February 2012
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January 2012
1 post
“In a world of plentiful choices, taste is the hallmark of restraint. ”
– http://drakes-london.tumblr.com/post/15392511726/sixteen-stylish-maxims-for-the-new-year
December 2011
3 posts
Brick and Mortar
In response to Amazon’s strategy to abuse brick and mortar bookstores, I’ll be doing two things this Christmas:
Checking family member’s Amazon wish lists
Buying those titles in a local store
November 2011
4 posts
Mizna: Events: 7th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival →
Attending.
October 2011
2 posts
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“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for...”
– Steve Jobs (2005 Stanford Commencent Speech)
September 2011
3 posts
““If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if...”
August 2011
9 posts
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A Tour of 5 Twin Cities Book Sellers
Here’s my opinion on 5 different book selling stores located in the Twin Cities. I totally visited them all. Instead of making you trudge through the worst to get to the best, I started with what I think is the best.
Magers and Quinn | 3038 Hennepin Ave S. Minneapolis
If you read, I doubt you can walk through Magers and Quinn without at least wanting something. This is a store that makes...
Wm3 are Free. →
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“Being bored is a precious thing, a state of mind we should pursue. Once boredom...”
– Peter Bregman
I would never describe boredom in such endearing terms, but he’s making a good point.
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MPLS.TV: Overheard Projector: We Need To Get In On... →
Totally, dude!
mplstv:
Dude, no more deciding between paying rent on time or another twelver of Sierra Nevada for us. I just figured out how to solve all of our financial problems – we’re going to start being in art fairs. People love that shit. All we’ll need to do is throw a tent up, throw some art in it and…
July 2011
5 posts
Re-creation →
How I Overcame Bipolar II (and Saved My Own Life)... →
This is immensely interesting, for many reasons. My takeaway is this:
A search for good health requires independence (which is unfortunate).
Scientific self-experimentation is key.
Nutrition matters more than you can imagine.
June 2011
5 posts
Beautiful new bike path →
But sad to see so many idiot comments about it on the Star trib website.
The Compromise
America loves to sacrifice quality for convenience. Supermarkets provide everything you think you need. But everything is mediocre quality: the food, furniture, even the service you get.
Meanwhile, speciality stores are disappearing. Places where you can purchase tasty food, well-made and stylish clothing, or household items that last for many years, are removed from our communities – replaced by...
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Capitalism Itself
is not responsible for our monolithic American culture. It’s too easy to place the blame on such an abstraction. It’s the tasteless, non-thinking American consumer – he or she who seems to prefer (for example) processed food in a cardboard box, music as a product, and the endless array of disposable objects that claim to make our lives easier.
In short, the consumer doesn’t want...
Thoughts on Lying and Consequentialism
“Nation of liars,” is what I wanted to call this post. Inspired by today’s MPR program discussing some book about perjury.
I could sit on my high horse and damn them all. Weiner, Bonds, Clinton, Martha Stewart, etc. None seem to possess the virtue of truthfulness.
It’s because we’re a nation of consequentialists, with an ethic that, at best, owes the truth only to...
May 2011
5 posts
Cultivate the weird. Eschew the common.
Grow the non-conforming. Kill the mediocre.
Excellence is eccentric. Weakness is dullness.
Freedom is a crooked line. Society’s path is filled with traps.
Boredom is evil. The future is open.
“90 percent of people who post quotes on facebook don’t read the authors they quote.” - a stat I made up and think is true.
The Most Hipster State In The US: Pics, Videos,... →
I don’t endorse labels like this. As I’ve posted here before, the term hipster is slander for “eclectic taste I can’t understand.”
It’s the new yuppie/the new way for hateful Americans to dehumanize anyone who cares to indulge in self-expression.
April 2011
5 posts
“And so you go out with girl, and you’re driving. “So what are you reading right...”
– Henry Rollins (via amorningofsleep)
I Love Ed. in Mpls
Minneapolis Community Ed is for winners. You’d be surprised by what you can learn for 35 dollars in one of these classes. I tried to find something comparable in Seattle, where my employer is based, and there was nothing aside from (uninspiring) online classes.
It’s a significant reason to like this city.
March 2011
4 posts
Link →
You might be inspired to just put your entire life online. Not on the line, but …
Every time I check it I feel like photographing everything and sticking it in a dumb blog.