September 2010
20 posts
How must I prepare [to wrestle you, Hulk Hogan], you must ask yourself. Should...
– The Ultimate Warrior
yer givin me givin me
popfop:
LISTEN
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I left [observing a career consoler] newly aware of the unthinking cruelty...
– Alain de Botton, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
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The Pop Fop: Dear Tumblr Teens: A Lecture from The... →
popfop:
It truly astounds me that there are people on teh internet whose opinions and tastes I value who were born somewhere in the early to mid nineties. Granted I was born in the mid eighties, by my generation’s obsessions with eighties stuff seems more understandable given the utter ridiculousness…
Please, read the PopFop update Paul Fussell’s “Class,” this time...
Paradoxically, reducing the expectation of happiness can make us happier.
– Alain de Botton
New TumbleLog: "Great Free Talking" →
I’m starting a new tumblelog called “Great Free Talking” about podcasts I really enjoy. If you like more good podcasts, maybe you’ll enjoy it. The first post is about an interview with Alain de Botton on EconTalk.
Ultimate Dating / Meeting People Faux Pas
1) If you don’t want to read (another) story about the back end of my digestive system, stop reading
2) Logan, this post is basically the email I just sent you, but I promise, I emailed you first. I didn’t, and don’t, just copy from my blog for corespondece
So to part news:
The Mugging:
I was mugged last week. It really sucked. I was walking to the Lakeview Jewel last week...
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Baudrillardian Nightmare
I was at Journeys today for all the obvious reasons and they have their own in house tv station. They had a “classic clip” segment where they played music videos. The “classic clip” I saw was the Save Ferris version of “Come on Eileen”. There is no real. There is no spoon
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Release: Tumbleroo 1.0.2!
The latest, greatest version of Tumbleroo was released on the app store today. Includes bangin’ new features and bug fixes, like:
Allowing for Google-style “+” email addresses
Reblogging fixes, including now to private Tumblelogs
Better notification for which Tumblelogs are private
New UI widgets for editing very long posts
Other misc stability fixes
Check it out and, if...
Great Free Audio: Planet Money - Episode 209 →
The most recent Planet Money episode about the deficit is great