My daughter heard about Whitney Houston from a Ugandan taxi driver who drove her from Kampala to Kyabirwa. “It’s a global village,” he said. #Whitneyhouston
Thanks for the shoutout, Speaker Quinn! #macaulayhonorscollege.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn delivered her “State of the City Address” at City Hall yesterday and included quite a few favorable references to CUNY, calling for a properly funded University and a residential honors college. I don't … [Continue reading]
Super Bowl makes me nostalgic and hungry. #SuperBowl.
Seven live Super Bowls...some of my favorite moments: Asking head of Broadcasting Val Pinchbeck, the night before the game, if he could add another camera on the field for superbowl.com: he nearly killed me. Suing, then working with Mark Cuban on … [Continue reading]
Yeats prompting me in Istabul
THAT is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees - Those dying generations - at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and … [Continue reading]
Moon over Manhattan, 1.7.12 at 5pm on the reservoir, more like spring than January. #Pacifica quartet
How can adults endure living with their parents? Peter Weinberg tells the BBC all…
CHECK OUT PETER IN THE BBC! So relieved that my son doesn't think living with his parents is shocking, shameful, or even all that inconvenient! … [Continue reading]
Wish I’d said that: ““The biggest risk is not taking any risk…” Guess who?
Interesting interview with Mark Zuckerburg in TechCrunch. … [Continue reading]