January 2010
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lisabarzotto:
loving passion pit at the...
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Snoop Dogg and Storm Troopers, This Thursday.
adamiss:
“These are not the drizzle you’re lizzle fizzle.”
A friend received this press release yesterday:
On the morning of February 4th, Snoop Dogg will join the Dark Side as he and Darth Vader lead Stormtroopers in a new and improved remix of theclassic Star Wars moment - the Imperial March to celebrate this out-of-this-world collaboration. The battalion will march through Times Square to...
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“You realize the odds of winning (the lottery) are the same as being mauled by a...”
– E-Trade Commercial
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How Colleges Make Money
Our career guidance counselors at Indiana University were unemployed locals who needed to make a few extra bucks. Yeah, so, they were totally qualified to review cover letter and resumes. Cost per credit hour = $790. Cost per local = $15. Somebody get me in on the administrative end of that scam.
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Wanna write for Midnight Sun? →
graceinsmallthings:
paulbrady:
You can write for the Baltimore Sun’s nightlife blog. But you won’t get paid for your work. This is what David Simon was talking about in Season 5.
Sounds like someone’s taking a page out of the book of HuffPo, another publication that notoriously doesn’t pay its writers a penny.
A note to all fellow journos out there: STOP writing for free. You’re really...
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“It’s easier to say sorry than it is to ask for permission.”
– RH
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New Tumblog! 100 Days of Inspiring People →
My friend Emily has started a blog at youinspiremer.tumblr.com to help raise funds for the Tri she’s doing for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The theme of the blog is 100 people who inspire her, to count down the 100 days until the race. There are some really cool people in and around Chicago that she’s featuring. I’m way into it.
There’s one other fundraiser you...
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OMG: brains can’t handle all our Facebook friends →
“We may be able to amass 5,000 friends on Facebook but humans’ brains are capable of managing a maximum of only 150 friendships, a study has found.”
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“Social media is a tactic, not a strategy.”
– Esteban Kolsky
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What the guys who designed President Obama's... →
KICKSTARTER IS A FUNDING PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, FILMMAKERS, MUSICIANS, JOURNALISTS, INVENTORS, EXPLORERS
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“Breathe if you hate Duke.”
– A sign at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum seen before Saturday’s game with the Blue Devils.
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It's all your fault.
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces his altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am? “
The man below says: “Yes, you’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”
“You must work in Technical Support,” says the balloonist. “I...
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“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism - it’s...”
– Conan O’Brien (via pberntsen)
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dr. quinn
dgrahamkostic:
last night, at berlin (the nightclub, not the city), a guy was staring at me from across the bar. he was wearing a tuxedo. slowly he walked toward me and stood uncomfortably close to me. can i tell you something? he asked me. yes, of course, i said.
so he told me that in a past life, i was a medicine woman. not just some hoo-doo, voo-doo medicine woman, like a really powerful...
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Billionaire Peter Theil on the Stock Market
People take it for granted that their retirement funds can earn 8.5 percent a year. That’s what their financial planners tell them. And sure, you look back over the past 100 years, the stock market has generally gone up 6 to 8 percent a year. But in a larger historical perspective, that kind of growth is exceptional. If you had done the equivalent of investing in the stock market from,...
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“Conan will absolutely abide by all terms of his agreement,” Mr....”
– Wall Street Journal: Conan O’Brien Promises Not to Be Mean to His Old Bosses
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“We’ve got weapons. We still have got weapons. … That’s...”
– Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl slips up, days after suspending players facing weapons charges
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Our friend's organic foods company lost, then won...
JH: Oh my goodness. Kopali won. :) Crazyness. First we DIDN'T - and then we did. By a nice margin. The other company with a lot of votes seemed like it won. But evidently they CHEATED and generated 500 fake registrations! We guessed as much as they got those ALL in the last hour, which seemed impossible - and then it was confirmed. So those 500 votes were discounted, and Kopali won by a lot.
Me: Cheaters never prosper. Unless they work on Wall Street.
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Bad Job Interview Advice of the Day
My friend BG interviewed for a job as a publicist with a publisher today, and called me to ask what to include in her thank you letter. So I asked her, what did he talk to you about? What’s in your notes?
She responded, “In grad school, they told us never to take notes in a job interview.” Not since I watched ‘Dumb & Dumber’ for the 300th time have I heard...
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“The Bull & Bear 1 Year Anniversary Party. Allow me to suggest this party...”
– MyOpenBar.com
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Colbert's Face to Appear on Thighs of U.S.... →
Well, not exactly. ”Given the variables of anatomy and skin-tight material, “he’d have cheeks stretched wide like Silly Putty,” says NPR’s Howard Berkes. Either way, a big Colbert Nation logo will be printed on team uniforms. Later this week, Colbert will face off against gold medalist Shani Davis in a televised race. Oh can’t wait. This guy is clearly his...
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