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Day ~31. Love, Coffee and Magic.
Decided to go to a coffee shop, just to break the monotony of working in my apartment. I overheard two extremes of love. 1. A lady behind me called her significant other, (on speaker phone) and spoke to him, extensively, about his recent trip to the dentist. She asked about the x-rays, about the co-pay, […]
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March 14, 2012
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Friction, as it pertains to startups.
Day 30~ A lesson about ‘Friction’ for people that aren’t knee deep in startup theory. It’s pretty regular, in the world of startups, to talk about friction. One of the core goals of any startup, any time you want a person to engage in new behavior really, is to minimize the amount of friction that […]
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March 13, 2012
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The Moon is HUGE tonight.
I’ve learned that the moon is going to be monstrous tonight. Well. Big. Huge. Actually, it’s going to be closer than it has been in decades, and closer than it’ll be until 2029. I’m currently sitting in a room at a bed and breakfast in Big Bear, CA. This is the result of a hasty […]
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March 20, 2011
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My Girliest Injury is Rather Badass (or… Inefficient Branding)
Dear Male Friends, you AREN’T gonna believe this. I was reminded recently, that I should periodically make my eyebrows look less like and more like This is where it gets crazy, fellas. The process by which they do this is exactly what you would think, if you were broken inside. What happens is a lady, […]
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February 23, 2011
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Man. I am OLD. (Lawn Gnomes, Felicia Day, and Hip Hop)
My friend, and musicologist, Andy Hutchins passed me a link today,(http://www.twitvid.com/EOCSX) it was of a hip hop act that performed on Jimmy Fallon last night. I watched it, and realized that I have turned the corner and am old. I feel like one of the keys to realizing you are getting old is when you […]
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February 17, 2011
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A Cathartin
Writing is cathartic. That’s what they say. My natural inclination here is to Google the word catharsis, and give a textbook definition, and then riff off of that, but instead I’m going to just go from my gut. Catharsis is the ejection of bullshit, usually in the form of an emotion, that if left inside, […]
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April 30, 2010
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My 2010 Oscar Picks
Not necessarily what I think should win, as much as what I think will win. — Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds. Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Best Foreign […]
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March 7, 2010
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Can Apple (AAPL) Make you rich?
Will someone with financial understandings explain this to me? I was lusting after the upcoming apple tablet, and thinking that, as usual, apple will make a killing with these things. Steve Jobs is like James Cameron to me. He’ll say he’s going to do something, and people will trash talk it, then they’ll all want […]
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January 21, 2010