In the August 4 edition of the NY Times Sunday Magazine, Heather Havrilesky “riffed” about the 1975 movie by Steven Spielberg called “Jaws” which has been credited with launching the obsession with summer blockbusters — namely because it was the first movie to make more than $100 million at the… more »
It’s Good to be a Duck…
August 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Want to see what Chip Kelly left behind in Oregon? The University of Oregon just unveiled its $68 million Football Performance Center. Greg Bishop of The New York Times said, “It is as much country club as football facility, potentially mistaken for a day spa, or an art gallery, or… more »
Sushinomics: Awesome Index, But Made Me Work…
July 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Picked up the Business section of Monday’s San Francisco Chronicle and saw a very interesting chart on the top left. Bloomberg had ranked U.S. financial centers with Bloomberg bureaus based on the price of sushi, as a proxy for the cost of living. Cool! Definitely something worth sharing with… more »
Today’s Ponderable… The Wright Thing – Part 1
July 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Let me throw something out there for you to mull over. It is something I stumbled upon as I was connecting the dots after learning that the son of Frank Lloyd Wright (“elevating American society through architecture”), John Lloyd Wright invented Lincoln Logs. I was thinking about the environment John… more »
AWSI – Art Story is a Great (and Familiar) Concept…
July 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Strangely enough, we got wind of “Art Story” from TheWrap newsletter, not a Kickstarter push. This is an unconventional animated movie where a young boy and his grandfather end up on an adventure of lifetime when they get stuck in famous paintings. Stuck inside famous paintings? Where have we seen… more »
