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The Pritzker is the architecture worlds biggest award and in 2007 Richard Rogers has won it. The building above is the Pompidou in Paris which was designed by him and fellow Pritzker winner Renzo Piano.

Anyone else notice the similarity between what is going on off the coast of Iran right now and what was going on in the late 1940s and 1950s? Well, things aren’t exactly the same. To me it is most definitely reminiscent to when Mossadegh was named Prime Minister and began to start talks about nationalizing the oil industry that Britain had on lock down. Not to mention they were using basically slave Iranian labor and giving Iran very little of the profits. They soon started putting war ships off the coast to show their military might and did what they could to subvert any plans. I can’t help but to think all this hoopla over the soldiers being held is largely being caused by wounds opened some 50 years ago.

So I get my DSL through Speakeasy. They have been great, service and connectivity have been top notch. They announced that they are being bought by Best Buy today. Lets hope things don’t change, otherwise I will be looking for a new DSL provider.

I saw this on BoingBoing and had to post it here.

The New York Social Diary is a website about people of such fantastic wealth that they shouldn’t really be considered members of the human species. It makes fascinating reading. My favorite part is called “The List,” which features photos of the 100 or so most prominent socialites accompanied by fawning bios. The names of the socialites on the list are wonderful: Muffie Potter Aston, Topsy Taylor, Bunny Mellon.

Check the list here. Also check out the personal ads here. Party pictures here.

My brother and  I went to a Mexican grocery this weekend. I got some stuff to make some nachos, that Mexican cheese is really good. Oh and I got some Coke with sugar rather than corn syrup. Good times.