January 2012
Politicians are for reforming government in the same way regular folks are for super strict drunk driving laws — some actually are serious some of the time, but most are just hoping to keep going without getting caught.
““Apple’s an example of why it’s so hard to create middle-class jobs in the U.S....”
– Apple and a Squeezed Middle Class
Christ, I had no idea Eichten was the Don Shelby of MPR.
“I don’t give a damn about ‘reputation.’ If I’m wrong I correct or re-think. Once...”
– This is a killer journalism quote that’s likely to be overlooked by the comment that came just before it (no pun intended), from Andrew Sullivan’s live chat. (via newsweek)
The more one reads Sullivan, the more one misses Hitch, who upheld a fantastic rep.
“People choose shitty things. People choose 2 and a Half Men and NASCAR and...”
– Gawker on the People’s Choice Awards (via frangry)
I’ve been thinking a lot about media advertising lately and come to the conclusion that, following the TV advertising model, that there’s really a dual and simultaneous niche-ification and mass-market play taking place.
“In between myself and the live performer sit a few incredulous folks. One says,...”
– Not About the Stamps: Truth and Justice in Looking
LOL. Erin and the other Supergroupers are blogging at the Walker Art Center blog for the Re:View Series and Out There programming. You should go check it out and throw some comments.
A Song of Ice and Fire fan fiction by Gingerhaze
gingerhaze:
Once upon a time there were some Starks. They were awesome.
The Lannisters were being butts so the Starks were like, “Stop.” So they did! The Lannisters apologized for their mean behavior.
Everyone was friends and had a big party. No one got killed or raped.
The end.
right on
Playa del Carmen treats us well. In the short time I’ve been here, I had done the following in no particular order:
— Drank a very, very good mojito
— Got a haircut at a Mexican barber
— Read several chapters of David Lee Roth’s auto-biography “Crazy from the Heat”
— Drank a beer in the rooftop hot tub
— Gave a bunch of high fives
...
mspmag:
The man who does these for the magazine (and a monthly column):
…is now doing this too:
You’re gonna want to follow @TheCohenReport to keep up with the one and only Burt Cohen.
I can honestly say that Burt Cohen is in the top 5 of local twitters, it’s amazing.
Marxists in space: Žižek and the chocolate... →
“Today’s hedonism combines pleasure with constraint — it is no longer the old notion of the “right measure” between pleasure and constraint, but a kind of pseudo-Hegelian immediate coincidence of the opposites: action and reaction should coincide, the very thing which causes damage should already…
“In a recent jobs posting, Tumblr advertised for in-house editorial staff who...”
– Tumblr In 2012: More Original Content, Less F*** Yeah Memes
(via fastcompany)
2012: The Year Tumblr Ended
My Resolutions for 2012
I’m not super great at keeping resolutions, but it doesn’t hurt to have them, right?
In no particular order, here are my resolutions for 2012:
* Floss more regularly
* Meet and hang out with Mike Tyson
* Meet my personal gross income goal for the year
* Beat Arkham City
* Stick to a home budget
* Have BRONTO play a show with Rollerblade with free beer
* Get back to...
