PERFECT
Five star hotel. Heart of downtown Kiev. Victorian Decor. $120 per night. High speed internet. The best stocked refrigerator, mini-bar, and medicine cabinet I’ve ever seen. A desk staff that takes care of your every whim. And laundry service that even folds and irons your underwear.
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-09 11:29:00 UTC
THE FIVE FORMS OF LIBERTARIANISM http://www.capitalismv3.com/2012/09/28/a-definition-of-libertarianism-draft-two-from-intuitive-sentiment-to-institutional-framework/
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-09 06:50:26 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/255560836825882624
Second best day of my life. Absolute madness. In a good way. 🙂 Nothing beats PFS. But a couple of libertarian friends, a little alcohol, and a fun city comes pretty close.
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-08 19:51:00 UTC
KIEV (KYIV) UKRAINE
Well, everyone who gave me advice was right, and the internet data was accurate. It is the wild west at a discount. Employees cost $400 (admin) – $2000 (dev lead) per month. An upper end apartment costs 2k per month. Dinner for four at the best restaurant in town is about $80 including alcohol. A 45 minute cab ride cost $25. Coffee and pastry at a good shop costs $8. The people seem intelligent, honest and capable, but risk averse – albiet less risk averse than your average working and lower class Brit. Overeducated but hopeful young people litter the streets. Everything is done by relationships. Micro entrepreneurship is everywhere, and trying to circumvent the corruption of the state. Yes, the government is openly corrupt, but it’s possible to circumvent it. Yes, the women really are beautiful, and they’re everywhere, but the careful eye will notice two things: they do not eat processed foods, and they believe women are women, men are men, and the femininity is beautiful. Of course, I am meeting my Fullbright friend’s circle, which is quite sophisticated, but it’s still a sampling none the less.
This week: trial ads for staff, office space.
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-07 10:18:00 UTC
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/07/09/070709crbo_books_menand
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-06 21:39:00 UTC
RANDOMNESS
My college girlfriend’s name was Christopher Cushing Mallory. Back then it was cute contradiction that this pretty, perky little 5’2″ high-hairlined celtic blonde had a masculine name. But today, it’s much more common: because there are so many transvestites, and so many web pages that contain the text “her name is Christopher.” Anyway she still lives in NY state. And yes, she’s naturally a she. (Just wondering what Andy will come up with for this one. But I don’t mind being the straight man. lol )
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151035456542264&set=a.10150157423027264.297228.741197263&type=3&theater
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-04 04:50:00 UTC
SCENERY
All the pretty girls and boys running around Munich in traditional dress.
It’s beautiful.
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-04 04:14:00 UTC
GERMANS AND RUSSIANS
Are the only people on the planet who make sense to me. As far as I can tell, everyone else has gone nuts. (That’s a technical term. Look it up.)
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-04 04:12:00 UTC
LIFE LESSON:
Never underestimate the degree to which serious illness affects your temperament and reasoning ability. Nor the degree to which your body is attempting to communicate with you with primitive and incomprehensible signals. Nor your incredible capacity to either ignore or misunderstand them.
I had no idea. I thought I was holding up reasonably well. In retrospect, the absurd physical and mental pain tolerance that I cherish was a debilitating liability.
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-04 04:10:00 UTC
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/08/30/040830crat_atlargeANOTHER GEM FROM LOIS MENAND IN THE NEW YORKER
“How to Understand Voters”
Source date (UTC): 2012-10-04 02:51:00 UTC