January 2011
20 posts
What Your 16-Hour Workday Says About You!
jessiechar:
You’re a really hard worker
Your time is poorly managed
You don’t know what to do with your life
Your boss knows you’re gullible
At least 40% of your diet consists of pre-packaged food
You send out work emails at inappropriate hours
You have no perspective on life
You don’t sleep enough for proper brain function
You have very little self-respect
Your salary should be higher,...
Roger Federer as Religious Experience →
Wow what an excellent article. Tennis has always been one of my favourite sports, and Federer has always been my favourite play. David Foster Wallace is also one of my favourite authors.
This is great.
“Yet when he sits down to type, Julian Assange reverts to an antiquated habit...”
– Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
(via Scalzi)
“When will the proposals take effect? Ministers intend to bring in the new system...”
– BBC News - Q&A: University funding
[I wondered about that. That’s not in Scotland, though]
“The SNP has ruled out reintroducing up-front tuition fees for Scots.”
– BBC News - EU students funding loophole ‘costs Scotland £75m’
Well that’s something. How long will that promise last?
France is Bacon →
mrgan:
This was voted the best comment on Reddit in 2010. Enjoy it.
I read the same thing yesterday. I made me - literally - laugh out loud.
“France is bacon?” Yes.
Mandated - Chicken Yoghurt →
Julian Assange’s Op-Ed in The Australian →
“The is an article from the October 15, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone, available on...”
– Obama in Command: The Rolling Stone Interview
I really don’t get why magazines do this. If it’s available on October 1, why not date the issue as October 1? FFS.
“‘Reagan Diaries’ is the name of a great bar in the D.C. area. Their signature...”
– STEPHEN COLBERT, The Colbert Report (via inothernews)
“We have no budget for creativity or innovation.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
Can You Disappear in Surveillance Britain? →
David Bond wanted to see if it’s possible to vanish so one day he packed his bag, got into his car and kissed his wife goodbye.
Worrying. Very worrying.
What Happened When I Went Undercover at a... →
I don’t remember exactly when I felt his erection pressing into my back. It might have been while he whispered in my ear, “Long ago, you were the Golden Child. But, somehow, that Golden Child was hurt, and you put up a wall to protect yourself.”
Interesting article