jasoncook.comfoo bar blog: life's variables, globally declared.Cold in Cambridge.- November 21, 2004 The days are short of late, and the sky unduly enamored with cold, metallic colors. Brushed aluminum, powdered magnesium, gunmetal steel ah, tis a chic palette, very Euro-styled and all, but frankly I prefer a bit more yellow and blue, up above. Alas, the only alternative on offer is White: Cambridges first winter snow started coming down in clumps three nights ago. Az and I live adjacent to the train tracks, near a railroad yard which houses a grove of halogen floodlights, and the sight of...http://www.jasoncook.com/archives/000230.shtml Remaindered: Kings of Convenience, Clare College, and Hedgehogs- November 8, 2004 I found a note scribbled in the margins of my spiral-bound notebook, &8220;lifetime pizza customer value 10K&8221;. Now, whether I was skeptical, impressed, or just a tad peckish when scratching those words, I no longer remember. But I did just bother to look up the pizza bit on the &8216;Net. Turns out the lifetime revenue stream generated by a loyal pizza customer is actually $8,000. Give or take a slice. Anyhow, my point is that it&8217;s these things neat, small, and clever which are most...http://www.jasoncook.com/archives/000229.shtml |