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Here is a description of the daily commute by Michael Milken, 1980s junk bond king, as told in "Predator's Ball" by Connie Bruck: At 5:30am each weekday in the early 1970s, a bus p…

"Deep Listening" by Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis is also excellent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U__lpPDTUS4

In Vancouver in the 1990s, if you wanted to buy a six-pack of beer at 10pm after the government-run liquor store closed, you would walk into a local pub and ask the bartender if th…

Check out the location of these condos in downtown Toronto built alongside the Gardiner Expressway, a very busy 90km/h (~55mph) highway: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TGLCBJGbrSEkAm7W6 T…

This reminds me somewhat of a system by David MacIver: https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/using-a-list-to-manage-exec... He builds his list from scratch every morning. The list is fl…

I'm sorry to differ with you, sir, but I quite liked the ending. If I may be so bold, sir. If you don't mind my saying so, sir.

You might find this article by Michael Nielsen interesting: https://augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html In particular I liked the section partway* through the article where he talks a…

Yes, and while TD is paying you 0.050%, they are loaning out your $4,000 in the form of a mortgage on which they earn 6.79%!

Also, $16.95/month is $203.40/year, which divided by $4,000 is 5.09%. If you can earn more than 5.09% then you are better off paying the fee and investing your $4,000 elsewhere. It…

Bay Street Video near Bay and Bloor in Toronto is still alive and well: https://www.baystreetvideo.com/ and has a very deep catalogue and active new release schedule: https://www.b…

You should check out Silent Sunday Nights on TCM, hosted by Jacqueline Stewart. https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming%20Article/020683/si... Here are the featured films for Nove…

The language police are mentioned on page 65 of "Solomon Gursky Was Here" by Mordecai Richler, published 1989: The lot outside The Caboose, punctured with potholes, overlooked a lu…

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Agreed. The audiobook version read by Simon Prebble is also excellent.