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Two notes from NYT Magazine, 5/17: 1) From an interview w/ Nobel economist Myron Scholes (arguably the father of the credit default swap), recently retired from Stanford: Q: What are you doing these days? A: I split my time between giving talks around the world and running a hedge fund, Platinum Grove Asset Management. Q: Does a place or city called Platinum Grove exist on any map? A: No. One of my partners is Chinese, and he said we needed a name that had one metal in it and one wood. [This also works for freak-folk.] 2) In the top 1 percent of previous purchases indicating a high risk of consumer credit-card default: chrome-skull accessories.