The Post reports that an angry gym goer (broker) attacked a fellow spin class member (hedge fund manager) when the hedgie wouldn’t shut up.
Although people assume hedge fund managers are bastards, I’ve found most of them to be nice people, if a little (perhaps justifiably) conceited. But stories like this tend to give the industry a herniated disk, image-wise.
The hedge fund manager’s attorney is dubbing the alleged assult “spin rage.”
“It is the loss of all self control by someone who is just sharing not a road in this case but sharing a stationary bike facility,” attorney Samuel Davis said.
How long before we have cubicle rage?
If you ever go to Tokyo, make sure you go to the Sapporo Museum (and yeah, there were only 2 of us).
Well, three days have passed and there are no reports on Castro’s demise. We’ll save the obituary for when he actually passes.
As you may have guessed from the title of this post I am not blogging from my usual NY outpost but rather from the other side of the world.
I landed in Tokyo yesterday and having been spending the day wandering the streets and trying to take it all in, and boy is it a lot to take in! Fortunately, I have a couple of guidebooks like Time Out: Tokyo, Rough Guide: Tokyo and Lonely Planet Encounters: Tokyo. That last one (which is not yet in stores) I will be reviewing at the end of the trip, or at least at the end of my stay in Tokyo.
What is always odd for me, especially when I am traveling in a foreign country, is being so out of touch with the world. At home I usually get a blast of morning news and my computer at work opens up to the front page of the NY Times. The local paper (in English) delivers a nice burst of world news and fortunately, the one English channel I get is CNN. Of course turning it on now I find out that Greece is burning to the ground, probably by arson (which is below the “fold” on the NY Times Online), Dubai is also burning, well at least the ports are, the US has massive flooding and tornadoes and housing prices are dropping everywhere in the US except of course in NYC.
Oh and my favorite: Al Qaeda is apparently trying to recruit Muslim African-Americans. The morning news is just depressing. I guess this is why I don’t actually watch the news that often, it keeps me with my cheery attitude towards the world. Anyway, I’m off to dinner now, I recommend skipping the news today or only check out the fluff pieces. It keeps you happier, trust me.
Looks like Fidel Castro may have died. It is rumored that the Cuban government will be announcing the passing of their (mostly) beloved leader this afternoon.
The possible delay of the announcement may be to wait for the pass of rush hour traffic in Miami.
Though it was reported yesterday that he was doing well and recovering from his most recent surgery, there are some rumors spreading that he has died and that he announcement is just being held. I guess we will all know by this evening.
And remember, we had it before any of the major news outlets released anything… If an announcement is made I’m sure I’ll post some sort of obit tonight or early next week.
I read a few days ago that Michael Bay was taking a stand against media-giant Paramount and their recent decision not to release any of their films on Blu-Ray, but solely on HD-DVD.
Michael Bay basically said that he directed movies for people to see and that he wanted the most people to be able to see them, not have them limited by the format of their video watching device and that if Paramount wasn’t going to release movies on Blu-Ray he wasn’t going to make Transformers 2. This seemed to be a major stand from a major director against the actions a major corporation was taking in the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD formatting wars (which in the end may pan out to be more like the Laser Disc battle… Pointless).
But then, shortly after all the to-do and fuss was made someone from Paramount must have contacted Michael bay and probably told him either how much money he would not be making by passing on Transformers 2 or that it didn’t really make a difference if he was involved or not because they were going to make the movie anyway. Either way, Michael Bay posted a retraction on his blog with some ramblings but essentially saying that ” I drank the kool aid hook line and sinker… I over reacted.”
Just goes to show how oodles of money can change anyones mind. Too bad, may have set a precedence for other directors, instead it just lets the studios know that they really do have all the power.
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