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July 24, 2010
Daniel Louis Schorr (1916-2010)
Liberal" versus "conservative" are not labels that can be used or should be used to define anyone of quality. An original, an original Murrow boy, and a class human. See yesterday's NYT piece. He was so good and often terrifying that a U.S. president sicked the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover on him.
By the way, Schorr used his real name when he worked. If you comment here, and especially if you are a hater, please use your real name. Have some respect for Schorr, and for yourself.
Our rules here: Happy but "angry" folks may comment. No spineless wonders. No whack jobs. No bitter and lazy males who hate their careers and won't do anything about it. Or the usual blogger or frequent commenter who is too socially-inept, ugly or fat to get laid.
So no losers and looters. Just seekers and builders. Like Schorr.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
If you need Moxie or Hope: Got Argentina for you right here.
Play Louder: Heal the Sick. Make the Blind See. Motivate the Lame. Get off your fat American asses. Get in shape. Get the blood flowing. Read some books. Quit e-mailing. Quit hiding. Take some trips.
Kids in Buenos Aires speak English as well as you do. They know more about your culture than you know about theirs. And they're curious.
Catch up. Be in the world. Talk to people who are different from you.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:05 PM | Comments (0)
July 21, 2010
Anonymity on the Net. Play it again, Charon: Charon QC-Hull "Anonymity" interview.
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One fine Saturday last July, London's velvet-voiced politics pundit and broadcaster Charon QC--in his other life a well-regarded law professor and writer--interviewed Dan Hull. And so they took a bit more time to do their 4th radio podcast together. It's more informal than the first three. Both, however, even the Rioja-loving Charon, were sober.
It's right here.
Charon (pronounced "Karen", and after a figure in both the ancient and Dante's world) and Dan first met in person in March 2007, doing their first interview (Charon's No. 5) in a Marble Arch hotel room when Dan was working in London. The topic on July 27, 2009--at least at first--was anonymity on the net in Charon's 150th milestone interview. All four interviews can be accessed on this site on your lower right.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
The Iranians: For centuries, governments have come and gone.
But they do endure. The truly global Sir Eldon Griffiths--former MP, writer and diplomat who for decades has traveled extensively in the Mideast--has popped up this month on Richard Lewis's fine Cross-Culture. See Sir Eldon's article "The Islamic Republic won’t last forever. The Iranian Phoenix will be reborn". It concludes:
The Mullahs are not forever. One way or another, they too will pass or be absorbed into the cultural fabric of historic Iran. With Ardeshir Zahedi, I cling to the belief expressed by a mutual friend, Houshang Navahandi, when he served as Rector of Shiraz University:
"Four thousand years of history with so many ups and downs have taught this to the Iranians: Iran has always survived, overcome its invaders… absorbed its occupiers. The Phoenix is always re-born from the Ashes."
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Why Salzburg Matters.
Yes, we know you dream in American. But you live in the world. Great clients know that. Do you? Apart from Mozart, art, salt, ancient Celtic culture, St Peter's (above) and restaurants carved into cliffs, this staid Austrian city is home to the International Business Law Consortium, an active group of over 85 first-rate law and accounting firms in strategic cities all over the world. It was founded in 1996.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 02:51 PM | Comments (0)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Hemingway (1899–1961)
The Anti-Teacup. Papa wrote the book on cool quality-of-life ideas for Tubbies who just can't take it anymore. Try them at home today.
Posted by JD Hull at 12:59 AM | Comments (0)
July 20, 2010
Leave Indianapolis or Albany for a few minutes. Visit this guy.
Blue Lupines, wild roses, Moxie, fireweed. See A Public Defender's Life in Alaska.
Posted by JD Hull at 01:50 PM | Comments (0)
Slackoisie Alert: More Bad News for Non-Wanker Law Firms and In-House Shops Who Get It.
More unemployables. For polishing, looters head to expensive and wasteful 3-year incubation devices owned and operated by older unemployables. See Jane Genova's "Gen Y & Law School". Thanks to Stephanie West, sort of. Redford, do something. WAC? going back to bed. May begin drinking again. To start, Jamesons and ether, maybe?
Posted by JD Hull at 12:44 AM | Comments (0)
July 18, 2010
Get. Out. Of. Your. Cars. And. Dance.
Posted by JD Hull at 12:19 AM | Comments (0)