February 2011
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“When you’re forced to be simple, you’re forced to face the real problem. When...”
– Paul Graham on Simplicity
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“Sometimes we say things by accident. Those are usually the best things....”
– Frank Chimero: Velocity
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Borders files for bankruptcy, to close 200 stores →
Hear me out on this, guys. You Got Mail 2. Tom Hanks, struggling to hold together his crumbling Fox Books empire, unknowingly reconnects with his old flame Meg Ryan, who after the emotional turmoil of losing her “Shop around the Corner” has gone on to head up the e-book/Kindle division at Amazon, after they start following each other on Twitter.
“Never heard of it”: This has been the natural and traditional response of all...”
– “Arcade Fire and the ‘Never Heard Of It’ Grammys”
I see what you’re saying there, Nitsuh, and it’s making me uncomfortable because it’s true.
(via britticisms)
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(Driving down Lower Wacker with head CEO boss and co-worker in his fancy, nice car, and the only thing I have running through my head is: “Not the time to mention how you feel like you’re in the Batmobile, not the time to mention how you feel like you’re in the Batmobile…Good lord, can’t you think of ANYTHING non-Batmobile related to bring up?”)
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This weekend, someone tried to describe a girl they knew from my dorm in college to me thusly:
“Brown hair, brown eyes, really pretty in a wholesome, down-to-earth kind of way.”
(Was her name Katie or Megan??)
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“The two biggest causes of evil are two that we think are good, and that we try...”
– The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt
There’s a high probability that I’m going to quote liberally from this book in the next few days, and then force everyone I meet to read it. So prepare yourselves for that.
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“When you see a painting, you usually know instantly and automatically whether...”
– Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis
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“The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability...”
– Stanley Kubrick (via swisscheeseandbullets)
Affection / Explanation
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There is a bagpipe band playing the Notre Dame fight song at the Chinese New Year parade. Oh Chicago.
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Overheard bus conversation, on the way back from...
Two guys behind me as we pass the Rosemont Museum of Hummels [sidenote: Creepy. What the hell, Rosemont?]
“What the hell is a hummel?”
“I have no idea. Anyone know what a hummel is? Anyone?”
“Well, there’s a Kurt Hummel.”
“That’s true. And a Burt Hummel.”
“That’s two Hummels. I wonder if there are any more...
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