February 2012
21 posts
The rare joy of using a pen until it runs out.
Most ExeRent bRog: My muse is not a horse →
mostexerent:
In 1996, following the success of his band’s ninth studio album, Murder Ballads, word reached Nick Cave that he had been nominated for an MTV Award, as Best Male Artist. That nomination was soon withdrawn, however, as a result of the following rejection letter…
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Gotta grind
That feeling when you walk out of an interview room and into somebody from another company who you just finished recruiting with.
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"I made poor decisions (no pun), can I get $2,000" →
“I borrowed money and sold a bunch of stocks short. Boy was I wrong. Hey O’bammy, can I get a bailout?”
“Borrowing money to buy all these clothes and accessories really put me in a bad place. Someone re-appropriate public funds that we don’t have to pay me back.”
“Where can I get some cash to make up for all the money I borrowed and wasted to buy this...
January 2012
17 posts
Music: The Fountain of [Brain] Youth →
I'm getting tired just considering it.
Even though the brain is only 2% of our body mass, it burns nearly 20% of our energy. Most of the functions we need to go through a day are managed by the brain below our level of consciousness. This explains why nearly 80% of our brain energy is necessary to sustain our rest state or default mode, a critical aspect of brain functioning which continues to puzzle neuroscientists. Clearly, we...
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iConflict →
The real question here is whether the poor conditions are due to Apple (with $13 billions in profit last Q, and 28% NET INCOME margins) squeezing suppliers too hard, or if suppliers would squeeze and mistreat its workers this hard anyway. There is no question that Apple could impact this problem, but they seem more focused on PR, secrecy, and plausible deniability than the safety of human lives...
Paranoia re: Google →
This seems more like a reason to write an article than any breaking news. Our ‘internet lives’ are not much more private than our physical ones, and if you want to be seedy (‘divorce lawyer’?) or shitty (‘incontinence’), take the proper precautions. Chrome even has incognito mode (ctrl+shift+n) to help.
Google remains boss.
Legals
The wonderful yin//yang of lawyer calls: slow, meandering, and thorough when you’re getting billed for time // surprisingly efficient, direct, and quick when you’re not.
“I think you could fall in love with anyone if you saw the parts of them that no...”
– (via beatboxgoesthump)
A nice sentiment
My Journey
I’m visiting orphanages in Haiti Mar 17-24, 2012. I don’t ask that anyone fund my travel, but if you would like to support me in impacting this most needy cause, your donation will go directly to do just that. This is My Journey:
How good was your childhood?
With that question, any number of things from sunny summer vacations and weekends at grandparents’ houses, to the surprise gift you never...
My Mega Issue
One issue that I have a big heart for is serving children - predominantly through involvement in education, mentorship, and now saving orphans. There is a chance to make a real impact on the direction of their lives and then have an impact on so many of the issues that disproportionately plague people:
Do you desire to assist the poor and crush poverty? – Rescue orphans.
Do you wish to...
Your Mega Issue
What deep, widespread, tragic issue pulls most strongly at your heart?
“Jets are made for dropping bombs on Moscow not French cuisine.”
– Roger Sterling
“Vada a bordo cazzo!”
– Italian coast guard to Captain Schettino
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“The inner life of America is not a place — Canada is a place,” he...”
– Clotaire Rapaille (http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/magazine/does-the-smell-of-coffee-brewing-remind-you-of-your-mother.html?ref=jackhitt&pagewanted=all)
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December 2011
7 posts
Losing = Winning
Nothing like the instant gratification of losing something and then finding it. It’s the small victories in life that matter, sometimes.
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“It’s only human to express the way you really feel. But that same humanity...”
– undun (2011), The Roots (Black Thought)
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“‘I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do...”
– Johnathon Safran Foer
always a reblog
(via beatboxgoesthump)
TMT!
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Audio: Questlove & Black Thought X Juan Epstein →
Black Thought - your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper’s favorite rapper (c. 36 min)
Cool throwdown with historic and reputable authorities on hip hop. Listen up.
In Defense of Rupee Slippers →
Clown em if you want. Das jes proper.
November 2011
17 posts
"Prince Williams ain't do it right if you ask me" →
Apparently Kanye isn’t aware that royalty are referred to by their first names (reference: Elizabeth, Diana, Henry, Charles, etc.). It seems money and fame can’t buy class, culture, or intelligence.
Poor guy probably thought he was just related to Brian (https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt_c2D1kZ9BKV8nm7Kp-NtLXOFz-0w5p-Ocm9yyUu340fY0Y9K) or Serena...
Leisure
Does the term ‘Leisure Activity/ies’ seem misplaced (don’t call it ironic) to anyone else? It seems a category filled with overactive would-be-leisure-seekers or lazy exercisers, but with no identity of its own…
