March 2010
15 posts
Every aneurysm is a reminder.
Joyce <a href=”https://twitter.com/sv_troutgirl/status/11372463870“>tweeted</a>, Screenwriter on Homicide, The Wire, and upcoming Treme dies of brain aneurysm: http://bit.ly/bj9ogZ Every <a href=”http://ifindkarma.posterous.com/do-brain-aneurysms-strike-type-a-people-more“>aneurysm</a> is a reminder. People are mortal. We don’t have as much...
Beware drift.
Drift is making a decision by not making a decision. Inertia, procrastination, and doing what others tell us to do, are all forms of drift. If you want to be happy, you have to beware drift. Do not drift. Make your choices carefully and mindfully. Ask for help if you need it. And remember that though the admiration of people we love is sweet, it’s not enough alone to build the foundation...
The designer manifesto.
If it’s not there, then make it.If it’s been made, then take it. If it’s been taken, then steal it.If it’s been stolen, then it’s not there. Source: http://amitkumar01.tumblr.com/post/483922040/the-designer-manifestoSource: http://9gag.com/gag/4737/ Posted via email from …ifindkarma… | Comment »
Pandas: incompetent, inefficient piebald buffoons.
Alan Beattie’s How Each Nation Sinks or Swims is the original source. I like Jack Ewing’s review: Giant pandas are “incompetent, inefficient, piebald buffoons” that should be allowed to “die out.” Giant pandas evolved to depend exclusively on marginally nutritious bamboo. In economic terms, they’re “path dependent” — locked into a situation...
Pandas: incompetent, inefficient piebald buffoons.
Alan Beattie’s How Each Nation Sinks or Swims is the original source. I like Jack Ewing’s review: Giant pandas are “incompetent, inefficient, piebald buffoons” that should be allowed to “die out.” Giant pandas evolved to depend exclusively on marginally nutritious bamboo. In economic terms, they’re “path dependent” — locked into a situation...
LIFE GOAL: Fly to Chengdu and hug pandas!
Joyce asked me what my life goal is. I want the trifecta:1. Money / cash. 2. Fly in a BLIMP. 3. Hug pandas. These can be summarized in a single tweet: LIFE GOAL: We need to make money and fly to Chengdu in a motherfucking BLIMP and hug pandas! See also: Fly to Chengdu and Get yourself a giant panda! Posted via email from …ifindkarma… | Comment »
As a bear, his job is not to make conversation.
[Death Bear] never presses clients for details. As a bear, his job is not to make conversation. You have to be ready to move on if you’re calling Death Bear. Source: Tina Susman, LA Times, “Can’t get rid of your memories? Call Death Bear” A shadowy, masked New Yorker relieves people of painful remnants of their pasts: love letters, photos, even underwear. To the man...
Do what you love!
There is NO REASON to do what you hate. Posted via email from …ifindkarma… | Comment »
Character is destiny.
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. — Lao-Tze Source: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/great_acts_are_made_up_of_small_deeds/214524.html Posted via email from …ifindkarma… | Comment »
Get yourself a giant panda!
Back in 2009, Troutgirl quoted Anne Lamott’s Hard Laughter to me… I said that I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life’s work, and try to get hold of a giant panda. If you had a giant panda in your back yard, anything could go wrong — someone could die, or stop loving you, or you could get sick — and if you could look...
The world needs more awesomeization!
Awesomeization, n. The process of awesomeizing.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=awesomeizeUse in a sentence: “Oh… like tres leches cake. It’s just a cake until awesomeization, when you put the three milks on it. Then it’s awesomeized!” http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/tres-leche-cake-recipe/index.html So I went searching for tres leches...
Do brain aneurysms strike Type A people more?
Anecdotally (read: 20 minutes of googling), it does seem like there is some correlation between strokes and Type A personalities. Source: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=type+A+personality+stroke “Everyone has stress in their life but it is how we manage stress that keeps us healthy. The American Heart Association estimates that about 700,000 Americans have a...
Is Facebook worth twice what Yahoo is worth?
Yahoo serves 10B ads per day. 1.6m online users followed for 8-9 weeks and saw that 90% made offline purchases with advertisers. $1 ad spend on Yahoo resulted in $10 sales offline.Yahoo’s $6.5 billion in annual revenues make it currently worth $23 billion. Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo, says there are 600 million users, and connecting to people is the bottom line. (From a conversation with...
74% of Twitter users have under 10 followers.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/03/true-twitter-users.html Posted via email from …ifindkarma… | Comment »
