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Category Archives: Escalier
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Homer’s Account of My Trip to Greece.
Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man who bravely sought, in fair Hellenic isles, respite from labor’s endless stress and taxing working hours Many unknown cities he saw, and their hotels, many missed connections he suffered, much upsetting turbulence and vile airline food. Tell now, Muse, how valiantly he strove against the blocks and barriers of … Continue reading
Mark Twain’s Unexpurgated Autobiography – NYTimes.com
It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the burden.
Not Dead Yet | The Weekly Standard
It was a travesty of literary justice that we waited until J. D. Salinger finally hit the delete key at 91 before admitting that Catcher in the Rye stinks. The book’s only virtue is that it captures, with annoying accuracy, the … Continue reading
Bizspeak: an occasional series
World class Translation: (Of ourselves): we have had great luck with tariff protection. (Of vendors): I spent far more than I should have. Best in class Translation: (Of ourselves): we have worked hard to define down the class. (Of vendors): … Continue reading
Arthur Fifield & Norman Maclean – Lapham’s Quarterly
Letter to Gertrude Stein, 1912
Classics for MBAs
Iliad: Dealing with stupid bosses Odyssey: Marketing Job: Corporate justice Xenophon: Crisis management Aristotle: Supply chain management Commentaries: PR Confessions: Ambiguity tolerance Beowolf: Task prioritization Chaucer: Yukking it up with the guys Inferno: Meyer Briggs profiling Prince: Means ends management … Continue reading