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Sappy thoughts
For my forty-fifth birthday we ate brunch at a now-in-slight-decline Bob's Noodle 66, saw the excellent Pan's Labyrinth, and I slow-cooked a Chinese lamb casserole for dinner. My presents included a snow brush to clear the car -- which I needed today --, a CD of electric guitar desert music from Niger, and Neuberger dark chocolate from Sao Tome.
I am not close to starting Civilization IV, I am slowly reading through the works of Roberto Bolaño, watching Monty Python on YouTube with Yana, and interviewing four job candidates in the next week and a half.
I am continually reminded what wonderful readers Alex and I have -- one of the best such groups in the world -- and we thank you for visiting the blog and making our lives richer.
I am already grateful for what the next year will bring, and now to ponder tomorrow's posts...
Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 21, 2007 at 09:11 PM in Philosophy | Permalink
Comments
Happy Birthday! This blog is great, though at times some of the posts have been becoming a tad political.
Posted by: golddog at Jan 21, 2007 10:04:20 PM
If you think you have wonderful readers, sir, may your readers suggest that they have wonderful bloggers to read. A thousand thanks to you and Alex; may you live to see MR's 45th birthday and beyond!
Posted by: hamilton at Jan 21, 2007 10:56:46 PM
Beware -- Civ IV is downright addicting. I stayed up until 4:30 a.m. on the first night.
Posted by: Garth at Jan 21, 2007 11:22:32 PM
I wasn't so keen on Pan' Labyrinth (apparently the distributors though americans were too stupid to know what a faun is and changed the title for the US version, too.) It was okay, but not great, really. It was awfully heavy-handed. I guess that was part of the 'fairy-tale for adults' part, that in fair tales the good is good and the bad is really, really, bad, but quite a few parts didn't really make sense (the stuff with the watch) or were just silly (the bad guy can't take off his evil-signalling gloves even to do delicate work on a watch?) It's not bad but gets my early vote for the mot over-hyped film of the year.
Posted by: Matt at Jan 21, 2007 11:47:55 PM
"Beware -- Civ IV is downright addicting. I stayed up until 4:30 a.m. on the first night."
I second that.
Be careful, or you'll come down with "Just one more turn" syndrome.
Posted by: Matt S. at Jan 22, 2007 12:15:31 AM
Happy Birthday! And thank you very much for MR!
Posted by: leo at Jan 22, 2007 4:58:28 AM
Neuberger? Have you tried Valrhona?
Posted by: Jack at Jan 22, 2007 6:47:43 AM
I fully second the apeman's comments. This is an excellent blog, and the only one I try and look at daily.
Thanks
Posted by: Stuart at Jan 22, 2007 8:39:46 AM
Thanks for the writing and the wonderful leads; most recently, _Sacred_Games_.
Posted by: Bill Gardner at Jan 22, 2007 8:42:11 AM
Civ 4 is fun, much better with the patches than Civ 3. But if you like the genre, try Galactic Civilizations (I, not II). It's a better game than any of them, because it has better AI, a cooler tech tree and better paths to victory.
Posted by: Noumenon at Jan 22, 2007 10:05:26 AM
Happy birthday.
And, does Neuberger beat Sacher tortes from Vienna?
Posted by: Barkley Rosser at Jan 22, 2007 10:58:19 AM
Happy birthday and thank you for sharing some of your human capital with us, your readers. An economics blog with soul.
Cheers
Tom
Posted by: Tom at Jan 22, 2007 11:27:21 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jacqueline at Jan 22, 2007 12:23:26 PM
Remember Marginal Revolution = Crack for the brain.
It's the best thing to do besides listening to lecture!
Posted by: Nathan at Jan 22, 2007 2:22:28 PM
45? I remember 45. Barely... Enjoy.
Posted by: Jonathan at Jan 22, 2007 5:03:59 PM
Happiest of birthdays Prof. Cowen. May your future years have increasing marginal utility.
Posted by: Ben at Jan 22, 2007 6:08:13 PM
Hi
Best wishes。
Allow me to offer my heartiest wishes.
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