You are entitled to food, clothing, shelter, and medical attention. Anything else you get is a privilege.
Number 5, Alcatraz Prison Rules and Regulations, 1934
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Author: Sebi Buhai
Recession-proof lunching in Sausalito
Some cafes and restaurants around the San Francisco Bay area are quite innovative in terms of marketing, adapting swiftly to any new trends.Although in the end I opted for an old-fashioned “Sausalito burger”, rather than their en vogue “Recession proof” lunch.
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From San Francisco.
My whereabouts at the beginning of the year will be at the ASSA ’09, presenting a paper on the 5th of Jan.
But plenty of wine before that, continuing from the Napa Valley wine tasting yesterday :-).
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Xmas Econlinks
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The Economist’s books of the year. A few from the ‘economics & business’, ‘science & technology’ and respectively, the ‘biography’ sections are on my to-read list for quite a while now.
What I’ve been reading
I’ve started many books and haven’t finished yet most of them…, but slowly and steadily, mainly during my many & long forthcoming travels (NB: Transylvania, here I come!), I’ll get there…
Anyway: a book I’ve just finished is Nick Hornby’s “Fever Pitch” (wiki link; audio link with Hornby answering questions about the book).
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