quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

i feel like, ok, you found your soulmate after you got married to the "wrong" person, shit happens, but having your new love featured in such a public way is so insensitive to the feelings of the dumped spouses.

one garland of signed Warhol dollar bills

waht

Mr. Salvator also arranges for the building’s superintendent and the housekeeper to help unearth the family of nutcrackers that he bought, and the ribbons and ornaments he has collected, from the storage bin in the basement, so that he and his associates can swag the place like a Victorian engraving, a task he completed last Saturday, just hours before the family arrived.

for a sec I thought this writer was really 'with it' but actually it turns out swag is a verb and it's being used correctly according to its original meaning

It's appropriate, actually, because the fabled Victorian Christmases were done with the assistance of armies of servants.

Only hours to spare! Goodness.

Hey! A followup to that skeevy wedding story I posted upthread!

Love-struck advertising executive John Partilla regrets sharing news of his wedding to Carol Anne Riddell with The New York Times after many readers recoiled over the paper's "Vows" column last Sunday.

Partilla defended the couple's decision to share their story of how they walked out on their former spouses to be with one another. He told Page Six, "We were proud and happy to marry and legitimize our relationship and move forward. We can't control other people's judgments."

But, he conceded, "I think if we had had an indication afterwards of the nerve it would have struck, we obviously would not have shared our life in any way publicly."

. . . One commenter on the Times Web site fumed, "Is it a sign of our times that personal responsibility to one's spouse and children takes a back seat to selfish, self-centered love?"

Partilla was previously married to Karla Tafrate, and Riddell was married to Robert Ennis. The Times didn't name either, leaving readers to wonder whether "the paper of record" had bothered to seek their comments -- a minimal journalistic requirement. The Times declined to say.

Tafrate told us, "I have read it, but I have no comment to the story." Neither Riddell nor Ennis could be reached.

In a statement, the Times said, "The Vows feature gives a close-in account of a wedding every week . . . We don't attempt to pass judgment on the suitability of the match, the narrative of the romance, the quality of the ceremony or the flavor of the wedding cake."

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/business/20bonus.html?_r=4&hp

Even though employees will receive roughly the same amount of money, the psychological blow of not getting a bonus is substantial, especially in a Wall Street culture that has long equated success and prestige with bonus size.

Psychologically blow me, bankers.

^^^

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/saving-money-on-fitness/?scp=1&sq=fitness&st=cse

Another "recession forces the ruling class to save money by cutting back from absurd opulence to ordinary first world luxury" story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/health/25patient.html?_r=1
guess this is the whole story

is that another shout-out article to a friend of the author, or what? I see no reason why 'Ms. Alba' need be mentioned by name. After the first paragraph, the story turns into a standard guide for people wanting cheap alternatives to health clubs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/fashion/26DCDEB.html?pagewanted=1&ref=fashion

remember when they at least attempted to make these appear to be news articles?

wish this one had a comment section

“many, many, many” people have thought Serena van der Woodsen, a character on the CW network show “Gossip Girl,” is based on Miss Nagel, minus the promiscuity and drugs

As written, I feel this implies the fictional character lacks the promiscuity and pharmaceutical interests of the real life girl. If only.

Wow, that is a fucking piece if work.

Of. Damn you, IPhone...

yeah, that sentence probably should not have been printed as written o-O

I just like that her name is Nagel

At 12, she was corresponding with Bryan Sykes, professor of human genetics at Oxford University, after becoming intrigued by his DNA research.

I love these sort of details that convey precociousness but are actually pretty meaningless. ffs a 'fan letter' counts as correspondence but doesn't really mean anything

i must have seen this thread fifty times but i never noticed girl & dog in op photo

what bothers me most about this last one is that she's not even that impressive an overachiever. anyone think johns hopkins was her first choice?

idk why is that article there

is it just generic social stuff? why so lengthy

Wearing a Ralph Lauren blazer, cashmere sweater, jeans and Ferragamo loafers, she was having a lunch of crab chowder and chicken pot pie at a restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue, with her mother (also in Ralph Lauren blazer). Both women’s nails were painted pink.

I feel bad for assuming she's a horrible person based on that profile. But she probably is.

she's 19

needs to get cash from parents and fuck off asap

why would you feel bad for assuming she's a horrible person?

She's done nothing wrong but be born rich and precocious.

~precious~

Don't know whether this perfectly fits the thread or not, but lol @ Brian Williams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOxoCi4wCmI&feature=player_embedded

it's like marrakesh over there lol

brian williams must read ilx

okay that was
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7476/amazingn.png

Nice little Brookline shout-out buried in there too, though Mike Barnicle is a dick.

Haha a flash artsinal market

lmao

Is Brian Williams usually this funny? That was awesome.

he's been great on SNL and 30 Rock, though that at least makes him out to be a great sport.

he kills it on jon stewart

my favorite part:

Miss Nagel has attended dancing schools (Knickerbocker and Barclay); served as junior chairwoman of charities; and dated a cross section of interesting young men in New York and Europe, including a duke with a castle.

it's all classic though, maybe my favorite quiddities and agonies discovery.

The snark in this article is off the charts!

http://nyti.ms/ihTb7d

How does it feel to be getting old, oldie-mcOLDerson? Oh, let me guess, you already knew how it would feel because you think you know everything! Well, as a journalist I have to stress that you can't generalize the personalities and life experiences of all baby boomers, but "self-aware, or self-absorbed, feel less self-fulfilled, and thus are racked with self-pity."

To me it read like the snark at the front was exagerated in order to make the conclusion (you can't really define any person by their generation) more potent.

bizarre photo choice -- dude who spent his life in a box factory does not look like the archetypal "self-absorbed boomer" imo

you should see his twitter though, what a vain motherfucker

1000boxesyes

lol Z S u got punked

I'M NEVER READ THE NEW YORK TIMES AGAIN

that's right, I'll say it again, one word at a time, very clearly,

I'M NEVER READ THE NEW YORK TIMES AGAIN

now i'll go back to saying more than one word at a time