January 2012
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“Newt is the single most influential factor in replacing the politics in which...”
– Representative Barney Frank (via ericmortensen)
fuckyeahpoutine →
So this happened.
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This Is What It’s Like to be 32 Years Old
frangry:
I just got a Spanx catalogue in the mail.
At 42, I get late-term life insurance offers and Foxwoods coupons.
Fortunately they’re always addressed to an old woman named Wynett who shares both my last name and a previous address in Brooklyn. It takes the sting out knowing it’s a mailing list error, but only a little.
“If a Sith lord really wanted to mess with people he’d call himself Darth...”
– Mike Krahulik (Penny Arcade)
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“While finding a tiny coconut in a whale’s stomach is enchanting, there’s nothing...”
– Never thought a Salon piece could give me nightmares. (via alittlespace)
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If Excel were a romantic partner
nesbittslimesoda:
The relationship would feel unnecessarily combative and veering between moments of tender love and really getting each other on so many levels and moments where Excel tells you you’re stupid and gets difficult and uncommunicative and says things like ‘I don’t know why were doing this, I’m not even that attracted to you.’
Relevant to my interests in officing and relationship...
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Reblog With Your Most Hated Cliché Phrases So That...
6h057:
From a little known town called New York City
It is what it is.
“Birth rates in America were sagging low in the mid-70s… in raw numbers, they...”
– Nitsuh Abebe wrote this great column about someone who called My Chemical Romance my generation’s Nirvana, our boom of MySpace bands, and how Skrillex is a weird outgrowth of that. (via andrewmcclain) And we don’t care about the young folks… And we don’t care about the old folks
Label-makers are for closers.
From: Boone, Jason Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:04 PM To: [redacted] Subject: Label-maker Hi all,
I had hoped to get one of these for our department, but apparently they are big-ticket items, so the policy is one per floor. I have just learned of this policy and I am coming to terms with it.
The HR department is the 21st floor’s keeper of the label-maker. It is a P-touch...
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"And then I pass the front door, and all these... →
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There's always the floor: the largest shelf
Me: They don't want us draping our coats on our cubicles
Me: so I'm ordering us all cubicle-compatible hooks & hangers.
Me: Do you want one?
Her: I guess so. Wait are they expensive?
Me: Live a little.
Knope 2012: Leslie's most important issues
witticismparadise:
More dog parks
Senior citizens rights
Safe streets
Safe sidewalks
Better schools
Lower taxes
Better parks
Better business climate
Better Better Business Bureau
Cleaner streets
Improve greenways
More snow plows
Protecting Pawneeans
Improving tourism
More trash cans
Energy-efficient street lights
Westside Detoxification and Revitalization Project
Repaving Grand...
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“The U.S. really is a society that simply no longer believes in due process: once...”
– Glenn Greenwald, Lessons of the Megaupload seizure (via absurdlakefront)
“2. A thought is a physical pathway in the brain. The more you have that thought...”
– 30 Amazing Facts About Your Brain (via brooklynmutt)
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How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work →
Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class.
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A conversation I had earlier
drinkyourjuice:
Coworker: Are you going to [redacted]’s party tonight? Me: I don’t know what that is, so my guess is no. Coworker: Oh it’s just a little celebration for her birthday at [a bar]. You should come! It will be fun! Do you have anything else to do? Me: [after a long pause] No. Coworker: But… Me: Well, I got these big packages delivered to the office and I have to...
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“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton writes a smart post about MegaUpload, SOPA/PROTECT-IP, Copyright, and being an artist amongst pirates. Grab a cup of coffee on this snowy/rainy Saturday and make this your morning read. (via spytap)