November 2011
2 posts
September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
3 posts
I've been neglecting Tumblr, but click here to get... →
July 2011
6 posts
June 2011
7 posts
Just found out I get 7/4-7/6 off as an official...
peegeethirteen:
Google, will you marry me?
May 2011
12 posts
There was a loud huffing noise, my windows started popping. I had to get...
– Jeff Lehr, a reporter for the Joplin Globe via NYTimes
FDNY real-estate hunt.
News and map:
Upon hearing the news, the first thing I thought was: thanks Bloomberg for opening up all this prime real estate! If I were really rich, which one of these would I want to live in? My top choices (advance apologies to Queens and the Bronx):
Ladder 8, 14 North Moore St., Manhattan. Location, location, celebrity, location. Should I choose the one in TriBeCa that was used as the...
5 tags
This little house made my day.
John Ashcroft now works for Blackwater (AKA Xe... →
ericmortensen:
Sounds about right.
…a photograph of the violence you inflict is always, in very large measure, a...
– Philip Gourevitch on why we shouldn’t release the photos (via newyorker)
April 2011
16 posts
Yahoo! is excited to announce that Delicious has been acquired by the founders...
– My email just sent me a present. Delicious bookmarklet, forgive me for abandoning you.
Free Republic readers’ take on NYT Magazine’s profile of Obama’s mother. There’s a laser focus on her looks, the family’s un-American-ness, and for some reason, Communism.
A reaction to a melange of everything white men fear, I guess: foreign values, independent women, and economic systems that aren’t biased to favor white men. It’s an interesting read if...
biancavirina:
CLICK THE SQUARES.
Science Friday video that goes over a study that determined how bicycles remain stable.
It's Tax Day. But Not for Exxon, Which Pays $0 in... →
Don't sleep on Dave Grohl
The president also called for undoing the Bush tax cuts for upper-income...
– Obama outlines his deficit-reduction policy - Washington Times
It’s not doublespeak—it’s just a positive subversion of traditional linguistic definition.
(via jeffmiller
)
He carefully and artfully avoided any video clip of him saying “I’m going to raise taxes” that could be played over and over...
Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs,...
– John Fugelsang (via andoneheadcanneverdie)
Mike Hudack: Sales Reps: Keep your laptop in your... →
evangotlib:
I’ve often found that the best client meetings happen when I keep my laptop in my bag. Clients do not want to see yet another presentation about how terrific you are.
Have a conversation. Just. Talk.
Sales reps - especially younger ones - are too focused on “getting through the…
Take this advice and add a nice clean white board + white board marker.
March 2011
26 posts