January 2010
41 posts
“Ultralight hiking is, in some respects, like the grocery business: each requires...”
– From The New Yorker’s profile on Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.
December 2009
33 posts
The 42nd Annual Happy Magic Awards →
Best Topic Which Bores The Shit Out Of Everyone But Information Architects
Information Architecture
Runner Up: Information Architecture
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From last week, when there were still trees for sale in the city. It was damn cold out, much like today.
Was that Christmas Eve (or the 23rd)? Because I definitely bought a Christmas tree on Christmas eve. And it was damn cold.
Yup, 23rd, That cold 23rd that seemed pretty cold up until I walked to the train station this morning.
It didn’t...
Now that I have an ove' glove I can shake hands...
Despite wanting to mock the ove’ glove, I really want one after I burned myself several times making Christmas desert (and dinner).
(via talkingfries)
A decade without a name →
The Washington Post, on how we don’t have a singular term for the past ten years. I’m not convinced that’s such a bad thing. Imagine this:
But if people insist on searching for the perfect sticky term, Baron [Dennis Baron, a University of Illinois linguist and curator] has an idea. It involves cash.
“Maybe we could sell the naming rights, like we do with...
Me: [reloads the Dashboard]
Sister: [Spying mind-blowing cuteness] Who's that?
M: Just some people from the Internet.
S: Is that how you make friends?
M: Actually, yes.
Couch: DC Snow →
If you only read one account of the blizzard in DC, this is it.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - “Home”
I heard it while catching up on the songs of the year (Thanks to All Songs Considered), and this song just devastates me, and makes me so excited for what’s to come in my life.
I don’t really care how you listen to this song, but you have to. It’s that important to me.
On NPR, it was their Song of the Day in July.
The band also did a Daytrotter session at the end of August.
...
Questions for Martha Nussbaum →
Do you think you will marry again?
If I thought of getting married, I would worry that I was taking advantage of a privilege that I have that a same-sex couple wouldn’t have.
In that case, how do you justify eating in a nice restaurant or even reading a book, since those, too, are privileges that many cannot afford?
There are no legal barriers to anyone eating in a restaurant, but...
“As the world grows smaller, you might think it would be easier for human beings...”
– Nobel laureate and United States president Barack Obama.
Some advice on career planning — don’t →
(via Kottke)
WatchI’ve never been so fascinated. For these children, the terrorist attacks are something they were told about — an abstract notion instead of an experience — and Britney Spears is that girl who cut all her hair off.
Me: Hey, they elected another gay bishop! Now they're really going to piss off the conservatives.
Him: [paying no attention] Gross gross gross! ... Not about the bishops.
[Shows me a post about drinking beer at room temprature]
Me: You know, historically, people drank beer at room temperature.
Him: And bishops were all men and not gay.
“Poor Judy Dark! Poor little librarians of the world, those girls, secretly...”
– Michael Chabon, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”
