“The average movie fan could learn to distinguish between Ingrid Bergman and Harpo.”

Warner Brothers didn’t initially respond well to the Marx Brothers’ desire to make a movie called “A Night in Casablanca.” Groucho wrote a great letter poking fun at the very idea that Warner could presume ownership over an idea. Here is the blog that alerted me to this letter and here is the letter itself.

Waffle House Economics

The author’s MBA provided scant seasoning for his new job at the Waffle House. His account of the job is fun and interesting, but that’s not all the book has to offer. Adams frequently digresses and teaches some sound economic principles.

Two Kinds of Farmers’ Markets

Farmers’ Markets are suddenly the place to be seen in this college town. The University itself sponsors one, and so I visited. I don’t know why I was expecting the workers and peasants to be there buying up local produce from bearded guys in overalls. Instead it was the same crowd I see at the local art museum’s special exhibits. The shoppers were professors and their spouses, well-to-do students who just had to have the freshest stuff, and others along these lines.