April 2010
1 post
"And even if the regulators manage to catch up... →
Looting Main Street : Rolling Stone
December 2008
5 posts
“When autumn comes you sit in your chair and you stare
At the TV square
Hiding...”
– Jeff Tweedy - Wilco
April 2008
22 posts
The fight started Saturday night after a reception... →
The fight started Saturday night after a reception when he knocked her to the floor with a karate kick in the seventh-floor hallway of a Holiday Inn, according to police. It escalated when she attacked two guests from another wedding party who came to her aid, police said.
So here's a question for you ...
Interesting problem, but it might be the price of a full public life (which is what this web 2.0 blitz engenders). What would I do? There is an email for tips - flood the channel with misinformation. juliaallison: I have a dilemma. A woman has taken to obsessively writing about me (and my girl friends) on a certain blog. This woman checks my tumblr, my flickr, my vimeo, my twitter, the...
closing deals
Matthew: holy shit... i think i need to chat with you more often me: did i just close a deal for you?
Matthew: i think i just closed a deal with a guy in the UK while chatting with you
me: nice. buy me dinner.
Matthew: i was half listening
it is a small deal... 13k
me: buy me lunch then
Matthew: but that means i get to eat this month
lol
me: can i have the leftovers?
priorities
Matthew: i think i'm about to not be homeless
me: congratulations, you can finally take that shower
Matthew: i don't want to change my entire lifestyle because of this
i'll grow into that
me: that's true. sleeping indoors is a good start. work from there.
Matthew: i'm not even sure i'll do that... i just want a place to stash all of my porn
me: you're a good man
“No situation in American history matches the scope of the mess George W. Bush...”
– The-Experience-Myth | The Strange Death of Liberal America
“Two events have helped to stoke this fire: the Iraq War and the mortgage crisis....”
– Has the Democratic Party Been Too Nice? | The Strange Death of Liberal America
artist anger pope parents
me: if i look down on our celebrity culture, does that make me a hypocrite for wanting large scale validation of my talents?
Nick: yes
but thats ok
you are an artist, you are a tangled mass of mystery
me: i feel more like a tangle of anger and high fructose corn syrup
Nick: well that too
thats the recipe for an artist
1 part corn syrup
800 parts anger
3 parts genius
1 part crippling insecurities
.5 parts astronaut
me: could i substitute raging inferiority for the crippling insecurities?
me: perhaps i should go stand on a street in NYC for a week so i can get a passing glimpse of a german man wearing a funny hat in a plastic bubble. that will fix everything.
Nick: it couldnt hurt
I sometimes think of that duo I saw in LA
a midget with a cape on roller skates, pushing a clown in a wheelchair
me: you’ve seen my parents? it’s been so long…
Nick: a handsome couple
Yikes
(i was late for work)
Nick: Finally coming in today?
me: Doctor's appointment. Seems I caught "asshole" from you.
Nick: Yeah, it's spreading.
“I find it exceedingly strange that a group of conservative and...”
– Governing: The Hypocrisy of Libertarians Who Love Highways (via kenyatta) Very well said. They favor less govt unless a particular pork barrel is kept full enough for them to gorge on. Highways are quite profitable. Conservatives and libertarians oppose govt expenditures on people. Things that...
“There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no...”
– Alexis de Tocqueville
Rent Rodman →
I’m going to rock his ass in a game of HORSE.
Great song, but they’re not The Bees...
E-voting vendor blocks security audit with legal... →
A-men to that. How can we continue to think elections are fair without being confident in the function of the machines (and the companies who make them)? cubicle17: From the article: New Jersey election officials have scrapped plans for an independent audit of Union County voting machines because the vendor, Sequoia Voting Systems, says that unauthorized third-party security reviews would...
My grandma watches Sex & the City. →
This is why grandmothers rock. juliaallison: “The way I see it,” she says, “you go about your everyday business and your career and your life and love will come. When it does, you’ll know it. Just be natural about it.”
I need more suggestions for the most epic songs of... →
My Muxtape →
Not sure how, but I was the #1 hit on google for “muxtapes” until this morning, when the official muxtape site passed me. The blog traffic was nice. http://penisinarowboat.wordpress.com
March 2008
16 posts
PUMA MONGOLIAN SHOE BBQ →
“Good Friday? Nah, let’s make it a Great Fuckin’ Friday.”
Kansas City, Here I Come
Matthew: yeah... WTF is up with going to KC
me: have to direct a video there for IBM and Blue Cross
last time I went to Poughkeepsie, so this is a marginal upgrade
though I don't understand why it can't be San Francisco or Chicago or another fun place
Sent at 2: 31 PM on Wednesday
Matthew: because that would be fun... which would be expensive... which would mean they like you... which would mean they value employees... which would mean that employees deserve health care... which would mean no more public beatings
me: wow. sounds like things are going well for you.
morale is high.
Matthew: here... yeah... i love my job
Guess Who's Getting the Most Work Visas →
“The senators want to tighten the program’s criteria, by requiring participating companies to try to hire American workers first and to pledge that visa workers will not displace American workers.” They want a pledge? Sounds like an enforceable agreement to me. Way to go, Senators.
“Critics such as Grassley and Durbin charge that the outsourcers are abusing the...”
– Guess Who’s Getting the Most Work Visas
Tyranny, government, and business
Continuing the debate, I quite liked this reply from galleryhop - it raised a question I had previously posed to Jakob. galleryhop: i’ve never quite figured out why wealthy white tech-enthusiasts are so drawn to libertarianism. i realise information wants to be free (i might even believe that myself), but the collective whining about “fairness” and “level playing fields” and the moral hazards...
Tyranny, government, and business
Lodwick, on his personal tumblr, provides well spoken replies to the various commentaries offered on his opion. Some hit the mark, othes don’t; one point that bothers me is his belief in unrestricted capitalism as a treatment for the rampant poverty and injustice in our society. If greed is the motivational force within capitalism (I think Rand would agree with that), and we already have a...
“To speak the truth, tis a thorough aversion to labor that makes people file off...”
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A One-Eyed Invader in the Bedroom - New York Times →
They couldn’t find a better title?
LLC Name
Vandalay Industries, LLC rickyv: Josh and I have to name a joint investment vehicle company. I like the starred ones… Abramson United Methodist Church, LLC OPP LLC THC LLC * LOL LLC Fog Dog Important LLC GloboChem Will Smith LLC Out ‘n In Burger * Dharma Initiative LLC
Action Puzzle games - Filler →
Can’t stop playing, can’t stop playing…
“Being seen with a subsidized meal, he said, “lowers your status.”
– Free Lunch Isn’t Cool, So Some Students Go Hungry - New York Times
“You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out — and what we...”
– Buffett’s State of the World: There’s Folly in Wonderland - New York Times
QQ: What is the fastest "0 to global" brand?
Swatch. Definitely Swatch. pile: dihard: Basically, what brand (company, product, person, any entity that holds a brand identity) do you think gained awareness the fastest. Reblog your answer, if you’re so inclined. TBC Monday (taking a snowboard trip to Stowe this weekend). I’d have to guess some kind of cigarette. Marlboro maybe?
February 2008
25 posts
Filler - The most addictive flash game →
Stefan G. Bucher's DAILY MONSTER: DAILY MONSTER... →
I wish I could draw like this. Brilliant.
The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors - New York... →
