Archive for August, 2008
New York I Love You
My fridge looks like it belongs on MTV Cribs. Lots of juice and beer. But it’d all be empty and unnecessary if I had a vacation.
Too much work, and no vacation,
Deserves at least a small libation.
So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses,
Work’s the curse of the drinking classes.
- Oscar [...]
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Tags: lcd soundsystem, mtv, new york, oscar wilde, personal, vacation
Present
Science fiction author and distant relative of John Wilkes Booth John Scalzi wrote this on the Tor Books blog today:
I’ll let you into a little secret of mine, which is this: I’m the sort of dude that gets wrung out about emotional scenes in books and movies and TV. I date this tendency back to [...]
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Tags: here and now, personal
I’m not the type of person to find substance in lyrics. But things that I think are often put better by other people. From “Labor Days”, Aesop Rock’s “No Regrets” pretty much embodies my part-time perfectionism, an idea based in sober reality.
No Regrets – Aesop Rock
Look, I’ve never had a dream in my life
Because a [...]
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Everywhere
Opportunities in marketing and relationships come from unusual places. Last week, somebody posted an interesting comment on a site writing about American Apparel. I ended up contacting him and it turns out he’s a great guy. He came down to the factory this week and I showed him around. He wrote about it at his [...]
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Tags: american apparel, marketing, web 3.0
Julia Childs, Spy Chef
I don’t like to post novelty things that I find interesting. It often ads nothing. But Julia Childs, chef extraordinaire, was a WWII spy. And this needs to be shared with everyone. The lede and some Childs brilliance:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago [...]
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Tags: julia childs, spy
It’s Not Viral. It’s Just Sexy.
[Probably NSFW. Unless, you know, you work at American Apparel too]
I wrote before about the July 4 squirt gun video we made over here. I thought that one was okay. Just for fun, sure. This last one? I love it. Though it annoys me that people are calling it “viral”. You can’t make a viral [...]
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Tags: american apparel, underwear, viral advertising, youtube
Be Proactive
I haven’t been posting much. It annoys me. Simultaneously, it annoys me that it can even affect how I feel. I’ve actually been writing a ton, but I haven’t been happy with the end results. My Drafts folder is getting filled up.
Thinking about it, I figured out my problem.
As my last substantive post suggests (still [...]
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Tags: blogging, brett favre, dependency, google, problems, reputation resume, wunderkind
Favre (Update)
Carmella DeCesare is staying.
I’m still dazed.
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Tags: brett favre, carmella decesare, jeff garcia, tampa bay buccaneers
We’ll miss you Carmella. Oh, yeah. You too, Jeff.
A few things of note. All personal. As everything lately has been extremely personal for me:
MOVING. I just moved into my new place. I’ve had a fair amount of problems. These things take up my day. It really sucks. Whatever. At least I have my own apartment [...]
Filed under: Meditations | 1 Comment
Tags: 48 laws of power, brett favre, carmella decesare, jeff garcia, law 4, robert greene, sports, tampa bay buccaneers
Commenter “mark” touches on my fear of being watched in order to do a good job in one of my recent posts.
you’re working in the opposite direction that you need to be.
in this post, you attempt to pass fear as work ethic. being afraid of a camera does not make you a good worker, [...]
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Tags: fear, paranoia, reputation resume, responses
