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With the first pick in the 2012 NBA draft, the New...
A new name and mascot!
Here’s hoping for the Voodoo, Zombies, or that they steal the Jazz back. Hell, add a 3rd z. The New Orleans Jazzz
Fearful Tumbles: Eat, Don't Taste Test →
Read this. It’s important, and it goes along with the quote I posted late last night.
In Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink, he explains one of the reasons New Coke failed. New Coke was conceived after Pepsi launched the Pepsi Challenge, a blind taste test where Pepsi really did trounce Coke by a fair margin. New Coke was designed (successfully) to win that taste test. The result was a total...
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“I was at the Charlotte Motor Speedway all day Sunday. They had Indy up on the...”
– Ryan McGee, ESPN The Magazine
And I missed it. Sigh. First time since I was in 3rd grade. Yes, really. It’s a bright future for the 500. Hopefully soon, Indy is back on top as the clear, absolute, undisputed king of racing.
Source: ESPN
“It’s important to realize that no matter what crazy thought that enters your...”
– Clay Johnson on a healthier “Information Diet” (via newshour)
Read this. Then take this context into account when you read this.
I really, really agree with this quote from Clay Johnson. And I think it touches on one of the most crucial issues our culture faces today. Confirmation bias, and how...
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Lionheart.
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Ho Hey by The Lumineers, The Lumineers
Great...
a friend gave me the lumineers album to burn the other day. 30 seconds in, it’s awesome.
also, i’m hungry.
i have a lot of laundry to do, then i’m driving up to the upper peninsula of michigan for a wedding. it’s going to be fun. i’ve never really been to michigan before, outside of as a small kid that i do not remember.
it’s going to be a day filled with...
Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967 by...
[[MORE]]i’m so glad i found tumblr. i don’t remember when i first made my account, and how often i used it at the beginning. i know i stopped for a long time, then really started to dig in again a while later. i know i’ve gone through phases where the blog has had different purposes. but the whole time, it’s help me discover new things, inspired me to try new things, gave...
Born and Raised by John Mayer, Born and Raised
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“Polymath is one of those words more likely to show up on the SAT than in...”
– In Defense of Polymaths - Kyle Wiens - Harvard Business Review (via wildcat2030)
I try to be like that. Try, that’s the key word. Please understand, I’m not. But I try to know a little bit about a lot of things. Even in video games, RPGs, I always pick a hybrid class and it ends up...
[[MORE]]a few months ago, someone asked me to help them find a job for their sister. i find a lot of jobs, surprisingly, a few of which were pretty great. it was difficult, not knowing exactly what they would enjoy and be good at, but i think i did a pretty ok job. none of the things i found worked out, but they did get a job eventually. pretty quickly, given the circumstances of the job market. i...
Today i sent off a few emails/facebook messages i’ve been meaning to send for a while but have been too busy to get to. i read a lot, on the internet mostly. i know that “doesn’t count” as reading but it does to me. one of the better stories/examples i have seen is peyton manning writing letters to former nfl greats as they retire. i also read letters of note a lot and in...
I’m not going to say anything. It isn’t fair for me too. This sucks.
i finished my race in just under 2:05. didn’t meet my goal of under 2 hours, but i’m ok with it. i could talk more about it, but i won’t for now.
i could really use some advice. someone to bounce ideas off of. i thought about a lot of things during my race. at one point, i panicked. it had to do with the race, but only partly. i’ve felt panic like that only a handful of...
When I run tomorrow, I will have these thoughts...
It’s only 2 hours. You can run for 2 hours.
You’re almost done with this mile.
Just run hard until the next water station.
You ran hard to this water station. Just go to the next.
This street is awesome.
Bub’s Burgers tonight. And you’re totally getting the Big Ugly.
There’s a Fleur waiting for you at home.
More importantly, there’s a giant bottle of...
I run my first half marathon tomorrow.
I’m pretty nervous about my half marathon tomorrow. I’ve never run one and I really don’t know what to expect. My furthest uninterpreted run so far is 10 miles. I ran my final long run, a 12-miler, in two pieces because I was dumb and ran it on a treadmill and I couldn’t stand it. I was also not great in my training for three weeks: too much travel and not enough sleep made...
i think i might be in danger of splurging on something rather pricey today. i really want it, i have wanted it for a looooong time. ok, not that long. like 6 months, ish. but it’s way too expensive for me. i’m not going to do it. but i’ve thought about it three of four times over the past two days. stupid. i’m not doing it. it’s not going to make me any happier and...
I want to tell some people that they should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves. But I think it’s better if they figure that out themselves. This will sound cruel, because it is: but it will hit them so much harder when they realize it themselves, and I’m happy that this is the case. I feel bad for thinking this way, but at the same time I don’t. You get what you give. And...
“I am an architect
Of days that haven’t happened yet
I can’t...”
– A Face To Call Home by John Mayer, Born and Raised
Go here - http://www.itunes.com/johnmayer - and listen. Especially to Born and Raised (the song) that starts at 17:26. This song is so perfect. I’m pretty emotional right now, and this album is just what I need. It’s not making anything better, or worse, but it helps. It just helps me sit. And I just love this song. I love the group singing. I don’t know what it is about it,...
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This Bot Turns Your Tweets into Rhyming Couplets →
This is nerdy. And so amusing.
Streaming Born and Raised all day.
Listen to the full-stream of ‘Born and Raised’ on @itunesmusic now! itunes.com/johnmayer #bornandraised
— johnmayer.com (@JohnMayer) May 15, 2012
The new JJ Abrams show Revolution
is basically custom made for me, from what I can tell. Which means NBC will cancel it immediately, like they always do.