New Directions

While reading the short article about the loads of money that the rich and famous are pouring into Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee, I come across this exquisite break in the text:

Obama’s inaugural donors also include plenty of corporate titans and executives. Among them: Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs; Vicki Palmer, an executive vice president at Coca-Cola; Microsoft’s Steven VanRoekel; and Chicagoan and longtime Democratic donor Fred Eychaner, who owns Newsweb Corp. (Random: the Sleuth attended a small party about seven years ago at Eychaner’s stunning Lakeview home, a modern marvel of concrete and glass, surrounded by gardens and sculptures, built by renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Eychaner was a very nice and interesting guy, and worth hundreds of millions of dollars.)

This is the mentioned house:

Ando’s first free-standing building in the United States is a introverted house in his signature concrete, steel, and glass style. Very little is visible of the house. A monolithic concrete wall with a large steel door faces the street, while garage doors and more concrete back the alley.

The two-story house is a long U-shape in plan, wrapping itself around a reflecting pool to create an oasis within the city.

Concrete and glass? Less materials; more music to my ears.

But enough is enough! Let’s return to the matter of the little article: It is now time for Americans to break the habit of giving Obama money. It’s fast becoming a bad addiction, this giving and giving to Obama. It’s time to learn other ways and directions to throw our money.