Archive for June 24th, 2011

Noted for the record.

Friday, June 24th, 2011

James “Whitey” Bulger had “an AK-47 assault rifle” and a “sawed-off shotgun” in his Santa Monica apartment, according to the FBI.

I wonder which of these “AK-47 assault rifles” Whitey had.

I also wonder how “sawed-off” that shotgun was.

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Just one more thing…

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Obit watch: Peter Falk. (LAT obit.)

I loved “Columbo” when I was a kid. At least, when my parents would let me stay up and watch it.

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Prose from Dover.

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution linked to this “Dover Sole Price Guide 2011“, which, in turn, led us to “The Price Hike“, Ryan Sutton’s website tracking price changes at restaurants. We’re still wading through “The Price Hike”, but it looks interesting (although pretty NYC-centric).

We are particularly fond of this entry, “Ten Rules For Better Pricing“, especially #5:

Include Prices on Online Food Menus: I have no idea how much dinner at L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon in Midtown will cost because there are no online prices on the Four Seasons website, on the Robuchon website, on Opentable.com or on Menupages.com. That takes chutzpah for a venue where tasting menus for two with pairings will cost over $700 after tax and tip.

Mr. Sutton also has a companion site, “The Bad Deal“; quoting that site’s first entry,

We save you money by highlighting BAD DEALS on Groupon, Gilt, Living Social, Savored and elsewhere.

There’s not much there at the moment, and we suspect “The Bad Deal” may have the same NYC specific orientation, but we still plan to keep an eye on both of Mr. Sutton’s sites.

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