…this terrific video shows an upcoming New Yorker cover being created exclusively on an iPhone, using the Brushes app.
All for one, and one for all -- if you're a major bank or brokerage employee.
The New York Times’ Eric Dash has an excellent story today on the outrageous compensation ratios at the biggest banks and brokerages. $1.50 in employee compensation for every $1.00 of profit, for instance, at Citigroup. At the expense, especially, of shareholders.
Guys and gals — there’s only one answer if you’re mad at these banks. Sell any shares you hold in them. Call your mutual fund company, your 401(k) or pension manager, and urge them to sell. If they won’t, sell your funds and invest in China.
Shareholders are getting the short end of the stick every day, and this is the most egregious example. But hey, it’s your wealth, your retirement. Do what you like.
I know it’s been a quiet week here at Lake Fleisig, but I was away, and the hotel’s WiFi was so slow, I couldn’t bear to post. And now, of all things, I’m writing two admissions essays in pursuit of a New York City Teachers’ Fellowship. When the utmost seriousness is called for, I find I don’t much like writing about myself. But I’ll be back to fascinating you with my Craigslist travails, and those idiosyncratic tidbits of cycling and political gossip you’ve come to expect, just as soon as the aspirin kicks in.
Posted in Miscellaneous
Someone who obviously shares some of my delight at the cheap bastards looking to get free work:
Housecleaning Internship (Everywhere)
Date: 2010-01-15, 9:58AM EST
Reply to: ramlowgarry@aol.com [Errors when replying to ads?]
Housecleaning Internship
I hate cleaning, so I’m looking for a highly motivated individual who can hit the ground running.
I have a large two floor apt. on the west side that is just too large for me to clean on my own.
So, I would like to find a student or recent grad; specifically someone, who can engage me in interesting conversation; as I like to talk while you’ll be working. Your duties include, cleaning kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, toilets, washing and putting away dishes, doing the laundry and preparing school lunches for my two boys. You must be able to devote at least 4 full days a week. This is non negotiable. Also, please be white.
Although this is a non paying position, I know a lot of very wealthy people who just might be willing to pay several dollars an hour; if you do a bang up job. Plus I can arrange for school credit, especially if you have Home Ec classes.
Must have own cleaning supplies and a strong desire to satisfy others. I will supply the coffee (Gourmet; so only 2 cups max) and I have an endless supply of Nutter Butter cookies; my kids love them, so feel free to endulge. I’m not in a position to cover transportation but there is a future possiblity of splitting travel expenses.
If you feel you’re a good match then email me asap, as this place is getting filthy.
- Location: Everywhere
- it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
- Compensation: no, silly. Its an internship
PostingID: 1553721833
Posted in Craigslist assholes
"Maggie"
Magnus “Maggie” Backstesdt is my personal professional cycling hero. Please follow the links to his website, and order some fair trade coffee. Be the first American to support Sweden’s one-man cycling heritage!
Congratulations a better life is just a click away! 12oz Bag
‘Magnus Maximus’ is Maggys own creation! He spent weeks perfecting the perfect blend and then weeks without sleep while the effects wore off!
The Coffee is smooth, not bitter and has a crazy caffeine kick.
However you choose to drink it, espresso, latte, cappuccino, we have created what we think is one of the nicest tasting coffees around.
The money from our coffee will go directly into our team. Whether it is to buy equipment or pay wages you can sit back and drink a cup of ‘Magnus Maximus’ knowing that the young riders in our team are being supported by you.
$12.50 ($4.95 Shipping Added Automatically)
How do you prepare it?
Posted in Cycling
“’It is time that motorists learn that they must share the road with people on bicycles and that the courts will view assaults on cyclists by motorists as seriously as other assaults with deadly weapons,’ Deputy District Attorney Mary Hanlon Stone wrote in court papers.”
Posted in Complete Streets, Cycling
REAL ESTATE WRITER NEEDED; Great opportunity for emerging writer
Date: 2010-01-08, 2:44PM EST
Reply to: job-mdnue-1543426757@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
A well repected NYC magazine that has been around for over 20 years is seeking someone to write an article on any real estate topic of his or her choice. PLEASE NOTE: there is no pay for the article, however, you will instantly be published in a magazine that gets read by hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, and you will have the opportunity to get published on a regular basis, which is extremely valuable. If interested, please send an email with relevant experience, a short writing sample, and a real estate topic you might want to write about.
Thank you!
- Compensation: Unpaid
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
- Please, no phone calls about this job!
- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
PostingID: 1543426757
I particularly love that they’re “well repected.”
Posted in Craigslist assholes
Well, with no soccer or HGTV, it’s time to catch up on some fabulous cycling blogs that have piled up in the Favorites folder over the past few years.
Inspirations and Aspirations 