April 2010
29 posts
“… three things—autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and...”
– Malcolm Gladwell (via)
Wadsworth: Professor Plum, you were once a professor of psychiatry specializing in helping paranoid and homicidal lunatics suffering from delusions of grandeur.
Professor Plum: Yes, but now I work for the United Nations.
Wadsworth: So your work has not changed.
-Clue
“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress....”
– Thomas Edison
“Whenever I see a brilliant kid decide to join Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, or...”
– Chris Dixon, in this great New York Magazine article on New York’s start-up scene
“Wikipedia is Hollywood’s ghostwriter.”
– The Nerdist podcast, of which I’m now a big fan. The Andy Richter episode was great- he talks alot about the early Conan days, which is always wonderful to hear about.
Free Stuff on Tax Day! →
Happy Tax Day, all. If you bring your own mug into any Starbucks, they will fill it with free coffee. So, there’s that.
And if coffee isn’t your thing, there are several other freebies to be had including a free Subway cookies, something or other from Cinnabon (their tagline: “2 free cupcake bites to make it less taxing.” Groan. Must find nearest blunt object and bash...
Big Day for Team Coco
There was, of course the announcement that Conan has secured a deal with TBS.
And now, we’ve seen some videos of his live shows. Namely, Conan covering Radiohead’s “Creep” and Conan covering “I Will Survive.“
Team Coco forever.
“I’m not quite sure how I feel about Conan’s move to PBS. I do know...”
– My brother.
How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich, by the... →
You LOST fans should absolutely read the full post. Very funny. Here’s one:
Jack 1. Gather ingredients 2. Point gun at ingredients and shout “HOW DO I MAKE A SANDWICH OUT OF YOU?!?!?” 3. Breathe heavily through your nose as though you were about to hit ingredients 4. Give up and make the sandwich yourself, and eat it bitterly
“I resent the sacrilege Nicholas Sparks commits by even mentioning himself in the...”
– Roger Ebert, on Nicholas Sparks’ claim that he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy (via)