by Bill Sweet
Spring is BACK in New York and better than ever! Nothing is greater than 55 degree weather in January.
I do feel bad for people who love winter. But let's face it - these are people who don't have to toil and shovel snow off of their driveways.
In my book, Springtime in winter is great; if you can't take it, move to Alaska (they could use your revenues).
New York State Heating Demand is 22% Below Normal This Year
"On a statewide basis during the past week, the number of heating degree-days (193) was 17.5% below the year-ago level of (234) and 23.4% below the normal trend (252). On a cumulative basis since October 1st, current year heating degree days (1,723) are behind the year-ago level (2,107) by 18.2% and the normal trend (2,212) by 22.1%."
A New Old Plan for Penn Station
Penn Station is obviously a dump. “One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat,” said Vincent Scully.
"Picture a minimum-security prison that sells magazines and popcorn, or a rat colony under martial law, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what needs fixing."
Looks like efforts are booting up again to change that. Not the first time, but I can definitely dig it.
What used to be a national monument.
via Josh
You Don't Need More Free Time
"[I]t’s not just that we have a shortage of free time; it’s also that our free time, in order to be satisfying, often must align with that of our friends and loved ones. We face a problem, in other words, of coordination. Work-life balance is not something that you can solve on your own."
Daniel Kahneman in Conversation with Michael Mauboussin on Intuition, Causality, Loss Aversion and More
Kahneman & Mauboussin forming up like Voltron? I'm in.
"I would summarize the answer as saying there is one thing you should not do. People’s confidence in their intuition is not a good guide to their validity."
You're Not Going To Win the Powerball Lottery And Neither Is Anyone You Know
Publicly-run lotteries are the scourge of my existence. My mission in life is to convince people that saving small but significant bits of their earnings over time can grow in a compound manner and drastically improve their chance of financial success. The exact opposite of this is a public scam that promises instant wealth with an ever-increasing jackpot, but one that has effectively zero chance of working.
Money spent on lottery tickets might as well be thrown into a tire fire. There's no problem with buying a ticket or two every other year for the "fun" of losing, but anything more than that is a colossal waste of your hard-earned funds.
Spring is BACK in New York and better than ever! Nothing is greater than 55 degree weather in January.I do feel bad for people who love winter. But let's face it - these are people who don't have to toil and shovel snow off of their driveways.
In my book, Springtime in winter is great; if you can't take it, move to Alaska (they could use your revenues).
New York State Heating Demand is 22% Below Normal This Year
"On a statewide basis during the past week, the number of heating degree-days (193) was 17.5% below the year-ago level of (234) and 23.4% below the normal trend (252). On a cumulative basis since October 1st, current year heating degree days (1,723) are behind the year-ago level (2,107) by 18.2% and the normal trend (2,212) by 22.1%."A New Old Plan for Penn Station
Penn Station is obviously a dump. “One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat,” said Vincent Scully.
"Picture a minimum-security prison that sells magazines and popcorn, or a rat colony under martial law, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what needs fixing."
Looks like efforts are booting up again to change that. Not the first time, but I can definitely dig it.
What used to be a national monument.
via Josh
You Don't Need More Free Time
"[I]t’s not just that we have a shortage of free time; it’s also that our free time, in order to be satisfying, often must align with that of our friends and loved ones. We face a problem, in other words, of coordination. Work-life balance is not something that you can solve on your own."
Daniel Kahneman in Conversation with Michael Mauboussin on Intuition, Causality, Loss Aversion and More
Kahneman & Mauboussin forming up like Voltron? I'm in.
"I would summarize the answer as saying there is one thing you should not do. People’s confidence in their intuition is not a good guide to their validity."
You're Not Going To Win the Powerball Lottery And Neither Is Anyone You Know
Publicly-run lotteries are the scourge of my existence. My mission in life is to convince people that saving small but significant bits of their earnings over time can grow in a compound manner and drastically improve their chance of financial success. The exact opposite of this is a public scam that promises instant wealth with an ever-increasing jackpot, but one that has effectively zero chance of working.
Money spent on lottery tickets might as well be thrown into a tire fire. There's no problem with buying a ticket or two every other year for the "fun" of losing, but anything more than that is a colossal waste of your hard-earned funds.
- Bill
