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"A man has no business to be depressed by a disappointment. He ought to make up his mind to get even.” -- Mark Twain 10:47 AM Apr 16th via web
where do people go on saturday nights in SF? i'm trying to crowdsource my recreation 3:48 PM Apr 7th via web
the NYT reports that boys are just as emotionally invested in romantic relationships as girls. @jaminsky, thoughts? nyti.ms/I6zWbG 8:21 AM Apr 7th via web
san francisco fashion notes: north face fleece, running shorts, white new balances 8:17 AM Apr 7th via web
my piece for @NYTcivilwar Disunion on the Civil War's most notorious counterfeiter, a Philadelphia shopkeeper: nyti.ms/GUh4iL 10:21 AM Mar 27th via web
a little late-friday misanthropy from Mark Twain to get your weekend off on the right foot: bit.ly/f7hpXu 12:14 PM Mar 23rd via web
anyone else trying to keep Austin weird tonight? 3:18 PM Mar 10th via TweetDeck
my paperback, A Counterfeiter's Paradise, comes out today: amzn.to/yAEqOb 6:21 AM Mar 6th via web
@flaxclark think of it as a "remix" 8:45 AM Feb 23rd via web in reply to flaxclark
"A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers." -- Albert Camus, 1957 8:36 AM Feb 23rd via web
"I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us..." 8:36 AM Feb 23rd via web
T.J. Stiles on the first financial journalist: Charles Francis Adams. bloom.bg/xDkdD7 6:48 AM Feb 23rd via web
LaphamsQuart Lewis took part in General Assembly's (@ga )new project for entrepreneurs alongside @Mariobatali and @MikeBloomberg bit.ly/wDTBTD 10:03 AM Feb 21st via web Retweeted by bentarnoff and 1 other
Benjamin Franklin designed paper currency with his favorite mottos printed on the bills. "Mind Your Business," etc bit.ly/f7hpXu 9:25 AM Feb 10th via web
@kgittleson the internet was built for things like this 3:28 PM Feb 9th via web in reply to kgittleson
"You need to be prepared that the volatility of the markets might make your guy’s mood unpredictable." 3:15 PM Feb 9th via web
CNBC spills the beans on How to Date a Wall Street Man: Be Sexy, Don't Get Upset if He Checks His Blackberry, etc: bit.ly/AuIl03 3:14 PM Feb 9th via web
WORLD PREMIERE of "Little Dad," the best short film of the past century: schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/ev… via @sxsw 7:43 AM Feb 9th via Tweet Button
Half of the original agents had criminal records: the very shady history of the Secret Service's war on counterfeiters: bit.ly/f7hpXu 8:02 AM Feb 6th via web
@adampritzker you must've gone to columbia 11:22 AM Feb 4th via web in reply to adampritzker

Name Ben Tarnoff
Location New York
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Bio Author of A Counterfeiter's Paradise: The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Early American Moneymakers (Penguin), in paperback March 6.