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10/12/2002 – Saturday – 25th Wedding Anniversary Party – Mark and Karen
Actual anniversary was on June 19, 2002. party was held at the Cambridge Community Center where the actual marriage ceremony had taken place 25 years earlier.
8/3/2002 – Friday – Nantasket Beach
Karen goes to Mississippi with Linda Larson – 6/2002
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6/2/2002 – Greenland and Global Warming
an essay from the original markorton.com website: Greenland and Global Warming When I looked down into the Grand Canyon for the first time, I paused only for a moment at its immensity and moved right onto a more self-centered thought, “How tiny human history is in all of this, and even further, how much less…… Continue reading 6/2/2002 – Greenland and Global Warming
4/25/2002 – Boston Philharmonic
Boston Philharmonic Benjamin Zander, Conductor Thursday 4/25/2 Sanders Theater, Harvard University Charles Ives (1874 – 1954): The Unanswered Question Aaron Copland (1865 – 1957): Old American Songs – The Little Horses, I Bought Me a Cat, Ching-a-ring Chaw. William Warfield, Bass-baritone Joseph Schwantner(1943 -): New Morning for the World (Daybreak of Freedom) William Warfield, narrator…… Continue reading 4/25/2002 – Boston Philharmonic
3/19/2002 – Mr. Wonderful Makes a Movie
Mr. Wonderful Makes a Movie March 19, 2002 A couple of weeks ago Miriam Goodman emailed me about a possible role in a student movie. I got in touch with Tova Goodman(link added in 2019), a student at Boston University, who let me know that they were looking for someone who could be “professorial”. Hmmm,…… Continue reading 3/19/2002 – Mr. Wonderful Makes a Movie
02122002 – Short Words
Short Words “Short words” (stolen from the Economist Style Guide (021202) Use them. They are often Anglo-Saxon rather than Latin in origin. They are easy to spell and easy to understand. Thus prefer about to approximately, after to following, let to permit, but to however, use to utilise, make to manufacture, plant to facility, take…… Continue reading 02122002 – Short Words
02252002 – New Words
From the original website a list of “new words”: New Words Defalcate Manias, Panics, and Crashes; a history of financial crises by Charles P. Kindleberger (Wiley: New York 2000) “Greed not only creates suckers to be swindled by professionals but also pushes some of the amateurs over the line into fraud, embezzlement, defalcation, and similar…… Continue reading 02252002 – New Words
Enron, Trust and Malfeasance
January 23, 2002 (revised 1/29/02) The collapse of energy giant Enron over the last six months has produced a surprising level of outrage especially for a cynic like me. As this drama continues to unfold, I have been trying to understand how Enron structured their business and made money. Until just last night I was…… Continue reading Enron, Trust and Malfeasance