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Iconography

Not really, not really about iconography, given that I'm not really even sure what that term means. But definitely about imagery. Some Christians are outraged about a scene in the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony that they believe is a corrupt interpretation of The Last Supper. In truth it was a depiction of a Greek Bacchanal, an homage to the Greek origins of the Olympics. But the table scene was very reminiscent of DaVinci's The Last Supper, and in truth, that was where my own thoughts first leapt as the scene opened. But quickly I could see that it wasn't really Christ and the Apostles. Outraged Christians on FB are being calmed and reassured (hopefully) by those in the know, but the whole thing has me thinking about imagery and how it's used as propaganda. Most people wouldn't immediately consider the imagery the Catholic church uses to be propaganda. They would perhaps say the images are meant to inspire, and to educate, and/or to express the artist's p
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Market Rates

#1 in a planned occasional series on Corporate Tips and Tricks! We're moving to a new apartment. In the same building. Owned by a larger Property Management corporation, and I am pretty sure they all pretty much follow the same policies nowadays because this is not the first time we've run up against 'market rates'.  The Rep of the PMC told us that if we started on a certain future date the price would be a certain amount, let's say $3500 per month. But if we waited 4 or 5 days after that the price would be higher.  They had a list of dates at which the price would change and the amounts for each date. Each date the price was higher than the previous date. They said this was based on 'market rates' although how they know what future market rates are going to be was not disclosed. So I got curious and asked ChatGPT because AI chatbots are the new thing now.  Here's the conversation: Me:  When apartment complexes have a set list of dates that prices of apa
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