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Unpacking the Show
And … A pomegranate!
studio visit: Ellen Letcher is on her game
And we are highly productive!
The secrets of two professional people to be revealed later.
My new university is On Wall Street
Doesn’t look like much, you say? Well I no longer call it Zuccotti Park; think of it as ‘Zuccotti U,’ as in, University, a new campus that’s sprung up for anyone who has the gumption to walk inside and get an education.
There are so many extra-mural ‘classes’ to be had as well—now that the city [...]
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David Brody
Has an opening of an impressive new body of work at Pierogi.
The after-reception, upstairs, however, is when I started snapping pix.
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Paid to talk
Met with an artist from the west coast whose major project was a definite news pitch item for ARTnews.
He was enjoying the conversation, and I was, too. He insisted on paying me NOT to write anything.
This could be a new ‘revenue stream’ I had thusfar not explored. Hmmm.
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Tragedy, and an unanswered question about smoking
I attended the funeral of a woman who died at the age of 44; she was the mother of one of my son’s classmates. It was held in a Roman Catholic church, and the priest performed mass, a ceremony I’d never witnessed before next to a coffin.
In many ways it was very beautiful. The sense [...]
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Schmerlreport | 11.3.11 | The 2 habits of highly productive people
It’s a known fact that writers have all sorts of tricks up their sleeve to keep themselves on top of their game.
I don’t know any of them.
However, today’s productive writing spell of 5 and a half straight hours without a moment’s break (self doubt, lots of snacking, et al) tells me that I may have [...]
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SchmerlReport/11.2: Niall Ferguson and cats
Niall Ferguson was on the TV this morning promoting his book:
The Gist: We [Americans] are behind the rest of the world in all the stuff we used to be good at.
The Upshot: We’ve got to stop that. Let’s get our act together already.*
Photog-of-the-day, Doug’s, images…
‘Nuff said there.
ooh, shadows on road work sign. calling [...]
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