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Showing posts with label food for thought. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food for thought. Show all posts
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Oh, heeeey...
It's been a huge long time. I have been contributing to another "project" (which makes me sound like a pretentious a-hole. totally intentional) and just haven't made the time.
That being said, I recieved an amazing haiku from a friend about Rick Bayless that just needed to be shared with the three of you:
Rick Bayless, a haiku:
petite nerdy man
likes to wear pink and purple
i can support that
I can also support that he's a fellow anthropology nerd. Even the fact that he wears chokers doesn't phase me!
That being said, I recieved an amazing haiku from a friend about Rick Bayless that just needed to be shared with the three of you:
Rick Bayless, a haiku:
petite nerdy man
likes to wear pink and purple
i can support that
I can also support that he's a fellow anthropology nerd. Even the fact that he wears chokers doesn't phase me!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Play 'em off, Keyboard Cat
I can't pretend that I'm hip to all of the internet memes. I have no earthly idea why LOL Cats exist or why they're thought to be so funny. That being said, I do love this new soon-to-be-really-old internet fad: Play 'em off, Keyboard Cat!
Looking at this objectively, I have an incredibly immature sense of humor. A man passing out does make me giggle in its own right. The fact that it's on Glenn Beck's show makes it even more hilarious to me. But we've all been situations where we'd love this little fella to show up and play you out of a crazy situation.
And also: I'm five years old.
Looking at this objectively, I have an incredibly immature sense of humor. A man passing out does make me giggle in its own right. The fact that it's on Glenn Beck's show makes it even more hilarious to me. But we've all been situations where we'd love this little fella to show up and play you out of a crazy situation.
And also: I'm five years old.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Economics 101
Being exceptionally bad at math and terrified of risk, I've never been able to paint a clear picture of Wall Street for myself. I still struggle with understanding the ins and outs of the crisis we're in, even though NPR's This American Life and Planet Money are doing the best they can to get me to follow along.
Sometimes, you just need the visuals:
via Londonist
Sometimes, you just need the visuals:
via Londonist
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Awful Truth
Rachel Maddow (aka "My Boo") had the following terrifying chart to share with us yesterday:
This chart physically pains me to look at. I love my job I love my job I love my job I love my job...
This chart physically pains me to look at. I love my job I love my job I love my job I love my job...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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I'm into podcasts - mostly of the NPR variety. I have recently lost my Ipod Shuffle and it has truly been a painful withdrawal. My ears yearn to have drone-like voices telling me the latest updates on news, film and books only to be replaced by a thunderous silence... it's agony.
One of my more recent subscriptions is to the Planet Money podcast.
Planet Money started as a special episode of This American Life that attempted to explain the housing crisis (more on that here). It has since grown into the world's most depressing (and often pretty dense and boring) blog, twitter and podcast. I am not into finance and it is all quite over my head. P.M. claims it's trying to make it easy to digest, but it still bores the snot out of me and/or leaves me terrified. That being said, yesterday's podcast was really awesome. Haven't you ever wondered - just what IS money?! You actually probably haven't - I know I didn't think much about it. The professor they speak with is English (read: easy to listen to and smart-sounding) and has a facinating take on just what money is and what it isn't.
Click here to take a listen.
One of my more recent subscriptions is to the Planet Money podcast.
Planet Money started as a special episode of This American Life that attempted to explain the housing crisis (more on that here). It has since grown into the world's most depressing (and often pretty dense and boring) blog, twitter and podcast. I am not into finance and it is all quite over my head. P.M. claims it's trying to make it easy to digest, but it still bores the snot out of me and/or leaves me terrified. That being said, yesterday's podcast was really awesome. Haven't you ever wondered - just what IS money?! You actually probably haven't - I know I didn't think much about it. The professor they speak with is English (read: easy to listen to and smart-sounding) and has a facinating take on just what money is and what it isn't.
Click here to take a listen.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Words!
My vocab has really been suffering lately. This is a paradox, as I have been reading about 1,000 times more content on a daily basis thanks to my best friend, Google Reader. While rushing through my 300+ Reader updates per day, I keep stumbling across many words that I should admit I'm not 100% clear on. In an effort to forge through the content, I tend to just pass them over. Well, NO MORE, friends. I am going to make an effort to expand all of our horizons.
That being said, Today's New Word is:
Profligate : Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant -OR- Given over to dissipation; dissolute.
That being said, Today's New Word is:
Profligate : Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant -OR- Given over to dissipation; dissolute.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
You Said It
From the Washington Post, quoting John Weaver:
"If you had told me two years ago that John McCain would end his active national political life perceived by many as the candidate of the special interests tied to lobbyists; that many people considered his campaign dishonorable and focused on small things; that he wasn't seen as presidential and the right person to have in a crisis; and that the broad center in American politics had turned against him, I would have laughed in your face," said John Weaver, his longtime friend who resigned from the campaign in a power struggle last year.
"If you had told me two years ago that John McCain would end his active national political life perceived by many as the candidate of the special interests tied to lobbyists; that many people considered his campaign dishonorable and focused on small things; that he wasn't seen as presidential and the right person to have in a crisis; and that the broad center in American politics had turned against him, I would have laughed in your face," said John Weaver, his longtime friend who resigned from the campaign in a power struggle last year.
"That's not who he is," Weaver said. "But that's the campaign that he chose."
"The Palin pick was a base pick in a non-base election," Weaver said. "In this media world that we live in, you can't take someone who has not had any exposure, who had not had any vetting, public and private, and strap her to a rocket."
While you have heard me say similar comments in the past, this really sums it up for me!
(Thanks to Jezebel for the tip)
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