Now I've received this social media consultant's email intended for @anathanwest.bsky.social. Honored and esteemed by the company of writers the rogue AI bot is placing me in.
Sam Sacks
"When Martin Buber walked he took rapid short waddling-like steps but nonetheless moved with a sort of delicate grace." "Adlai Stevenson's predilection for informal attire was not only a matter of personal comfort, but also an expression of the fact that he was not a conspicuous spender."
"Dorothy Parker was a little woman with a dollish face and basset-hound eyes, in whose mouth butter hardly ever melted." "Elizabeth Arden liked only handsome horses (those flunking her beauty test were quickly sold off)." "John Steinbeck preferred sweaters, baggy trousers and battered shoes."
Just received an email intended for Vivian Gornick pitching me on opportunities to boost my social media presence
Sam Sacks
Sam Sacks
Here is Alden Whitman, looking delighted by the chance to eulogize your death
As I explain, the 19th c. idea of stock was
1) it represents concrete stuff
2) it pays dividends.
Musk doesn't have a trillion in cash. His holdings are valued at that level by the hopes of market participants. The old idea didn't account for intangibles, but it demanded profits. Not all bad...
“I’m not reading American history right now,” Wood laughed. “I just finished Proust! I said I would do it before I die, and well . . .”
Sam Sacks
Sam Sacks
It happens every month or so: you're going about your afternoon, returning home from errands and pickups, chatting with your kids about their day, thinking about what to make for dinner, and then you check the mail and your mood is utterly ruined by another witless Barry Blitt New Yorker cover.
