the the price of gold has cracked above the $1500 per ounce level and silver has broken above $45 per ounce, it is interesting to see who the big buyers are and how much they are investing.
The endowment for the University of Texas, The University of Texas Investment Management Co., has purchased and taken delivery of around $1 billion worth of gold and is storing it in a vault in New York.
Will this be the beginning of a trend? If so, watch for much higher prices.
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One of the important features of the book is how he shows how to adjust your investment objective based on your psychology and how to avoid irrational thoughts when making decisions. He also covers intuition, and how it can be an important and useful tool.
Chapter 11, Taking a Loss, is an important one as this is something that most investors hate to do. Check out the tables that shows the physical and emotional symptoms of taking a loss, along with the follow-up tables relating to visual, auditory, and sensory imagery.
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Scientists at the University of Maine have developed environmentally friendly golf balls made out of discarded lobster shells from the canning industry. The lobster balls, which appear to work as well as regular golf balls, will dissolve in water after a week. So they are made from recycled materials and are biodegradable.
Which leads us to wonder, are there any pure plays or semi pure plays in the golfing industry? WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has identified over ten companies involved in golf courses, golf clubs, and golf equipment on its free list called Golf Stocks.
There is the noted Callaway Golf Co. (ELY), which makes and sells golf clubs and and golf balls, including the Big Bertha line, the RAZR, and the Diablo Octane golf clubs. The stock trades at 18.3 times forward earnings and sports a small yield of 0.6%.
Golfsmith International Holdings (GOLF) is a retailer of golf and tennis equipment and trades at 16.3 forward earnings, but does not pay a dividend.
Most investors think of Fortune Brands (FO) as a liquor company, which offers such brands as Jim Beam, Canadian Club, and Harveys. However, the company also has a division that makes and market golf balls, clubs, shoes & gloves. The stock has a current price to earnings ratio of 20.0, a forward PE of 16.8, and pays a yield of 1.2%.
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Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN) market cap: $265.9M ex div date: 4/19/2011 yield: 8.5%
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Royal Bank of Canada (RY) market cap: $88.4B ex div date: 4/21/2011 yield: 3.3%
Labels: CMTL, EVN, ex dividend, RY, TNP
Successful traders and successful gamblers tend to fit a similar profile, with many of the same skills utilized in each to book a profit over the long run. They both tackle high-risk, high-reward situations where the ability to analyze and piece together information is crucial to success, as well as having control over the emotions and rely on reason instead of gut instincts when plying their different trades.
It ís possible to go on a huge winning streak playing online roulette and win thousands of dollars, but eventually the odds will catch up to you if you're just betting big on black 29 every spin of the wheel. Some gamblers, though, can legitimately profit in the long run, especially if they're playing poker or betting on sports. Since they're competing against other players and not against the house, poker and sports betting is much less like gambling and much more like investing in the market.
Investors have to be willing to take on risk every time they open or close a position, and they're effectively betting that their analysis of a situation is better than what the street things. If an investor believes that a stock is oversold and a great value, when they take a position they're placing a wager on their own research and analytic skills. Not every trade is a winner, just like a successful poker player doesn't win every hand, but picking slightly more winners than losers is enough to amass substantial profits over time.
One key trait for both traders and gamblers is the ability to control their emotions, especially in the face of heavy losses. The greatest traders in the world will have stretches where every position they take goes against them, and this can last for days, weeks, or even months. The key is to keep control over your emotions and avoid the temptation to try to get all your losses back with a big, ill-advised trade or bet. Chasing losses has doomed many gamblers and traders alike, so being able to always stay in control and have a plan is crucial to success.
This video, The Power of Words, has nothing to do with investments or the stock market, but I thought you would enjoy it.
Back in 2007, I wrote an article about The UFO Stock Index, which was based on the sponsors of the 60th Anniversary Roswell UFO Festival.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has created a section of its website called The Vault, which has many of the archived documents that the FBI is now making available to the public. One of the interesting items that turned up is a memo describing three flying saucers with 3 foot high human-like beings inside. You can see the actual memo HERE in pdf format.
Labels: Flying Saucers, UFO
Here is an interesting inflation hedge for income investors. Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) is planning its dividend payments based on the average sales price for gold. The expected payment date based on this formula is June 29, 2011. According to the company:
"The annual payout will increase at a rate of $0.20 per share for each $100 per ounce rise in the average realized gold price. At the current gold price of approximately $1,450 per ounce (i.e. between $1,400 - $1,499 per ounce), Newmont's annual dividend would be $1.00 per share. Subject to Board approval, the first quarterly dividend under this policy is expected to be payable on June 29, 2011 to shareholders of record on June 16, 2011."
