February 2012
“Impactful” is a made-up buzzword, colligated by the modern marketing...”
– “20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong” by John Gingerich
“Swear words can not describe how awesome we are feeling.”
– John Flansburgh
“Professionalism is job #3 with They Might Be Giants.”
– John Flansburgh
“If it is something important, get a colleague to improve it.”
– David Ogilvy from “10 Tips On Writing”
“We needed a court order to eavesdrop on him, but we didn’t need a court...”
– Michael V. Haydenis, ex-CIA Director, on the drone strike killing of “Anwar Awlaki, a New Mexico-born member of Al Qaeda who was killed by a U.S. drone in Yemen last September.”
Since taking office, the Obama administration has killed over 1,300 people with drone strikes—including US...
I Have Nerdy, Funny Friends
Patch: I delegated all my backups to the kids.
Hobbes: I know right? Two words: Time Machine. It's not that hard. Seriously.
Patch: It doesn't work on my Commodore 64.
Hobbes: Bummer. Guess you'll just have to resort to cassette backups of your Racing Destruction Set tracks.
Patch: Don't worry - that's all done. I keep them in a safe place with my Dukes of Hazard magnet collection.
Hobbes: Excellent.
“Please don’t hit me with things I’m allergic to!”
– Raphy
“Today I beat the New York Giants in Madden 12.
210 to 3.
Maybe not...”
– Pudge
My Girl
Cyndi: Simone, do you want to watch your wild things video?
Simone: No mommy, I want to play Skyrim.
“…grammar is an ultra-micro component in the larger picture; it lies...”
– “20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong” by John Gingerich
I like his perspective here. Grammar isn’t a crucial part of the creative process. It’s a finishing step, a refinement. However, when it comes to the finished product, poor grammar can sink your...
“On the gravest days of winter I put on my gray flannels, a cashmere tie in a...”
– Luciano Barbera
via Sartorially Inclined
January 2012
“But the hard data suggest that the level of prestige of a car and the income of...”
– Thomas Stanley, “Drive Rich or Be Rich”
One of the more interesting (although not surprising) things I’ve learned as I’ve dug more and more into financial discipline over the last few years, is how rich people actually live vs. how they are perceived. And since I would one...
“Yesterday on Twitter I said I thought it was better than Skyrim, and I want to...”
– Penny Arcade, re: Kingdoms of Amalur
Blasphemy? Read on, MacDuff.
“So Mitt pays 35% on what he earns working, 15% on his cap gains, he gives...”
– Dennis Miller (via thegayrepublican)
The Two Things game →
Love this idea. Gonna add it to my “interrogation” arsenal.
bobulate:
Economist Glen Whitman on The Two Things:
A few years ago, I was chatting with a stranger in a bar. When I told him I was an economist, he said, “Ah. So… what are the Two Things about economics?” “Huh?” I cleverly replied. “You know, the Two Things. For every subject, there are really only two things you really...
“I believe in copyright. I benefit from it. I don’t want it to go away. I love...”
– Jonathan Coulton
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“I realize there are some wealthy individuals – I’m not one of them, but some...”
– Elizabeth Warren, whose spokesman later added, “Elizabeth was making the point that, unlike many members of Congress, she does not have a broad portfolio of stocks in individual companies.” Said aide specified that she only held mutual funds.
Worth noting: Mutual funds are nothing...