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10 Years ago we only had 2 kinds of shirts to choose from
Now we have three.
via F.U. and the Blog You Rode In On
An astute assumption, to be sure.
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One Post Wonders
Like little moments of zen, or snapshots of creative conception, these nascent ideas never really had a chance. Instead, they are held forever on the tip of the tounge and the clever screenshot, long after the cache has faded away. Enjoy.
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How My Day Just Got Better
Confession: When I was eleven years old I went to an X-Files convention. And I loved it.
Flash forward 14 years, and in anticipation of the new X-Files movie coming out July 25th (plug, plug) I have an old school Mulder & Scully image as my desktop background at work. (It was Spore, but September is a loooong way away in release date-oriented wallpapers.) My coworker just ambled by and made a big deal out of the image finally triggering her memory as to which actress she kept wanting to tell me that I remind her of when I wear my fancy work suits.
Now I’ll admit, I do rock the suit much moreso now than when I dressed up as Dana Scully for Halloween (more than once) back in the day. And somehow (entirely subconsciously, I assure you), my hair has migrated from long, blond, beach-bunny hair to the short-cropped, auburn bob over the years. And I did look forwards to being forced to get all “professional” for the New York finance world after years in the business-casual-means-jeans-every-day finance microcosm of South Florida.
But my question is - how much did you end up following in the footsteps of the heros of your youth? Even secretly - I feel that much as the early universe magnified minute mass differentials to eventually create massive galaxies, our lives compound upon themselves even as the cone of probability expands outwards into time. What do we carry with us, and how does that drive our seemingly prescient decisions?
Hmmmm. The truth is out there.
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Early iPhone Line Needs Geometrical Instruction
Note how the door to the entrace is a good 100ft behind them, and open.
After watching 4th of July video about these people trying to set the Guinness World Record for “longest time on line to buy something” I was skeptical that they weren’t, perhaps, just some ardent iFans hanging out in a relatively linear fashion by some admittedly geometrical architecture on a large national holiday.
The first question here is whether or not a line can form for a place that is open in the interm. Side A: If the place is open, there is no line. You’re just loitering. Lines can’t begin until the place is closed and you have to wait for the place to open with said desired item available. Side B: What about ticketmaster (remember ticketmaster lines?) where others could waltz right up and buy their Cure tickets, but you might be camped out for a week to get front row presale for Phish - or so I hear. Point: Side B. Uh oh, they might actually be in line!
The next question: Can you be in line when you’re not even near the door? I could waltz right up, sit down close to the entrance to eat my Cucina veggie panini sandwich and as I finish the overpriced iced tea decide, “Know what? I think I’ll just sit here and wait for the new iPhone. I mean, there’s no one ahead of me.” Point: there isn’t even another side to this one. Argument, fading…
The final point against this show of ridiculousness is that I actually did a search of the Guinness World Record website, and no record similar has ever been set. For some reason, I don’t think they’ve applied to be adjudicated, either. Point: universe.
My only solace is the first 3G iPhone line scare a few weeks ago, which I totally debunked by my daily unavoidable pass by the store, which lies between work and the subway. If these people are not there, I will be both vindicated and ashamed for noticing.
In summation, these people are dumb. Let’s all stop talking about them.
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Update: Early iPhone Line Needs Geometrical Instruction
Via my cameraphone.
I walked by the Apple flagship (ooh, ahh) store, rather unavoidably, on my way to the 5th Ave N/R/W station around 6:30pm yesterday. I was skeptical people were really waiting for the new iPhone already and decided to check it out. I now have seen it with my own eyes: There are totally people in line!
Hold your horses, though. First off, the press was there in almost equal number to the line-waiters, which was kind of cheesy. Second, huge chalk scrawlings on the sidewalk point walkers-by (but apparently not the media, which frequently fails to mention it) to waitingforapples.com. This site was either thrown on the web 2 days ago amidst a marijuana haze, or sometime in 1994. The look and feel is about the same. No surprise, these people are combining their “love of apples” (not publicity stunt, NOT publicity stunt) with a desire to “talk to whoever happens to stop by about local organic farming as a critical element to sustainable healthy living, food security, youth education, and climate change mitigation.”
So… Good, if hastily conceived idea? i guess. Completely ineligible for the World Record and most likely not even in a proper line? most definitely. Will received undue press coverage more for the massive corporation that is Apple than for their tiny organic collective? yup.
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Julia Nunes is Actually Interesting
Although the whole song is fun, be sure not to give up before her fun quippy comments that start about midway through the vid.
Julia Nunes is rocketing out of the YouTube mire into fame. And she actually kind of deserves it. The girl plays instruments, writes songs, beatboxes, and is actually down to earth and self-deprecating. Me likes.
For those in the local region, she’ll be playing at The Knitting Factory on Saturday, July 12th, at 7pm. Tickets available online.
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Spoiler Alert: Artist Banksy is Just Some Guy
I’ll save you the trouble of reading the article:
The Street Artist Known As Banksy (TM) may be some guy named Robin Gunningham from Bristol who was upper-middle class and went to a fancy schmancy school… where he excelled at art. If you want to see a picture of the maybe-guy, feel free to click through.
You may now resume your normally scheduled programming… which I hope includes enjoying art for its own sake, not for the fluffernutter the artist (or the public) creates.
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Soy May Lower Sperm Count
via Reuters
Eating a half serving a day of soy-based foods could be enough to significantly lower a man’s sperm count, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
The study is the largest in humans to look at the relationship between semen quality and a plant form of the female sex hormone estrogen known as phytoestrogen, which is plentiful in soy-rich foods. more»
As a pescatarian with a heavy dose of soy in my family’s diet, I’ll be watching this one.
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All is Duality
Sorry I Missed Your Party offers some more in depth analysis, but I’m just going to excerpt my favorite part out of context. It’s my birthday today; I can do what I want.
…Yes, I just slipped in the birthday reference - deal with it.
…Next time you’re at a party, just as you’re leaving, say really loudly to your friend, “this party is totally full of virgins, let’s get out of here.” Or if someone spills beer or steps on your toe, just say “God, why do you have to be such a virgin?” Worst case scenario, everyone thinks you’re a douche. Best case scenario, someone tries to prove it to you they’re not a virgin. Face it, you’re entire life is going to be flip flopping between those two scenarios anyway, so enjoy the ride.
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I wear a lot of turquoise.
I started out trying to build a fanciful superhero, then realized that most of the wardrobe choices were things I actually owned in real life.
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Nordic Rock is mined from ancient Swedish pollution-free base rock. It is the purest way of cooling your drink - literally ‘on the rocks’. Stone does not melt, which means no unclean water in your glass. They are also reusable making them very eco-friendly. (Buy Now)
As a Norwegian lass, I feel it should be some sort of birthright thing that I get a set of the now. For free. Please?
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Update: Neil Gaiman the Aardvark
When I contributed my $10, the amount collected was inching towards the $4400 goal, which involves adopting an aardvark at the LA Zoo and naming it after Neil Gaiman. Now it seems the goal has been halved, and the contributions have been steadily flowing in. Net/Net? The goal has been reached. Yay!
If you didn’t contribute yet, but would still like to, donations are still being accepted.
Based on Postage by Greg Cooper. Everything heavily modified by me.
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