I wish I had a day off for this national holiday
but I don't.

I am, however, assuming that traffic won't be a problem. so instead of leaving at 8:15 I'll leave at 8:30. Here's hoping...

It's been a really long, really stressful, couple of weeks. At work, at school, at home, it all just piled on at the same time. Some stuff just didn't go away.

Whine, bitch, moan. I'm sorry that lately this blog has been simply whining and links. I haven't had anything witty or insightful to talk about. I haven't done anything other than work and schools and Sex! (which has extended. the reviews were tepid, but people buy tickets anyway. Shock me).

So now for the links. It's a good link day.

The MFA goes to Vegas

Who will replace Wolfe at the Public?

Too many books?

author's review their own books on amazon? shocking!

Joyce's grandson is as curmudgeonly as the Beckett estate--no readings of Ulysses at the ReJoyce Dublin festival if Stephen Joyce has anything to say about it

Beethoven, as revised by Mahler

Gas prices keep rising. don't you wish you had a hybrid?

How to spend $80million on the arts

Winners and Losers in the A-Rod trade

Below Average Americans

I'm a little bitter about copyright right now. I know it'll pass, but for the moment...check this out...(courtesy of Artsjournal)
"Intellectual Property Wrongs" by John Howkins Creativity is big business. According to the International Intellectual Property Association, U.S. copyright industries' share of the GDP grew more than twice as fast as the remainder of the U.S. economy between 1977 and 2001, exceeding $535.1 billion in 2001 alone. John Howkins, author of The Creative Economy: How People Make Money from Ideas (Penguin Books, Ltd. 2001), argues that "intellectual property is the currency of the creative economy," and says that creative industry success depends upon proper balance between public and private intellectual property rights. Read his essay on the Cultural Commons at http://www.culturalcommons.org/comment.cfm. Then share your thoughts on copyright and the creative industries through the Commons discussion forum, http://www.culturalcommons.org/discussion/."

- posted by Heidi @ 8:10 AM