February132012
February122012
"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane; the pessimist, the parachute."
— George Bernard Shaw
February112012
February102012
The new Bourne movie trailer. With no comment, I present to you, an email snippet between my sister and myself about said trailer.
Sister: Look I never wanted to do this without Matty D, but this looks like it could be a little awesome
Me: Listen. LISTEN. Tough things happens in life, and you can be sad for a while and then YOU JUST GOTTA MOVE ON. And I think we just need to try to pick up the pieces of our broken lives and just start walking and figure out what a Matty Damon-less Bourne movie will look like. THAT’S JUST WHERE WE ARE.
Sister: I think the key in this situation is adjusting our expectations. Is this guy Matty D? No. WHO IS THOUGH? Also, I think we should go to the midnight showing…. IN DUBAI…. Who’s with me?!
Me: Okay. I bought our tickets. We got midnight showing seats at the top of the Burj Dubai. There wasn’t originally a movie theater up there, so they’re having to build one. Also, instead of technically seeing the “movie,” they’re getting the actors to come reenact the movie. I went ahead and paid for your share- you owe me 18 million dollars. Two words: WORTH IT.
My god, my sister and I have an odd relationship.
February82012
February72012
"People once invested in their memories, they cultivated them. They studiously furnished their minds. They remembered. Today, of course, we’ve got books and computers and smartphones to hold our memories for us. We’ve outsourced our memories to external devices. The result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small, forgotten thing as evidence that they’re failing us altogether. As we store more and more of what makes us us outside of ourselves, we’ve forgotten how to remember."
— Joshua Foer, quoted in this NY Times Article, “The Dilemma of Being a Cyborg” (A phrase from this article that I loved: “our increasingly efficient communal prosthetic memory”)
February62012
February52012
"Tell me the last time someone ingested two delicious, buttery, brown sugar cinnamon PopTarts and thought, “Wow. I feel stupendous, so full and balanced. Let’s go for that run.” No. You feel full of empty regret and temptation to savor another package, successfully topping off your daily calorie intake at 800 before 9 a.m. PopTarts are a tease."
— Caitlin Emma (Yay grad school eating patterns! I mean… no! Ha! I can’t relate to this quote in the least! Nervous laughter!)
February42012
February32012
"We’re long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It’s unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don’t reflect that in their boardrooms. It doesn’t make sense for a company that claims to be so forward looking to not have any women directors. If they just have an old boy’s network in the boardroom, they won’t have access to diverse ideas and strategies."
— Xexox Chairman and CEO Anne Mulcahy (The whole article is well worth a read)
February12012
