The Stanford Ravens Pt 1: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Question: If Ray Rice–instead of knocking out his then-fiance, had just slammed her into the elevator walls a few times then choked her, would the media be calling for Roger Goddell’s head? Yeah. I...
View ArticleI don’t really feel this post anymore…
…and would have changed a lot of my previous ones, but for the sake of chronicling authenticity, #nofilter #noedits. 10/15/14 A lot of people ask me why my tone is so hostile on this blog. That’s a...
View ArticleInjustice and Incompetence
After all, I had been warned. Multiple times. I was never told what would happen to me if I just you know, kept sharing the documents, but if we out everything to scale…a suspended rebuke? I took the...
View ArticleThe Liar’s Paradox
WORK IN PROGRESS! “Paradoxes in any domain are important: They force us to make explicit assumptions usually left implicit and to test those assumptions in limiting cases.” The Liar, Jon Barwise &...
View ArticleThe Truth: I Called Game
Paul Pierce, the Celtics legend who was re-christianed The Truth (by Shaq, no less), hit a buzzer-beating bank shot for the Wizards yesterday. At 37, he’s essentially pulling a reverse MJ–you know,...
View ArticleHey Richard Haftel:
Though I will never forgive (nor really hold a strong grudge–what’s a messed-up little boy compared to a man like Etchemendy?), I’d like to point out that you never seem to have your son’s best...
View ArticleThe Chink in your Armor: Stanford’s Revisionist Appeal Outcome Decision in Ni...
“I really hope somebody calls me or emails me and says I’m in trouble for anything I say about Roger Goodell. Because if one person says that to me, I’m going public. You leave me alone. The...
View ArticleFrom Recourse to Resourse
It’s fascinating that only about 10% of site traffic is Stanford GSB-related–I am, after all, not that consistent of a storyteller. But after checking the site gmail after months, I was also shocked to...
View ArticleLuxury & Duplicity in Williamsburg: All Hail Goose PM, Our Hasidic Overlords
Identical buildings have popped up all over Williamsburg, new developments I termed “yuppie boxes” in 2010. Which is what they are–the domiciles of the Manhattan’s young, creative, and hedonistic. In...
View ArticleJust Flexin’
9/25: I did NOT remember that I actually gave Haftel an out before writing that appeal requesting a new trial. What can I say? I get soft sometimes man… Original: It’s always late at night… That you...
View ArticleBack to School, Back to School…
…good luck your quest to prove to dad you ain’t no fool. (Which can’t be that hard. I mean, tree, apple…). In all earnestness, I wish The Plastics and The Leaders of GSB 2016 the best of luck. You’re...
View ArticleThe Purge
I can’t handle the blog polyamory, especially as I am trying to be a whole person again. When I logged on after writing about the Stanford scandal (tentatively titled Debonergate) on thennword.com and...
View ArticleThe Things We Carried in 2014
#1 The Wallet on Chain (WOC) # 2: The Mini Backpack # 3 The Envelope Clutch #4 The Bucket Bag #5 The Wafer Leather Tote
View ArticleBucket List: From Epic No to Epi Noe
Louis Vuitton introduced the Epi Noe, the fashion world’s first bucket bag, in 1932. When it comes to fashion trends, I tend to listen to my Shakespearean friend Polonius reincarnated as wise stylist:...
View ArticleThe Air We Breathe: Reflections on Sexism Pt. 1
Until recently, I wasn’t really a feminist. I wasn’t a chauvinist, but there’s a large space between the terms that we tend to ignore–if you’re not a feminist you hate women. If you are a feminist,...
View Article11211 ’til I die (or get priced out)
Except for a blip on the time radar in Palo Alto, I’ve spent my entire post-college life in Williamsburg. Not even “Girls” Brooklyn, which is closer to Bushwick, a few more subway stops closer to the...
View ArticleViz Merch: Window Shopping in Soho
Doing windows is a tricky art. What’s on display out front is the single most important part of visually merchandising a store, not only because it represents your brand–which (unless you’ve been...
View ArticleFisch for the Hip: A preview of the preview…
Columbus was so ‘1400’s. Come see our royalty-worthy classic and avant garde boutique in Chelsea today!
View ArticleControl Variable: Textured Black
Curation and editorial. If we were doing a business school case on how e-commerce fashion players differentiate themselves, those would be “the answers” or rather, the destination at which collective...
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