January 2012
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WatchDuring the State of the Union GOP response, I was terrified to learn that Mitch Daniels is a Scanner.
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NY Times: Steve Jobs and Obama →
Chris sent me this. It completely addresses what I was thinking about, and illustrates a very difficult truth.
“It is hard to estimate how much more it would cost to build iPhones in the United States. However, various academics and manufacturing analysts estimate that because labor is such a small part of technology manufacturing, paying American wages would add up to $65 to each iPhone’s...
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Apple Profits
Maybe I’m just astoundingly naive, but I watched the State of the Union and listened to Obama talk about bringing jobs back to our shores. Revitalizing troubled cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh.
I also read today about Apple’s 46 billion dollar record sales. It’s tremendous that they’ve achieved that much success, and indeed people everywhere online seem to be trumpeting...
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A Tale of Two Cities: Silicon Valley and Hollywood →
“We need more cooperation, less antagonism.”
Aaron Levie states my EXACT opinion on these two industries—and the wonderful potential of their melding—better than I ever could.
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“Had I known I was already dead, I would’ve mourned me.”
– 15th century Japanese proverb, as quoted by Ann Carson
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Two New Poems →
ecantwell:
Splash of Red just published two new poems of mine - go check them out, if you’re into that kind of thing.
NEW POEMZ
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The Rise of the New Groupthink →
On striking a balance between teamwork and solitude, and the tremendous benefits of that balance on efficiency, learning, and creativity.
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Watchjoshruben:
Couldn’t have done this without help from the inordinately talented Hana El-Assad and Vincent Peone.
Everything in this is phenomenal.
“Creating work is your job. Waiting for opportunities in the entertainment...”
– Sage advice from Thomas Lennon (via balltillifall)
“No one can tell you why parking prices are set as they are. But when people pay...”
– Between the Lines - Features - Los Angeles magazine
I hate parking in NYC. Here’s some perspective.
(via heymikewaskom)
This is astounding. If you have any interest in LA’s traffic congestion or urban sprawl, read this article.
(via monsterbeard)
So many things are fascinating in this, not the...
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This is What Living Downtown During Art Walk is...
You come home, but your garage door has been deactivated so that people who don’t live in your house are trying to park in your garage.
More than seven houses across the street turn up “My Sharona,” 40’s Big Band, and early Dre to extreme volumes.
At 8pm a kid on a bike drives by and throws 300 flyers for his DJ show in your front lawn.
At 8:30 a twenty-person Hare...
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“You know, I think it’s about envy.”
– Mitt Romney on the income gap. Mitt Romney, aka this guy, aka this guy, aka this guy, aka this guy, aka these guys, aka this duck, aka this killer of homeless men, aka this machine construct, aka this.
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THIS SCENE FROM KICKBOXER. THIS SCENE. →
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The Ballad of Johnny France →
The true story of a real cowboy hunting real mountain men wanted for kidnapping and murder in 1984 Montana.
(via Longform.org)
Someday I Want To Give Interviews Like Ashbery
ecantwell:
RL: This is an imposing sort of question, but have you thought about what your distinctive role as a contemporary poet is?
Ashbery: It’s hard for me to say. I don’t know really …
RL: It’s for others to say?
Ashbery: Yes.
RL: You once said of Auden that he brought people closer to the world they live in. Is that an intention that you’ve had as well to some extent?
Ashbery: I...
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“Hoberman’s cooler-than-thou-as-a-word-puzzle is like finishing a 40 minute...”
– A reader comment on a hate letter about movie critic J. Hoberman’s ousting from the Village Voice
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"Which means—" "Which means..." →
I FIGURED IT OUT. I was right about the timeframe of when the movie was made. I was wrong about who said it (although John Candy is IN the scene… he just doesn’t say the lines). I was wrong about the inflection, but I was close, as it’s said in an excited, anxious manner.
The next thing to figure out is why I’ve been saying this for years, without any context or knowledge...
A Plea for Help
I’ve had a movie quote stuck in my head for several months now and I can’t figure out what it’s from. The worst part is I actually figured it out sometime in the recent past (last year… maybe the the year before) but have since lost it again.
It’s tough, given that the quote is more about inflection of the delivery than the words said.
The quote is an exchange...