January 2012
1 post
Humans
” We are normally blind about our own blindness. We’re generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments. We exaggerate how knowable the world is.
What psychology and behavioral economics have shown is that people don’t think very carefully. They’re influenced by all sorts of superficial things in their decision-making, and they procrastinate and...
December 2011
3 posts
This is real.
Wikipedia Stream (Believe what you want):
Operation MKULTRA
Unethical Human Experimentation in the United States
Eugenics in the United States
Racial Integrity Act of 1924
The Immorality Act
Designer Babies
Georgia Guidestones
Sit back picture yourself swooping up a shell of purple with foam crests of...
– Robert Hunter
November 2011
9 posts
xkcd: Money Chart →
October 2011
1 post
READ
If you have children, or if you ever plan on having children please make them read. You owe it to them.
August 2011
4 posts
Song of the day: "Everybody Wants To Rule The... →
Song of the Day: "Waterfalls" - TLC - Crazy Sexy... →
The reeds give way to the wind and give the wind away.
– Archie Randolph Ammons
Radio is Alive
WWOZ - “The Greatest Radio Station in the World” (NOLA - 90.7)
WTUL - “Progressive Music” (NOLA - 91.5)
KDHX - “Independent Music Plays Here” (STL - 88.1)
Do not be afraid to listen to songs that you’ve never heard before. Find and support your local independent radio stations.
June 2011
2 posts
May 2011
7 posts
Let's be perfectly clear . . .
A liger is the offspring of a female tiger and a male lion.
A tiglon is the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
Let's All Love Each Other
One fine summer night in June 1933 I was sitting on a lawn after dinner with three colleagues, two women and one man. We liked each other well enough but we were certainly not intimate friends, nor had we any one of us a sexual interest in another. Incidentally, we had not drunk any alcohol. We were talking casually about everyday matters when, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, something happened....
7 Reasons Today Is A Great Day
1. Have a new haircut
2. Have clean laundry (thanks yesterday self)
3. Shot a bunch of awesome video last night
4. Had a beautiful bike ride this morning (thanks weather/the people of New orleans)
5. Came in to work to find a box of doughnuts waiting for me
6. These doughnuts are delicious
7. Going out for Mexican for lunch
Who knows what else might make this day amazing - I feel great!
April 2011
4 posts
Song of the Day: "Mr. Lonely Wolf" - Peter King -... →
Make your soul happy.
March 2011
4 posts
The largest portion of our life passes while we are doing ill, a goodly share...
– Seneca
February 2011
3 posts
Brave New Word
Waldeinsamkeit (German): the feeling of being alone in the woods.
January 2011
6 posts
… since 2000, Americans have scored higher and higher on psychological...
– “2010 Person of the Year - Mark Zuckerberg” - Time Magazine
December 2010
3 posts
The Conundrum Of Sleep
At night, I don’t feel like going to sleep.
In the morning I don’t feel like waking up.
What gives?
November 2010
5 posts