May 2010
16 posts
Writing
Day 2 of 750words.com was another good day. It’s an amazing, refreshing activity. It gives me an opportunity to figure shit out and write about it. It’s hard not to.
Also, it keeps you motivated due to the daily and immediate metrics.
Needless to say, I highly recommend it. Try it out.
Rules to live by
I discovered a site called 750words.com, seemed interesting and fun. Its a personal project of busterbenson.com… he has a cool site that on day i want to create something similar to it.
but he had these rules to live by:
1. You must not dilly-dally.
2. You must be your word.
3. You must have good intentions.
4. You must admit to being the maker of meaning.
5. You must not feel...
“Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful...”
– Frank O’hara’s Mayakovsky
“Fear of failure is an extraordinarily powerful force. Usually it prevents people...”
– Paul Graham stolen from http://bijansabet.com/ … Its gratifying because I was just seriously considering this idea late last night.
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You wanted a hit by LCD Soundsystem … this...
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Ms Jackson by The Vines …Whatever happened...
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Gat Kirwani by Ravi Shankar … Fantastic...
the lack of value created in the last 20 years
as evidence of that no one my age can get a job… i would like to say its due to the lack of value that has been created in the past 20 years. I don’t know how many times i’ve talked business with, worked for, had an interview with, or analyzed a company who hasn’t created a valuable product for anyone.
With a simple economic explanation:
We’re taught the value of...
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Tighten Up by The Black Keys off their album thats...
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Cobrastyle (The Bloody Beetroots remix) by Robyn...
“… distraction is nothing new. Over a century ago, philosopher Friedrich...”
– Nietzsche, the man, as usual. This is from The Distraction Society, in the BBC News Magazine (via fascinated)
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ecarbkceN by Tatatar … artist and song name...
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La Femme d’Argent by Air …Another...
Jitterbug Perfume
I am rereading one of my favorite books, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.
I want to share some of my favorite quotes from the book. And I’ll start from the beginning. Tom Robbins is a fantastic writer and most of what he says its hard to gain value in quote form. However, I know what he’s talking about so I’ll benefit from remembering my favorites.
To start off with, here...
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