Archive for December, 2007
The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
Title: The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
Author: Jonathan A. Knee
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (July 31, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812978048
ISBN-13: 978-0812978049
I bought this book at the Phoenix airport on the way home from an interview (I didn’t get the job, bummer). This book describes the major changes in investment [...]
December 24th, 2007 by alephnaught
Youth Without Youth
We saw “ Youth Without Youth,” the new Coppola movie.
The internet database entry is here and the studio web site is here.
I liked this movie and Aviva didn’t – its a story about love, life and the metaphysics of time. Tim Roth plays the main character, who is struck by lightening and becomes younger by [...]
December 16th, 2007 by alephnaught
The Kite Runner
Saw it this afternoon at a midday matinee.
Wow, what a movie – I cried twice during the film, and Aviva cried through most of it.
Its a story of family, trust, friendship, bullys and standing up for one’s beliefs. Its set mostly in Afghanistan just before the Soviet invasion and then during the Taliban.
This should be [...]
December 8th, 2007 by alephnaught
Spertus Museum reopened and the One of a Kind sale
We did two things this week to take my mind off of my job search.
The Spertus Museum, which is attached to the Spertus College here in Chicago, is a Jewish museum and educational facility on Michigan Avenue. We went in on Thursday this week to check out their new digs – its a really [...]
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December 30th, 2007 by alephnaught