February 2012
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Movie Recommendation
The Adjustment Bureau
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How I still feel about Larry Summers being...
Bloomberg
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Because Today Is Valentine's Day
“Excuse me, ladies. You may remember me as the guy who came to dinner a few weeks ago with underwear on my head. My name is Keith Stat from Millburn, New Jersey. State bird, the mosquito. And as you may have heard, I am recently a crowned class B dungeon master. So if any of you would like to play D&D today, please speak now or forever hold your peace.”
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WatchSasha DiGiulian. “Pure Imagination” 5.14d (9a).
“While no American woman has ever climbed 9a, I think that maybe not enough have tried.”
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This Is a Song by the Magic Numbers
Hoops Analyst: NBA Draft Preview 2010: Jeremy Lin,... →
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January 2012
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Barack Obama: Fist-Bumper-in-Chief →
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The Curse of the Designer, or: Credit Where Credit...
Designers are a cursed bunch. I’ve worked with a lot of extremely talented ones during my time in marketing, communications, and public relations. And, I’ve been a real pain in the ass (for lack of a better term) to some of them. But, I think that unlike a lot of people in positions like mine, I get it. I know I’m making life miserable. And, I’m really, really sorry for...
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“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and...”
– Francois Auguste Rene Chateaubriand (via ryangraves)
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“Germany reminds me of a goody two-shoes teenager who’s respectful, gets good...”
– Finance Addict
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Barack Obama, Post-Partisan, Meets Washington... →
“Yet our political system was designed to be infuriating. As George Edwards notes in his study of Presidents as facilitators, the American system ‘is too complicated, power too decentralized, and interests too diverse for one person, no matter how extraordinary, to dominate.’ Obama, like many Presidents, came to office talking like a director. But he ended up governing like a...
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WatchHelen Fisher Studies the Brain in Love
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Auditing Culture - An Essay
Because it’s earnings season, we’re going to hear a few key phrases pop up in business reports for the next few weeks. These include, but are not limited to, earnings per share and shareholder value, net income, gross revenue, mark-to-market, and GAAP, among others.
I am not going to take the time to get into what all these mean. Rather, I want to think a bit bigger: What does IT all...
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We're Just Temporary Ma'am by White Whale →
He answered, “Nothing here is permanent We’re just temporary ma’am.”
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“Oh Earth! green wind-swept Eirinn, I would break
The tower of my soul’s...”
– Eva Gore-Booth
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Song of the Day: Circles 'Round the Moon by Nana... →
It should be unlawful to live where you can’t see the stars.
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