The company believes that by 2017, it can produce 7 million ounces of attributable annual gold production, and that based on today's prices of precious metals, it can achieve internal rates of return in excess of 20%. At the end of last year, the company has $5 billion in cash and marketable securities. This was prior to the purchase of Fronteer for $2 billion. The stock trades at 12.75 times forward earnings and is currently generating a yield of 1.0%.
Newmont isn't the only gold mining company that generates a yield. There are plenty of others, according to the list of gold mining dividend stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, with yields as high as 6%.
One example is Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), which yields 1.7%, payable quarterly. The company, which mines for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and cobalt, trades at 9 times forward earnings.
Another is ASA Limited (ASA), which is an investment trust that invests in stocks of companies engaged in the exploration, mining or processing of gold, silver, platinum, and diamonds. It sports a price to earnings ratio of 7 and a yield of 2.0%.
For a list of all the dividend paying gold mining companies, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Labels: ASA, FCX, Gold, NEM, Silver
Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B), has numerous fans, and a few critics. However, the critics don't have a much of a leg to stand on, especially when several of the stocks he owns traded at 52 week highs on Wednesday. If you look at the list of Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, you will notice that Coca-Cola (KO) traded at its one year high yesterday, along with Moody's (MCO) and Costco (COST).
So are there any Buffett stocks that haven't made their move? Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has traded between 56.86 and 66.20 during the last twelve months, closing at 59.66 yesterday. The stock trades at 11.6 times forward earnings, and pays a nice yield of 3.6%. Dividends have increased every year for many years.
Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI) at 15.20 per share, is trading about half way between the 52 week trading range of 11.65 to 19.69. The stock has a forward price to earnings ratio of 6.3 and pays a yield of 1.0%.
USG Corporation (USG) is another Buffett stock which is trading at the lower range of trading for the last 52 weeks. The stock closed at 16.14, with a range of 11.34 to 25.59. The stock has generated negative earnings and doesn't pay a dividend.
To see a list of all the Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway stocks, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Labels: Berkshire Hathaway, BRK-A, BRK-B, COST, GCI, jnj, KO, MCO, USG, Warren Buffett
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) market cap: $75.9B ex div date: 4/13/2011 yield: 3.9%
Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) market cap: $832.7M ex div date: 4/13/2011 yield: 3.3%
Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJREF) market cap: $1.7B ex div date: 4/13/2011 yield: 3.7%
Foot Locker, Inc. (FL) market cap: $3.1B ex div date: 4/13/2011 yield: 3.4%
Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) market cap: $9.2B ex div date: 4/13/2011 yield: 4.5%
Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc. (CNSL) market cap: $556.6M ex div date: 4/13/2011 yield: 8.3%
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No, it's not the water in your body that helps, it's the water in your bladder. A recent scientific study shows that people with a full bladder make better decisions. According to a research study at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, individuals who have a full bladder make better decisions.
The scientists also discovered that just thinking about urination can help improve judgment.


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Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche- Brochure | Padmasambhava | Nyingma
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His Eminence Jigme Pema Thinley Namgyal is the 7th incarnate of Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche. He was born in 1966 in the holy valley of Tongshang Thrichu Gonpa in Eastern Bhutan, to Yab Tshering Gyaltsen and Yum Sherabmo. Rinpoche was recognised as the Seventh Namkhai Nyingpo by the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa. Consequently, in 1972, at the age of six, Rinpoche ascended to his predecessors throne at the Pema Shedrup Chholing (commonly called Kharchhu Dratshang) in Bumthang. At the age of eight, he received the Refuge Ordination and on two occasions the Long Life Empowerment from the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa. In the same year, he received the Kalachakra empowerment, teachings on the Bodhicharyavatra and many other major teachings from the Dalai Lama. Rinpoche received almost all of Nyingma teaching from his root teacher His Holiness Chabje Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche. It was upon the request of His Holiness that the Pema Samdrup Chholing was extended to a monastery. The Monastery now houses over 400 monks and nuns. In addition Rinpoche also presides around 20 temples spread throughout the country. Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche continues his intensive study of Buddhist philosophy with many masters and in the spirit of non-sectarianism has received teachings and transmissions from the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He has also transmitted his own special nyingma lineage called Jang Ter (Northern Treasure) teachings to other Lamas and Rinpoches. Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche has mainly concentrated on the care and training of the monks and nuns at his monasteries in Bhutan and on his own study and practice. He has given numerous teachings, empowerments and oral transmissions in Bhutan and abroad. The lineage The first Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche was one of the first seven monks ordained by Shantarakshita- Abbot of Nalanda University- in 8th century at the then newly founded Sam-ye monastery, first Buddhist Monastry in Tibet. The monastery was built under the patronage of King Trisong Deutsen. Shantarakshita and Siddha Guru Padmasambhava were invited by the King to help build the monastery. Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche was one of the twenty five principle disciples of Guru Padmasambava. Later Rinpoche became the root lama of the great King Trisong Deutsen. He was also one of the five close heart sons of Guru Padmasambava (Heart sons: King Trisong Deitsen, Khando Yeshi Tsogyal, Namkhai Nyingpo, Gyalwa Chogyang and Variotsana). History has it that Rinpoche revealed miraculous achievements at numerous occasions, such as: riding on the ray of the sun, turning pebbles into seeds
and leaving body imprints on rocks. Rinpoche passed away into parinirvana, without leaving the corpse behind, after serving sentient being for two hundred years. Subsequently, there were many successive reincarnations, such as treasure revealers Jangchub Lingpa Palgi Gyaltsen and Dawa Gyaltsen. However, it was not until the reign of the fifth Dalai Lama (16171682) that the tradition of naming the successive incarnation of Namkhai Nyingpo began. Thereafter, a permanent seat at Lhodra Kharchu, southern Tibet, was established. Since then the golden rosary of Namkhai Nyingpo lineage had been passed down in an unbroken transmission to the present and his enlightened activity has spread far and wide. It was the sixth Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche who eventually Program: Date 17th Jan 18th Jan 19th Jan 20th Jan 21st Jan 22nd Jan 23rd Jan 24th Jan
had to flee Tibet and go to Bhutan. He lived there for three years before passing to parinirvana.
Opportunity It is our good fortune that Rinpoche has agreed to visit Perth en-route to Canberra, where he will be giving teaching/oral transmission of Longchen Rabjampas mdzod bdun (seven treasures) over the course of a month. Contact persons in Perth: Sonam Tashi : 450699956, E.: sonamtashi09@gmail.com; Karma Rinzin : 0414486673, E.: karinzin@yahoo.com
Activity Arrival Personal request for kago, lung, spiritual advices, taking vowsetc. Wang (Further details on this event will be circulated once the venue is confirmed) Choe-shed on Buddhist view and/or any other fundamental Buddhist philosophy. Visit to Rottnest Return from Rottnest Personal request for kago, lung, spiritual advices, taking vowsetc. Mass Pot-luck dinner. Departure ( All interested are encouraged to join in accompanying Rinpoche to Airport)
For additional information on the history of Rinpoche, please refer to the following links: Interview with Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche (Gentle Voice, September 2000) : http://www.siddharthasintent.org/gentle/ GV15-2.htm The Treasury of Lives (A Biographical Encyclopedia of Himalayan Religion): http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/ view/Namkai-Nyingpo/1108 Sangay Wangdi (2009) A Brief Account of Namkhai Nyingpo and his Reincarnations, Journal of Bhutan Studies, 21 (Winter 2009), pp.1-6. Tshokey Dorji Foundation (2009) http://www.tshokeydorji.org/
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We are seemingy forever in search of the fountain of youth, that magical elixir cure-all for crows feet and chronic disease. But as advanced and technical we become in our lives, food is pretty simple – the purer we remain, the better off we are, beginning with fruit and veggies.
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Just think of the benefits and savings this can bring a family. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Americans throw away nearly 31.6 million tons of food every year, the majority being perishables like fresh fruit and veggies. And a recent University of Arizona study found that the average family tosses 1.28 pounds of food a day, for a total of 470 pounds a year! That’s like throwing away $600!
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We’re out to squash this crazy rumor going around that nutritious food costs more money than C.R.A.P. (Stands for Commoditized, refined, artificial and processed phood) When you break it down, people pay for convenience, instand gratification. If you fill your cart with instant, empty calories, and you spend $150 on that cart, you’re actually coming out of that expedition at a deficit, denying your body of anything with substance. On the other hand, if it’s a colorful array of fruit, veggies, lean protein, non-C.R.A.P., you’re feeding yourself vs. your immediate appetite.
Sure, C.R.A.P. has an infinite shelf life. But you if you take the approach of washing it first, you’re creating a convenient solution. It makes reaching for a handful of grapes or blueberries just as convenient as chips.
