January 2012
23 posts
http://camillestyles.com/2012/diy-gilded-business-c... →
DIY gilded business cards? You best believe I’ll be making these the first chance I get!
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Vending machine fail: meant to get a snickers, entered code for wheat crackers. Not even close!
“All happiness that is dependent on others
is bound to disappear sooner or...”
– Osho (via shecomesincolor)
Those last lines really speak to me
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People are saying it's too soon for Joe Paterno...
mohandasgandhi:
Barrett Garese: How to actually deal with a ton of... →
spytap:
Coming back from a two-week vacation, I have a ton of emails in my inbox. This isn’t an uncommon situation, but my preferred inbox status is “under ten.” As this seems unfathomable to many people, I often get asked how I actually make this happen.
So here’s how I get my inbox into single digit…
I use the same strategy! Don’t know how people can stand to have hundreds of...
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Dorkulate With Steve: Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write... →
the-write-idea:
Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to readers. We…
“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce....”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via thefreenomad)
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Listened to the whole Florence + The Machine...
I’ve been doing the same thing all week! Great album
iliketulips:
And promptly started it over again.
“Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via fartwithheadphoneson)
“Travel is so rewarding that it should take precedence over other things younger...”
– New York Times: Advice on Finishing With No Regrets
South Africa, Argentina, Antarctica > clothes, bags, shoes (via quickandcurious)
Note to self: stop spending all money on clothes or things for your apartment.
Tea Party House Members Even Wealthier Than Other... →
mohandasgandhi:
The median average net worth of a member of the House Tea Party Caucus was $1.8 million in 2010. (Financial disclosure forms require lawmakers to value their assets and liabilities only in ranges, so it’s impossible to know exactly how wealthy a particular elected official is. However, it’s possible to calculate an average net worth for each member of Congress.)
That’s ...
Year in review: 2011
Goals met
Saved $10k
Found a stable, non consulting job that makes me happy
Painted nails more often
Took more photos
Goals not met
Read 10 biographies (only finished 3 but I started 6!)
Own land
Be able to complete 100 push ups
Take vitamins daily
December 2011
18 posts
Apoplectic Skeptic: On Perfection →
donamajicshow:
The inability to attain perfection (or excellence, or self-actualization, or whatever you want to call it) is no excuse to give up trying altogether. In truth, we can all do a little better than we have done in the past. We can all be a little kinder, a little more generous,…
timeimmemorial:
When you give people too much information, they instantly resort to pattern recognition to structure the experience.
— Marshall McLuhan qtd. in Coupland, Douglas. Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work! New York: Atlas & Co., 2011.
Heated family political debates before 9am? I’ll just stay in the kitchen and drink my coffee.
“What exactly did she want? It was an ambition that wouldn’t let her...”
– Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
Crazed Women and Bearded Intellectuals: Reddit:... →
fyeahcarlsagan:
Schools and Universities:
University of Reddit with corresponding subreddit
MIT Lectures
Carnegie Mellon
Johns Hopkins
Tufts
Rice - Connexions
Utah State
Berkeley
Berkeley Part 2
Berkeley Part 3 (videos)
Stanford
Stanford…
“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
As much as I like this idea, the romantic notion of this quote, there have been notable exceptions. Times when I felt the slack in the rope, and I let go first - before I could be yanked over the cliff by my own desires. Some days, I think, maybe I should have...
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After months of practice
I think I can finally say I have learned to blow dry/style my hair with the round brush. You know, how they do it when you go to a salon. Why isn’t there a class in high school on personal appearance where they teach you this sort of thing?
“Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via coketalk)
“As it turns out, our enemies’ greatest weakness is that they are bereft of...”
– Retired Admiral John Hutson discussing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 with the Huffington Post (via mohandasgandhi)
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of...”
– C.G. Jung (via misswallflower)
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana)
This is great.
(via megburns)
I don’t often get inspirational on y’all, but this really nails it.
(via haygirlhay)
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Switched egg nog for cream in my coffee this AM
“Husbands and wives should have separate interests, cultivate different sets of...”
– Paul Newman (via a-blog-called-everything)
A 1000x… yes. (via apoplecticskeptic)
November 2011
2 posts
“It makes us wonder whether the extraordinary amount of resources we spend on...”
– Harry Holzer, labor economist and public policy professor at Georgetown University.
U.S. Wealth Gap Between Young, Old Is Widest Ever
(via huffingtonpost)
October 2011
1 post
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September 2011
4 posts
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Bought my first power tool this week
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“Growing into your future with health and grace and beauty doesn’t have to take...”
– Victoria Moran (via thakate)
August 2011
2 posts
“Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance...”
– Kent Nerburn (via vintagerosegarden)
"What Orwell feared were those who would ban...
danielholter:
baitandswitch:
Neil Postman Amusing Ourselves to Death
I say they’re both prescient and offer vital insights to our current human condition.