Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to

[Whistler]

New Order is the best. I remember when I found out they used to be Joy Division my mind was totally blown.

[UffishThought]

I've just discovered Q.I., and true to its name, it's quite interesting. Also, I think Stephen Fry is fantastic.

[Marduk]

He's no Phillip J. Fry.

[Digit]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... t-way-luck

Interesting,

One-third of successions between chief executive officers in publicly listed companies in the U.S. involves an incoming CEO related by blood or marriage to the old CEO, the founder, or a large shareholder.

[Whistler]

D-: nepotism lives on

[Katya]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... t-way-luck

Interesting,

One-third of successions between chief executive officers in publicly listed companies in the U.S. involves an incoming CEO related by blood or marriage to the old CEO, the founder, or a large shareholder.

I've occasionally thought that this may be the closest thing to a hereditary title or position we have in the US.

[Digit]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... t-way-luck

Interesting,

One-third of successions between chief executive officers in publicly listed companies in the U.S. involves an incoming CEO related by blood or marriage to the old CEO, the founder, or a large shareholder.

I've occasionally thought that this may be the closest thing to a hereditary title or position we have in the US.

[Katya]

Premium Rush (enjoyed it) and Ink (got bored 30 minutes in)

[UffishThought]

Yay Premium Rush!

[bobtheenchantedone]

Finally watched Juno because someone said my sister was Juno. (No, my sister did not get pregnant as a teenager.) Also finally, finally watched Say Anything. I enjoyed Juno, a lot, but was surprised by Say Anything. Somehow I had been expecting a complete fluff movie.

I've also been reading a lot of Kickstarter projects and it's fascinating, but only to me, so I keep boring everyone around me with my incessant babbling about them. : )

[Tally M.]

Within the past week I've reread my three go-to books. They're my guilty pleasure books that altogether seem to capture my ideal of romance (some ways better than others.)

They are as follows (the books, not the romance ideals):
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
and my one Mormon author novel about Mormon people; Brianna, My Brother, and the Blog by Jack Weyland

[Violet]

I just watched all of the BBC show The Hour (period drama in the setting of a 1950s investigative news show). The second series was a little less than family-friendly (show girls, blackmail, prostitution, and all sorts of corruption). I still really enjoyed all of it and now I'm depressed that the BBC canceled the next season.

[Digit]

The first website in the world. (on the world wide web)

[bobtheenchantedone]

I watched the new Lincoln movie last night and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Digit]

Very interesting. Scientists used gene therapy on dogs born with a congenital mutation causing blindness in bright light using a recombinant adeno-associated virus.

[Digit]

JCPenney reintroduces 'fake' prices

[outgoing CEO] Johnson lost his job partly because shoppers rejected his “fair and square” flat everyday pricing. When a table always costs $150, there is no sense of immediacy for shoppers to buy it now. Shoppers also didn’t really buy into the idea that $150 was a good price for the table. But a $245 table that’s marked been discounted to $150? That’s perceived as quite a deal.

That's sad that the majority of consumers want to be tricked.

[S.A.M.]

JCPenney reintroduces 'fake' prices

[outgoing CEO] Johnson lost his job partly because shoppers rejected his “fair and square” flat everyday pricing. When a table always costs $150, there is no sense of immediacy for shoppers to buy it now. Shoppers also didn’t really buy into the idea that $150 was a good price for the table. But a $245 table that’s marked been discounted to $150? That’s perceived as quite a deal.

That's sad that the majority of consumers want to be tricked.

Right. A good friend of mine would purchase that table and exclaim, "Look what I bought! I saved $95!" It was hard for her to realize she hadn't saved any money at all (her savings account was unchanged), but had spent $150 (her checking account was $150 lower).

[krebscout]

A geographer friend just loaned me a book called Building Suburbia...it's fascinating. Opens the eyes.

[Whistler]

I looked at this book on Amazon since you mentioned it--is it about how suburbs are inefficient and made by the government?

[C is for]

I've read more books this month than the month has days.