January 2012
7 posts
Fuck Calories
“Eat Slowly…Doritos taste like shit when you slow down. But fresh berries still taste delicious.”
- Excerpt from Fuck Calories. A short, simple book on eating.
1 tag
December 2011
7 posts
WatchReciting “Twas the Night before Christmas” is a family tradition. So this is special.
via funnyordie:
Drunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes
November 2011
3 posts
“Problems are only bad when you try to tolerate them instead of solving them.”
– via davereed
October 2011
3 posts
2 tags
Community
Just walked down to Fleisher’s - super primo butcher shop - for some bacon. Got there an hour early. Luckily, I arrived at the same time as the owner. He must have noticed my disappointment and my subsequent puppy eyes. Anyway, I think there was a clear subliminal understanding between the butcher and his client. He knew - this man needs bacon. And so he grabbed 6 slices, wrapped it up, and...
“There used to be more assortative mating, where a five would date a five. But...”
– All the Single Ladies - Magazine - The Atlantic
September 2011
9 posts
“My philosophy is that losers have goals and winners have systems.”
– Scott Adams Blog: Systems
“After years of obsessive research about what makes people happy, I have...”
– My accidental vacation | Penelope Trunk Blog
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Survive the Savage Sea
On Survival:
“In real terms, knowledge is leadership, common sense is duty, and the practical observance of survival laws is discipline; any departure into the realm of orthodox authority at this stage is specious nonsense.” p 258-9
“If any single civilized factor in a castaway’s character helps survival, it is a well-developed sense of the ridiculous. It helps the castaway to laugh in the face of...
2 tags
“While it’s undoubtedly true that some reporters consciously repress facts which...”
– Megan McArdle (via jeffmiller)
“4. When confronted with a new but minor task, such as opening an unfamiliar...”
– If you think you want to work on a commercial fishing boat, be prepared to be hit with items 1-10.
Scott Adams Blog: Feeling Smarter (by Making Others Feel Dumber)
August 2011
12 posts
1 tag
“We’ve all heard of Beauty and the Beast but when have you heard of Handsome and...”
– In this post, The Ethical Bastard gives a 7-step logical progression on why you should only date hot chicks. With commentary.
Foggy morning →
“On my work bench stepped he deftly, walking stately, rightly leftly. ‘Will you tell me future’s secrets? Is that what you came here for? Will lobsters crowd into my traps? Stand in line in rows perhaps? Will the price of shedders soar?’ ‘That will be the frosty morning,’ Said the shag, and nothing more.”
- Excerpt from Foggy Morning, Roger Duncan’s nod to E. A. Poe
“We are what what we eat eats.”
– Michael Pollan - In Defense of Food
“Realize that no training will make you look like someone you want to look like....”
– Bulky Muscles and Female Training | Leigh Peele
“Now I’m here. So I love it.”
– John Allen, friend’s step-dad
You may not envy this man’s life, job, etc…but you’d have to admit after spending some time with him that he’s got some things figured out. Choosing to be happy is definitely one of those. It’s fun to hang out with him and his...
2AM Club - Nobody’s in Love
Amanda. Parker....
Don't Say You're Sorry
Sorry doesn’t mean shit in professional relationships. In fact, each “sorry” adds a point to the incompetence column in people’s mental scorecard. We are told accountability is a valuable trait, but what’s exponentially more important is simply not fucking up. I would argue that one should avoid the label of a Fuck Up by any and all means. You can sprinkle in some accountability here and there,...
July 2011
7 posts
A Smattering of Thoughts #6
1. I’m working on being a clear communicator. Until I get better, I think I need to make more phone calls because I seem to struggle in person and through writing. In person is not necessarily my fault - I have an incredibly expressive face. Not good when I think something sucks but I want to be polite. Or many other situations in which I’d like to be tactful. Funny how my inability to...
Ross Cohen - Marita
If you see this Ross, hope...
“First-year students at the Purdue Vet School were attending their first anatomy...”
– The Dead Cow Lecture via Don Kafrisson
May 2011
6 posts
“There’s a degree to which it is just a status and political-correctness issue....”
– Back to the Future with Peter Thiel - National Review Online