A copy of Hank Paulson’s memoir just arrived at our office. It is huge and requires more attention than I can give it now. I have, however, skimmed it a bit and so far I can say there’s some stuff that did not surprise me in the least to read about, such as HP’s determination, on display from an early age:
As a boy, I was very goal oriented. It’s what [my wife] Wendy calls my “gold-star mentality.” I no sooner became a boy scout that I made up my mind to be come an eagle scout, which I did, at 14.
And some stuff I was surprised (and thrilled) to hear about, like the former Treasury Secretary rubbing one out:
Long hours at the office can cause problems at home, and this was a period of great stress in my marriage. I’d come home too tired to want to do much with the children when they were very young. We couldn’t afford to finish our bedroom, so we were living in an open loft, with the kids in rooms right next to us. I sometimes locked myself in the bathroom with Sports Illustrated to relax.
Bess, you saucy minx.
Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible. Put it on the swing, it’ll have much more fun.
He looks so regal in that picture, manhandling that egret.
@LA- it’s a peregrine falcon.
One feather at a time, he plucked the endangered peregrine falcon, imagining each feather was his rival for the top spot at Goldman.
His left pinky was mauled by that falcon.
6 = jon corzine
[Paulson stroking the bird]
Pretty bird. Yes, can you say pretty bird? Pretty bird, yeah pretty bird… Polly want a cracker
Bess,
No it’s not. It’s an egret.
False. The last known Passenger Pigeon in existance was being held by HP in the picture. Shortly after the photo was snapped he chewed off the birds head just cause.
9 ftw
So awkward, I was just pulling the feathers out of a bald eagle this morning, I was also wearing a 2010 emblazoned sweat-shirt.
@5 your mom is a peregrine falcon
@10
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Ardea_alba_in_ggp.jpg
He has hair in that pic? WTF????!!!!
That is no falcon. That is a Northern Texas Stone Warbler.
nice marmot.
Awesome. More stuff like this please, Bess!
Fuckface @15,
I know. That’s what Hank’s holding.
Wrong. It is not an egret, falcon, or warbler. It is a young Biff Basness.
He has hair in that pic? WTF????!!!!
Its a gay rooster and its saying “Anycock’lldo”
“rubbing one out”
That’s disgusting. I am shocked by the potty mouth on this site. You should all be ashamed.
I saw Paulson and his chicken on the 6 train.
You are all wrong. It is a rare Scandanavian cock.
Rooster Cockburn is a friend of mine?
I would definitely choke that chicken with the lights on while Hank the Spank watches.
-guy who chokes things with the lights on
I believe the bird Hank is gently holding is a distant cousin to the Fluffy-backed Tit Babbler
@20 try all her other posts.
Chokin’ the chicken?
“By the way,” when I was a kid, I visited a few pigeon coups on da roofs of apartment buildings in da Bronx.
Dat boid is a fuckin’ falcon, not a duck, not an egret, not a Tit Babbler.
-cg
its a bong
usually the krauts use tanks and jack boots. This time it looks like they’ll be using Nazi gold:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8491552.stm
@34 would you say alto or soprano?
its a golden eagle named marahute
@37: judging by the shape of the neck i would say alto.
Falcons are friends-a-mine, and I like dem. What da fuck do any-a-yous bastids know about fuckin’ boids??!
-The Thug
@34 Its a horn
it’s a giant hawk, wearing blue underpants
@42 YES.
@42 my best student.
@42 outside of the picture is another one, wearing red underpants.
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