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...drove home n silence, through three boroughs, over the bridge, through the tunnel, etc, etc. Rudy belatedly offered to teach me to park for free, but I turned him down. I was too exhausted to think about any more driving...
...Neatness: Going hand in hand with organization, together people are tidy. They regularly clean out their backpacks (i.e. more than once a semester). Their rooms seem to have an inherent order, which can be marred but never seriously disrupted. Recycling bins receive their newspapers, bottles, etc. on a twice-weekly basis. Occasionally they throw out a piece of paper they may unexpectedly need later, but together people remember where to go to get a copy...
...together people can be spotted by the trails they leave (handkerchiefs, pencils, etc.), the hair that goes every which way, the mismatched socks. I have long since given up on having any sort of coherent appearance, and have blotted my perpetually messy hair and red nose out of my mind. Those around me get used to it eventually, but then, they've accepted that I am the embodiment of entropy. My usual costume of leggings, tennis shoes and large overshirt/sweater is not only easy to put on (I'm always running late, remember?) but is also not supposed to look...
...fiercely hostile. If Harvard would celebrate its 300th anniversary by burning itself to the ground and sowing its site with salt, the ceremony would give me the liveliest satisfaction as an example to all the other famous corrupters of youth, including Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, the Sorbonne etc. etc. etc...
Hagstrom's detailed description of Buffett's modus operandi has caused a bit of confusion among Buffett followers. Inspired by the book, a number cruncher at Standard & Poor's took all the attributes of a Buffett-type investment (consistent profitability, high return on equity, etc.) and programmed a computer to spit out the names of the companies that qualified. Thirty did, but only two of those stocks are actually found in Buffett's portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway. As the Standard & Poor's computer sees it, most of Buffett's biggest holdings, with the exception of U.S. Tobacco and Coca-Cola...