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Adam Riggio writes: Planning Intense and Hilarious Theatricality, Composing, 09/02/2015
Planning Intense and Hilarious Theatricality, Composing, 09/02/2015
I don’t think I’ve ever worked on as tight a deadline as on Ecology, Ethics, and the Future of Humanity. It is, after all, the highest profile publication I’ve ever had, a major book from a major professional publisher of philosophy in a focal series. After three years of so little interest in the project, it still hasn’t fully sunk in how enthusiastic my contacts at Palgrave are about it.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not also cooking up ideas for other projects as well. My Alice script is still on pause while I work through my communications program, and Lee my collaborator on that project is in no hurry.
This post, I’d like to float an idea to my readers about some theatre ideas I’ve been thinking about since late last year. For one thing, I’m going to make some changes to the script for You Were My Friend, particularly changing a scene midway through the story where we’re first introduced to Madison’s job security anxieties. Instead, I’ll focus on getting to know their family backgrounds a bit better, perhaps Madison and Vicki’s relationships with their fathers.
Like the earlier scene (which still plays damn near perfectly) about their major romantic partners at the time, it’ll subvert the usual tropes of women talking about men. That scene about their ex or on/off boyfriends started with a funny story from Madison about the sort-of hipster douche she keeps seeing despite her better judgment, and ended with a harrowing story of how Vicki’s whirlwind secret romance with a man ten years older than she was ended up getting her thrown onto the street.
I think the new version of the third sequence will start the same way. Vicki will come home from a long shift to find Madison exasperated after another terrible quality sexual encounter with her not-boyfriend. As Vicki leaves and returns a few times to change out of uniform, Madison’s father calls her for an awkward conversation, and afterward, she ends up unloading a story of a piece with American Beauty or Revolutionary Road.
Vicki responds with a story about her parents’ divorce that, when described in the abstract, is just as horrible, but she plays it for laughs. And the audience will laugh along with her. Nonetheless, when Vicki needs to turn to her parents for help at the end of the play, the audience will have already had their unresponsiveness set up, even though they were laughing about it originally.
But I had an idea for a totally new play. Here’s the pitch: Like Death of a Salesman, but it’s funny and there are lesbians.
It’s title is It’s The Best I Can Do!. I think this will end up being a common idea in my theatre work, that my titles will be phrases that my characters could conceivably say at a key moment in the story, but don’t because that would be ridiculously corny.
There are four characters, all with about equal focal time. It’s easiest to start with James (but most people call him Jamie), a part-time accountant who works by freelance contracts from a home office after he left his old firm due to workplace stress. His role is to become increasingly confused, frazzled, and desperate as the story goes on.
Jamie’s wife Amy is a top executive for a chain of coffee shops (maybe they’ll be analogous to Second Cup). Jamie’s brother Adrian, recently divorced, was downsized out of his managerial job a little while ago (maybe he worked at Tim Horton’s in administration). Because Adrian is so desperate for something to keep him from going stir-crazy in his one-bedroom apartment, he talks Amy into getting him a job as a barista at a Third Mug location. I think this would work as the first scene of the play.
Then, due to a comically complicated situation involving when direct deposits actually make it into his bank accounts, Adrian’s rent check bounces, and his landlord visits his job at Third Mug trying to track him down for the money (he’s not living in a very pleasant building), but he isn’t even working that day. As a result of this humiliation, Adrian’s boss fires him, and he spends the rest of the play on an increasingly ridiculous bender.
While Jamie is chasing down his brother, Amy is having a breakdown of her own from the pressures of her executive job where she has to act harder than her own personality can handle in a patriarchal environment. She also has to deal with their mortgage and payments on two cars, among other household expenses that were set when she and Jamie were both working high-powered jobs. Jamie’s part-time income is a little less than it used to be, and the strain is wearing on her, as is resentment at having had to shoulder so much extra financial and emotional burden on the household.
Using the name Cordelia makes some
King Lear images float around this
This is where Amy and Jamie’s old college friend Cordelia appears, having spent years working in America developing a Gawker-like media network and now in a relaxed, but high-paying, job arranging finance capital for tech firms (which mostly amounts to networking startups with the larger companies that buy them out). Cordelia is at first a sympathetic ear to Amy, but eventually her comments betray a sense of contempt for Jamie and Adrian.
So as one man who barely held onto his sanity chases after another man who has thrown his away, two women look on this mess and eventually decide to cut their losses. Essentially, and by the end of the play literally, Cordelia is seducing Amy to leave her husband for her.
Cordelia is Amy’s way out of the binds in her life, through which she can embrace happiness and fulfillment.
Perhaps tomorrow, I’ll go into some of the philosophical ideas that underlie this story as I think about the narrative. About happiness, life, and death.
Labels: Composing, It's The Best I Can Do, Theatre, You Were My Friend