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The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman.

Presidential Seal

Bush v. The Onion: You might have thought that the White House had enough on its plate late last month, what with its search for a new Supreme Court nominee, the continuing war in Iraq and the C.I.A. leak investigation. But it found time to add another item to its agenda – stopping The Onion, [...]

Distractions

Words to live by: I’m very paranoid about any metric of productivity. One person’s wasted time is another person’s productivity. For most of my life people saw me doing the things I liked to do and said, “you have too much free time on your hands.” I’ve decided that when you hear that, it means [...]

Digital Bollywood

For years there has been talk about how Hollywood would abandon celluloid once and for all, digitally transmitting films directly to movie theaters. While Hollywood shuffles its feet India, the country which showed the world how electronic voting should be done, is moving ahead. In the United States, a digital roll-out has stalled while Hollywood [...]