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Hallelujah for Leonard

Those who think Leonard Cohen is depressing know little of his wry humour. During the septagenarian’s recent gig in the Manchester Opera house he apologised for his long absense by saying he was last there when he was “just a 60-year-old kid with a crazy dream”
Brilliant!

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An economist?

I’ve become fascinated with economics again, must be the celtic tiger’s mysterious disappearance after the last election. The dismal science just seems juicier when the financial auguries are being read for signs of impending salvation or damnation. Be it property busts or peak oil, a financial apocalypse seems only a few years around the corner. I was going to read Adam Smith’s seminal Wealth of Nations again but PJ Rourke’s helpful critical review and analysis is an entertaining starting point and several hundred pages shorter. There’s a great line in it defining an economist as

“someone who knows 101 ways to make love but doesn’t have a girlfriend”

Seems about right. I’m in Athens at the moment, the birthplace of (pseudo) democracy. It’s a fun city to spend some time with an attractive mix of history, weather, affordability. Reminds me of home 🙂

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nostalgia

It’s with a sense of nostalgia that I looked at Paul’s video of the new FeedHenry offices in Waterford. The reason being that I used to be based there in what increasingly seems like a previous life. That was when I shared an office with Brendan Jennings and Sven van der Meer as the leader of the TSSG’s Services & Frameworks group. Those were actually pretty cool times and I’m looking forward to going back and seeing what they’ve done with the place.
While skimming Paul’s blog I also saw a reference to Empire’s list of the 50 best tv shows. In response to Paul’s query about Scully in the X-Files. I saw Ms. Anderson standing a few feet away in London once.. and the TV doesn’t do justice 🙂
Now, the list itself is arse. Seriously where in the top 10 is MASH, one of the most influential TV shows of all time? MSG may be addictive but 2nd best show ever? Yeah, it was good but that good? Then there’s LOST which makes me feel seasick as it’s chaotic sea of plots bob and sway. Every episode I feel they jump a new shark!