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Two gorgeous business cards from Necromance
Aviva and I visited one of our favorite West Hollywood shops, Necromance, and I picked up their two business cards. The store is really cool; I bought a skunk skull once and on this trip a pair of bone earrings carved in the shape of a human skull. These business cards are fabulous!
September 11th, 2012 by alephnaught
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land (review)
Title: Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land [Hardcover] Author: Paul Buhle, Harvey Pekar, Neal Gabler, David Lasky, Barry Deutsch, Peter Kuper, Spain Rodriguez, Sharon Rudahl Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Abrams ComicArts; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0810997495 ISBN-13: 978-0810997493 This is a very cool book – most of it is a […]
September 9th, 2012 by alephnaught
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (review)
Title: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business [Hardcover] Author: Charles Duhigg Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (February 28, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1400069289 ISBN-13: 978-1400069286 If you’re into leadership or self-help or helping others, this book should be on your bookshelf (or your iPad). […]
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September 8th, 2012 by alephnaught
August 30th, 2012 by alephnaught
Aviva’s first tattoo
Aviva got her first tattoo today – it’s based on a French grotesque figure. She said it hurt a little a couple times – she almost pulled away and the artist warned her not to do that.
August 12th, 2012 by alephnaught
Photos from Columbus, Detroit, and around LA
I just found a folder of photos I neglected to post from our trip to visit our families. My mom, sister and brother-in-law live in Columbus, OH, so we flew there first, then rented a car to drive to Detroit – we couldn’t find a direct flight to Detroit from Columbus (!) and the Amtrak […]
August 11th, 2012 by alephnaught
Continental Art Supply and the Getty Museum
Today we started at Continental Art Supply and the Bead Shop next door; we had lunch at Mort’s Delicatessen, a good lunch spot in the valley. Then we drove down to the Getty Museum to see the exhibition “Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well: Images of Death in the Middle Ages” which was drawn from their […]
June 30th, 2012 by alephnaught
The Naked Presenter: Delivering Powerful Presentations With or Without Slides (Voices That Matter) (review)
Title: The Naked Presenter: Delivering Powerful Presentations With or Without Slides (Voices That Matter) Author: Garr Reynolds Paperback: 216 pages Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (December 9, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0321704452 ISBN-13: 978-0321704450 This could be an excellent book for a novice presenter. I really enjoyed reading this book, not only is it […]
June 12th, 2012 by alephnaught
June 9th, 2012 by alephnaught
Flight home from Bologna
We got up insanely early – my flight left at 7:10A so I got up at 3:45A to shower and eat breakfast (breakfast at the Sheraton starts at 4:30A). I made the first shuttle at 5A. I had to ask where the Air France check-in was. While i was waiting in line, a woman from […]
September 14th, 2012 by alephnaught