Brown Motion

As I type my blog today I decided for no particular reason to research a bit about the style and design of the letters that are being printed on the sheet.  The letters showcased a 'typeface' aptly named during the days of ink printed on paper, is now represented and commonly referred to as the 'font' used in writing.  The typeface had to be literally cast from metal in foundries across Europe and used to hammer the inked reverse face on to paper sheets to produce the final result. Recent bon mot from my favorite comedy writer, the late PGW, crossed my reading glasses - "There's some raw work done at the baptismal font, Jeeves." Nothing to do with writing but naming of children, this religious article or piece of furniture is named as such perhaps due to the fact that it represents a fountain.  A fountain from which the future will flow.  Who knows? The reference to the font minus the digression is what I zoomed in on.  The typeface options that thi

Selling the promise of higher education in brand name campuses is now reached level of maturity where the sheep are drawn to the slaughter house with a simple email invite. Marketing costs have come way down.  Asians (by that largely Chinese and Indian ex pat) will arrive in droves to seminars hosted on school property with a Chinese speaker who may have a couple of female lackeys putting up a powerpoint to walk through.  The pitch is asking the lost souls to sign up for 1 on 1 consulting for their child in exchange for mucho dinero. Note this is touted as a legit way to gain access to top tier schools without going to jail or forking out large gobs of cash as donations. Mere mention that the founder had something to do with an Ivy League brand (might as well have done some obscure week long management training course) will draw out the hyper anxious parents wanting to better their children's lives. While the parental motivation may be real the path chosen is oft misguided

Translated to English is Forest Bathing.  No bathing suit needed.  It is literally a walk in the woods.  In the last century the Japanese discovered that to get away from the grind of the big city and rejuvenate oneself they could take a walk among the trees.  This has proven to be  preventive approach to health care and healing in Japanese medicine. CNN recently showcased a series on longevity and living well hosted by their on staff Doc (of Indian origin) called Sanjay Gupta.  He took a trip to Japan to find out how their citizens lived long years for the most part and discover why city dwellers seemed lonely and overworked.  The latter is attributed their work ethic and surviving through post WWII times to build a better life.  Unfortunately overwork is today a leading cause of stress in their society. His findings lead him to discover this old technique of getting immersed in nature to solve the problems of modern society aka stress build up.  Wife and I took a page from this

There are natural phenomena happening on a constant basis on this planet of ours.  Sudden thunderstorms.  Check.  Sudden hailstorms.  Check. A blizzard with white out stranding millions in the midwest as late as April.  Check. But I refer to a different kind of storm.  A man made one.  A shit storm of some magnitude.  This with all those who tweet.  Unlike melodies from a bird this too is man made.  It is using a platform called Twitter. People who think they can express themselves in 140 characters or less use this ubiquitous technology enabled channel to rake up a 'tweet storm'. In recent history famous CEOs both in private sector and public, as in the highest offices of the Government have taken this tool and done whatever they want with it.  Amendment rights and all, better than gun toting nutjobs, they have gone and blasted the ether with their thoughts or half thoughts at all odd hours of day and night.  Influencing large money movements, whether stock price or b

Last time the Oscars got awarded the film 'Green Book' got best picture. I have seen three of the six nominations.  The above was one, then 'The Wife' played by Glenn Close.  I must say I am not a fan of that actor but she was the best in this film.  The film lacked momentum I felt and outside of some funny quips did not really keep me engaged.  I found myself nodding off. I am interested in the brand of mattress the husband and wife danced on, in the film on hearing of her husband's Nobel prize win.  Someone who has a bad back largely in part due to never finding the right mattress to sleep on they seem to be having a gala time playing ring around the roses - twirling as grown ass adults on a bed with a mattress. The last film was the most fun and funny.  'The Black k Klansman' was a sort of true story directed by Spike Lee.  I am not sure who the actors were but one of the side kick was Adam Driver and he delivered in his role.  As the title may sug

Typically a phrase associated with two individuals or entities falling out of favor with each other.  Could be a personal issue or an organizational issue.  Then there is also nuclear fall out.  As  in  mass extinction. I am going to expand on a different version.  This pertains to the recent falling out of new(ish) aircraft from  the sky.  I refer to the Boeing 737 Max version of the short haul twin engine planes.  Made by Boeing Aerospace in Seattle  Typically the 737 model has  been a workhorse.  It has served the airline industry well and has reaped great profits for the company and its shareholders. But the recent discovery that two perfectly new planes of its most recent update - named the 737 MAX -  fell out of the sky killing around 400 people is not good.  In fact it is very bad. So the share price of the company and its valuation as a consequence fell too.  It is a long post mortem of the situation to determine root cause with black box data and so on  but the finger