December 2010
24 posts
Dec 30th
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The 110 Things New Yorkers Talked About in 2010 -... →
to read at the airport this afternoon.
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“A woman with stroke symptoms in Midwood, Brooklyn, waited for an ambulance for...”
– Wow. That is so sad. It’s SNOW, not the end of the world.  Snow Blocks Hundreds of Ambulances From Patients - NYTimes.com
Dec 29th
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Video: Tow Truck Pulls Plow Into SUV - Gothamist →
I still don’t understand why NYC doesn’t understand how to use plows. 
Dec 28th
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
Dec 27th
Dec 27th
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“ “Do unto others…” is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is...”
– This pretty much sums up how I was raised. This paragraph captures exactly what it is about organized religion that has rubbed me the wrong way since I was a child. A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist - Speakeasy - WSJ (via zeb)
Dec 25th
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Miracle on 22nd Street - Video Library - The New... →
Next year, rather than some self-indulgent, eggnog-soaked Christmas party, I’m going to do some sort of Letters to Santa toy drive. But for now, I’m going to the mall. In the suburbs. The irony is not lost on me.  
Dec 24th
Dec 23rd
“In the videos, Dawn smirks as she’s shown in a variety of cozy sweaters...”
– Pomplamoose’s Christmas Hyundai Commercials Cause Hatred of Pomplamoose, Hyundai and Christmas - Seattle Music - Reverb
Dec 23rd
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
“If we’re going to continue sexualizing famous women, we might as well sexualize...”
– Why I Really Hope the Leaked Sex Photos Are Of Ke$ha « : TheGloss - A gloss on beauty, fashion, style, love and more AMEN. 
Dec 15th
60 Wild Coyotes Patrol Chicago (And Occasionally... →
Forgot robots, coyotes are taking our jobs.
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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travels with khuyi: What I Learned in... →
khuyi: A few things I learned at SalesSchool tonight: Typical cold call conversion happens by eighth call or not at all. Keep emails to three sentences. Sales 2.0 is less about outright sales has much more of a consultant-type angle to it. Hubspot makes all its sales trainees go through a 3-week…
Dec 8th
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“My friend and I ordered our coffee, and began to discuss whatever it was we were...”
– What a jerk. The reason I love working in coffee shops is for the mix of work, conversation, reading, “unemployed hipsters and their unpublished novels” [another quote fro the article]. I don’t want quiet, zoned-out droids. (I’d say something to the affect of “I would...
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
“For those of you who helped out but don’t work in the offices, I am...”
– Yet another item crossed off my bucket list. (via @BoobsRadley)
Dec 7th
Dec 2nd
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