Three delightful findings

Every day, no matter how much I'd like to forget it, has its bright spots, like getting to enjoy the snow flurries through the window this morning for about 5 seconds. Here are a few more from today:

• In the September 22 edition of The Economist I ran across a review of Alan Greenspan's new book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. Evidently, not everyone would naturally look forward to encountering this 530-page tome: ...nobody ever accused Mr Greenspan of being a lively speaker, let alone a born storyteller, and no reviewer could approach this volume with anything but a heavy heart and a sense of duty.
• From the same review, Who would have guessed that 500 pages in Mr Greenspan's company could slip by so easily?
• And finally, reading in amNewYork I ran across an article about possible subway fare hikes by the MTA. Obviously, most riders are opposed, and there were public hearings provided for them as a forum heard by the MTA board. Some, however, doubted the efficacy of their testimony in convincing the board and yet chose to testify: "I told my co-workers about it [the public hearing], and they said it was like spitting in the wind," said Sahre Davis, a receptionist and community college student from Greenpoint who also testified at a hearing. "I'd rather spit, because I know it will land somewhere."