January 2012
Downloading music is the same thing I used to do: I used to record all the songs...
– Liam Gallagher
Learning leadership from Congress
Seth Godin says:
When planning your career, avoid these pitfalls, behaviors evidenced by many elected officials:
In all things, look for money first. Listen to people with money, respond to people with money, justify your actions around money. Worth noting that 47% of those in Congress (House and Senate) are millionaires—an even greater percentage than those that are lawyers.
Embrace...
Let’s just say right now what voters will be saying in November, once...
– - Bret Stephens, WSJ.
Of the many axioms about Twitter, the one I like best is “Facebook makes you...
– Twitter on State Of The Union night: America groans - Forbes
When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The...
– I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words | Brain Pickings
What’s satisfying about Apple’s current success is that it’s proof that you can...
– John Gruber
One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the SEAL Team took with them on...
– Obama
As the tide of war recedes, a wave of change has washed across the Middle East...
– Obama
So if you’re a big bank or financial institution, you are no longer allowed to...
– Obama
Take the money we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our...
– Obama
Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s...
– Obama
We should start with our tax code. Right now, companies get tax breaks for...
– Obama
Obama Begins State Of The Union By Asking Congress To Imagine Newt Gingrich...
– The Onion
10 million people contacted Congress, Wales said. “That’s not an abuse of power,...
– Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, responding to MPAA chairman Christopher Dodd’s claim that SOPA blackout was “an abuse of power.”
Linky Goodness 1/23/12
Blurg.
Chicago Woman Fired for Doing Work at Lunch Wins Unemployment Claim
America’s 100 best beer bars.
Midnight MadnessFaster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! in its entirety
“You’re A Creep, Charlie Brown!” **sniff**
Every time it snows in a big city everyone is having the exact same conversation.
The great effort to ban the check engine light in cars.
You know all those...