The Poptimist

Via.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:09:32 -0600

"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane; the..."

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:05:07 -0600

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane; the pessimist, the parachute.”

- George Bernard Shaw

Cool. COOL! I loved this. (Via)

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:57:15 -0600

Cool. COOL! I loved this. (Via)

The new Bourne movie trailer. With no comment, I present to you,...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:07:00 -0600

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.

Yes. A thousand times yes. (Via)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:43:45 -0600

Yes. A thousand times yes. (Via)

"People once invested in their memories, they cultivated them. They studiously furnished their minds...."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:50:00 -0600

“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”)

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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:51:59 -0600

"Tell me the last time someone ingested two delicious, buttery, brown sugar cinnamon PopTarts and..."

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:05:00 -0600

“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!)

Superbowl! Infographic! Food! Sports! America!

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:40:30 -0600

Superbowl! Infographic! Food! Sports! America!

"We’re long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that..."

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:00 -0600

“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)

Let’s be on the lookout out there, people.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:38:54 -0600

Let’s be on the lookout out there, people.

A Bill Cosby sweater? Yes. Absolutely yes. 1000 times yes. In...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:22:24 -0600

A Bill Cosby sweater? Yes. Absolutely yes. 1000 times yes. In the words of Tracy Jordan: “I’m Bill Cosby. Jell-O. Sweaters.” (Via)

This is exactly how I think my finance exam is going to go. I...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:58:21 -0600

This is exactly how I think my finance exam is going to go. I think I’m going to walk into the room, come face to face with the professor, and we’ll have this exchange:

Me: “Do you expect me to take this exam?”
Professor: “No. I expect you to die.”

Finance exam? What finance exam? I’m too busy watching and...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:07:49 -0600

Finance exam? What finance exam? I’m too busy watching and re-watching this video of 2 kittens and a very tolerant cat. (And by that I mean that I’m calculating returns on equity, weighted average costs of capital and de-levering and re-levering equity betas until I can literally do….. no more).

TfD.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:55:59 -0600

TfD.

"The reason I can never own a gun is that I definitely would’ve shot the wall 20 times when I..."

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:27:54 -0600

“The reason I can never own a gun is that I definitely would’ve shot the wall 20 times when I heard a weird noise in the other room just now.”

- Katie Heaney (And to that I respond….. Amen, sister friend)

Unwritten Self-Help Books That Could Have Really Helped Me Last Week

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:49:23 -0600

Unwritten Self-Help Books That Could Have Really Helped Me Last Week:

I loved this list from The Hairpin. A few favorites:

What to Say When Your Sophisticated and Well-Traveled Boss Asks What You Did Last Weekend, and All You Did Was Drink Wine and Weep While Watching YouTube Videos of Dogs Greeting Soldiers Coming Home From War
How to Seamlessly Integrate an Imaginary Boyfriend Into Your Social Circle
Coming to Terms With Your Imaginary Boyfriend’s Libertarian Politics
Should You Break Into a Jog If Someone’s Holding a Door Open and You’re Still a Few Paces Away? A new book from the author of the international best-seller, How Long Should You Maintain Eye Contact When You’re Passing Someone You Know in a Long Hallway?

I’m FINALLY decorating and just bought these three...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:21:52 -0600

I’m FINALLY decorating and just bought these three posters which I absolutely love. I’m looking forward to having some fun things on the wall that I like seeing every day. (Posters via here and here).

While highly, highly unfortunate that a cell phone rings during...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:21:50 -0600

While highly, highly unfortunate that a cell phone rings during a concert, the way the violinist responds is pretty incredible. I can’t even fathom what it would be like to have that much natural musical talent as this guy does. (Via)

"We have an assumption that connected equals good. … That’s not to say that assumption is incorrect,..."

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:39:20 -0600

“

We have an assumption that connected equals good. … That’s not to say that assumption is incorrect, but there’s an alternate state that needs just as much attention, and that’s the state of disconnection. …

What I think we’re trying to imagine is a “Crusoe Mode”: A space or a device with which we can escape, and be a little marooned, and be a little productive, and be happy and content in that state.

”

- Ben Fullerton