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best letter ever
showing up Nicky Hilton: Nicky Hilton asked, “I’m 21 years old, I run two multi-million-dollar companies, I work my ass off. Like, what were you doing that was so fucking important at that age?” I would like to repond to that. When I was 21, I was busy working toward my Ph.D. in organic chemistry …
optimism tax
Tantek points to John’s post on Optimism Tax: I’ll consider the loss to be part of my optimism tax. I sporadically pay this fee (when people take advantage of my trust in goodness) in exchange for optimistic freedom. I would be less at-risk if I concentrated more on the negatives. “What if _____ happens?” But …
on fairytales
Cenk Uygur: We live in a twisted world, where right is wrong and wrong reigns supreme. It is a chilling fact that most of the world’s leaders believe in nonsensical fairytales about the nature of reality. They believe in Gods that do not exist, and religions that could not possibly be true. We are driven …
The Real Reasons You’re Working So Hard…
Business Week writes about The Real Reasons You’re Working So Hard…. I’m not sure they gave an answer, but I wanted to highlight this: That helps explain why time pressures seem to be getting worse. Globalization and the Internet create great new opportunities, but they also ratchet up the intensity of competition and generate more …
Top 100 Public Intellectuals
As voted on by the readers of Foreign Policy and Prospect: Top 100 Public Intellectuals.
pilot added to no-fly list
‘No-fly’ action takes pilot’s job: Cape Air pilot Robert Gray said he feels like he’s living a nightmare. … When Gray showed up for work a couple of weeks ago, he said Cape Air told him the government had placed him on its no-fly list, making it impossible for him to do his job. Gray, …
another reason to hate wal-mart
Nutjob at Wal-Mart photo lab calls secret service on high school art project: Selina Jarvis is the chair of the social studies department at Currituck County High School in North Carolina, and she is not used to having the Secret Service question her or one of her students. But that’s what happened on September 20. …
NIMBY, meet BANANA
Build Almost Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone.
fun in brooklyn
i can safely say is one of the finest pleasures i’ve experienced that doesn’t involve a second person. —kyler england