Common-place publishes the occasional “Object Lessons” column with good reason: knowing your material culture is important. For instance, when cataloging the office furniture purchases of ex-Merrill-Lynch CEO John Thain, The Consumerist‘s Ben Popken makes a horrible mistake, and then corrects himself with the help of a little eighteenth-century know-how.
(hat tip, BPM)
@markcheathem @TheBellTolls68 @kmjones70 Strange choice for a Jackson scene. Article is mostly about the Jefferson cheese, as it should be. 2 hours ago
RT @markcheathem: @TheBellTolls68 @kmjones70 True story: http://t.co/EfQywCafyD @jlpasley also wrote about Jefferson's Mammoth Cheese: http… 2 hours ago
RT @joe_sheehan: Joe Mauer loves us all. RT @MLB Remember, if he completes this no-hitter, MLBTV subscribers could win FREE pizza from Domi… 30 minutes ago
RT @jhrees: Harvard Faculty Request Faculty Oversight of HarvardX (Their Usage of edX) |e-Literate http://t.co/2qJ5ZXWeO8 Good for them! 12 minutes ago
Pity that we will probably have to rely on Europe to reform a travesty of American politics: off-shore tax avoidance: http://t.co/xPzFYKMDkE 1 day ago
Elite class interests & culture a little too naked here: "Torches and Pitchforks for I.R.S. but Cheers for Apple" http://t.co/I7mUofxnv2 1 day ago
RT @profragsdale: RT if u have more books than shoes 3 days ago
RT @mattyglesias: Totally insane that donations to exclusive private schools are tax deductible. http://t.co/k9ql4CP3M9 3 days ago
RT @SimonMaloy: While laughing at Alex Jones also remember that he's a terrible person who preys on the anxieties of others to make money. 3 days ago
RT @SrWHOfficial: SEN. GALACTUS (R-SPACE) CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS "WEATHER WEAPON" OBAMA MAY HAVE. 3 days ago
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