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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro

Five Easy Pieces

"Can't let youse in."
"Wha-Why?"
"Dress code."
"We wore our sombreros!"
Milk & Cheese

A week ago, I ordered some Buster Keaton DVDs from Amazon. Now my "Recommendations" section doesn't list anything made past 1926. Sheesh, come on. You'd think it would know by now that I enjoy a little more variety then that. At least give me one talkie.

Amazon's Recommendations thingie fascinates me to no end. I've literally spent hours tweaking the suggestions it comes up with. Yet, it still manages to both find me stuff I wouldn't buy in a million years. To it's credit, however, most of the time it's cool stuff and only occasionally does it come up with stuff that makes me go, "...the hell?" How does it know? They are sorcerers over there. Beware.