the quality of the pancakes

Though it was at Kay-Bee, I too endured the Tickle Me Elmo...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:03:12 -0600

Though it was at Kay-Bee, I too endured the Tickle Me Elmo season.

Part Two, Chapter 9

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:48:05 -0600

But is not an event in fact more significant and noteworthy the number of fortuities necessary to bring it about?

Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us. We read its message much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of a cup.

…

Necessity knows no magic formulae - they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Fancis of Assisi’s shoulders.

Excerpts from The Unbearable Lightness of Being

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:32:31 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22):

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Drawing.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:50:37 -0600

Drawing.

"The Losers like to feel good about their lives. They are the happiness seekers, rather than..."

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:47 -0600

“The Losers like to feel good about their lives. They are the happiness seekers, rather than will-to-power players, and enter and exit reactively, in response to the meta-Darwinian trends in the economy. But they have no more loyalty to the firm than the sociopaths. They do have a loyalty to individual people, and a commitment to finding fulfillment through work when they can, and coasting when they cannot.”

- The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

This is one of the most astute assessments of office/work culture I’ve read. If you have a job (or plan to have a job), it’s worth reading, regardless of your familiarity with The Office.

Learning Advanced Javascript

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:56 -0600

Learning Advanced Javascript

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:19:04 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15):

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One Book, Many Readings This is and probably always will be the...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:27:00 -0600

One Book, Many Readings

This is and probably always will be the most beautiful analysis and presentation of a subject so dear to my childhood.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:17:22 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:34 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1):

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Photo

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:19:16 -0600

The world's best pancake recipe

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:13:17 -0500

The world's best pancake recipe

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:30:34 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):

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"Why doesn’t the Times just say what they want to say? Why resort to doofy photos and strings..."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:52:43 -0500

“Why doesn’t the Times just say what they want to say? Why resort to doofy photos and strings of negative quotes cushioned between pillows of pointless prose? Well, see, that wouldn’t be “objective” — and by “objective” I mean keeping it boring enough that you won’t scare off advertisers who, if they had their way, would place images of their cars and clothes and jewelry next to complete pablum that would never offend anyone or create any kind of controversy.”

- Why won’t the Times just come out and say what they mean about Fester?

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:11:18 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18):

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Raphaël—JavaScript Library

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:57:25 -0500

Raphaël—JavaScript Library:

Javascript vector art (for graphs/pie charts/etc) library.

Video

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:31:29 -0500

"The problem is, we only get one chance at this, with no do-overs. Life is, in effect, a..."

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:27:48 -0500

“The problem is, we only get one chance at this, with no do-overs. Life is, in effect, a non-repeatable experiment with no control.”

- Tim Kreider, The Referendum

Intelligence Took Down Wall Street

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:45:02 -0500

Intelligence Took Down Wall Street

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11)

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:16:13 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11):

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