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“Actually, artists are not made. They are born that way. There is very little you...”
– Louise Bourgeois
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GOP pushing for ISPs to record user data →
The House Republicans’ first major technology initiative is about to be unveiled: a push to force Internet companies to keep track of what their users are doing.
Fun!
This drastically changes my plans. Now it’s AssFuckBoehner.com all day, all the time.
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WatchThrough events of interest to no one but me, I came across and again sat through a conversation I had a while ago with Jeremy Fuksa.
Surprisingly, I don’t sound like a total moron and speak fairly cogently about writing, being a hack photographer, creativity and caring. If those things interest you, give a listen. Bonus: I’m not surly or particularly aspergery.
I’ll be forever...
What Your 16-Hour Workday Says About You!
jessiechar:
You’re a really hard worker
Your time is poorly managed
You don’t know what to do with your life
Your boss knows you’re gullible
At least 40% of your diet consists of pre-packaged food
You send out work emails at inappropriate hours
You have no perspective on life
You don’t sleep enough for proper brain function
You have very little self-respect
Your salary should be higher,...
Anonymous asked: I really liked your commentary on the Robert Reich video on education. The electorate is shrouded in a fog of ignorance leading to the unending support of the democrat/republican standoff killing our country. My question to you is how do we change it? There is a fury of internet blogs and hidden voices all wanting it to happen - but this commentary does not seem to break out of its media to enact...
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“First off, a pro is necessarily getting paid to do what he does, and that’s a...”
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Chris Jones, of Esquire, dropping some science on a young writer. (via capitalnewyork)
This so, so crucial, and not just for journalists, but for any job. To be a pro is to be able to do the work, even when it’s not fun, even when you don’t feel like it, and do it well. The highest compliment my...
“There’s been only one issue that really matters in the thirty years since Ronald...”
– David Michael Green (via azspot)
Shhhhh…..it’s all going to be okay. You don’t have to worry about a thing.
WatchVideo The Truest Indicator: Awareness | Michael Ruhlman
In all you do, awareness is key.
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WatchJohn Roderick, Pt 1 from The Merlin Show
In case you missed it nearly four years ago, I encourage you to check out Merlin’s four-part interview with John Roderick.
Salient points for all:
Not taking it in the shorts
Who (or what) do you really answer to?
What is art, and what is retarded?
Planning for eventual constraint
The interviews are some of my favorite things on the Internet.
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Help Me Help My Daughter With Her Homework
poetrymidwest:
My youngest daughter received the following assignment last week: (letter edited to protect school details) My daughter did her due diligence and colored in a picture of Flat Stanley: We aren’t travelling anywhere in the coming months, and we don’t have family or friends who are travelling anywhere soon, either. Yes, we have family out of town to whom we can mail Flat...
mikemccaffrey asked: Why aren't you just using Quora to let people ask you things?
lalunallena asked: If you could? Would you? And if you did? When would it happen?
“Optimize for steadfastness, embrace the ephemeral quality of hot-swappable items...”
– Frank Chimero - Your Shit, My Stuff, Goldilocks, and Making the Bed You Sleep In
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Do you have a question you want to ask?
Something to get off your chest?
I’m here, and I have some time.
Go on. Ask.
“When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature,...”
– Marie-Antoine Caréme, Chef (1784 – 1833)
I’m getting the band back together.
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“Part of the problem is that most Americans lack the knowledge that industrial...”
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The American Fast Food Syndrome (via azspot)
Free yourself. Learn to cook (or find someone who loves to).
Anthony Bourdain: “EVERYBODY EATS BACON BUT NO ONE... →
anthonybourdain:
I want to urge you again to watch a really good new show on Travel. Yes. My own network. My friends and long time partners at Zero Point Zero Production have, for the last year, been humping up mountains and hanging from cliffs with an astonishingly interesting, articulate and foolhardy young man…
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Watchsarabellum42:
I love cover songs, but I’ve taken Alkaline Trio’s cover of the sentimental Cut Here by The Cure as a personal gift.
Yes, there’s a giant sentimental piece of me that still loves The Cure. And yes, there’s a giant buried piece of me that will always, in many ways, be 17.
Thank you, Alkaline Trio, for dredging that up and holding it to the light.
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“Loughner has consciously sculpted himself into a modern computer-game avatar in...”
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Jared Loughner is ready for his photo op (via azspot)
Dear Mr. DeLillo,
All your hopes and dreams.
Sincerely, America
Thank you, draft readers
I wanted to extend a formal thanks to all the people who were willing to give feedback on my novel, Boone’s Landing. I can’t say enough how much I appreciate it (and understand that I’ve been going on and on via emails, etc. with thanks and praise, but you totally deserve it, each and every one of you).
I also wanted to say again that all feedback is valuable to me, no matter...
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"Nigger"
seoulbrother:
It’s that time of year again where we discuss the word “nigger.” Seems like it was just yesterday when Oprah popularized the daytime-TV-safe “n-word”—I’m surprised that it didn’t make Word of the Year, but then again, I’m not. No matter how much you try to sugarcoat it, “nigger” makes people uncomfortable. This time the discussion is pegged to NewSouth Books’ “nigger”-free version...
“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing...”
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From Aristotle’s De Poetica. via Lapidarium (via viafrank)
Metaphor, simile and analogy are the best, easiest ways to explain technical issues and features to a non-technical audience. Being skilled with them has enabled my entire career.
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Things that melt a hard frozen heart
You’re playing with your son. You’ve just stood up the same set of action figures for the twelfth time, and you watch him knock them down again. This is your routine, and you’re dead tired and don’t want to stand them up for a thirteenth time. He says, “Set them up again, Daddy. Pleeeeease.” You look at the figures strewn across the hardwood floor, and you think...
Things that melt a hard frozen heart
You’re playing with your son. You’ve just stood up the same set of action figures for the twelfth time, and you watch him knock them down again. This is your routine, and you’re dead tired and don’t want to stand them up for a thirteenth time. He says, “Set them up again, Daddy. Pleeeeease.” You look at the figures strewn across the hardwood floor, and you think...
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