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Fitbit Aria

Thu, 31 May 2012 23:09:00 -0400

Fitbit Aria:

Yes, I want this. Yes, it is a $130 scale. Yes, I still want this.

Quirky shows UPS some love.

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:58:13 -0400

Quirky shows UPS some love.

I can totally relate

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:03:34 -0400

clientsfromhell:

On May 5th, I sent the following…

Me: I can begin on the project immediately. Based on the scope of the work to be done, I need until the 30th to complete everything.

Client: Let me check with my boss to make sure that timeline works for us.

On May 22nd, I received the following

Client: Great news! You can have until the 30th!

"You must get tired of hearing what a beautiful thing this car is. But I’ve met a lot of beautiful..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:10:00 -0400

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You must get tired of hearing what a beautiful thing this car is. But I’ve met a lot of beautiful women in my life, and despite their protestations, they never tire of hearing it. But when deep beauty is encountered, it arouses deep emotions — because it creates a desire. Because it is, by nature, unattainable.

We’re taught to think that function is all that matters, but we have a natural longing for this other thing. When I was driving the E-type, I passed a ten-year-old boy in the back window of a station wagon, and I watched his eyes follow… He’d just seen something he would want for the rest of his life. He’d just seen that unattainable object speed by, just out of reach — because they do that, don’t they, beautiful things?

Then I thought about a man of some means reading Playboy or Esquire… flipping past the flesh to the shiny, painted curves of this car. There’s no effort to stop his eye. The difference is, he can *have* a Jaguar. Oh, this car. This thing, gentlemen. What price would we pay, what behavior would we forgive…? If they weren’t pretty, if they weren’t temperamental, if they weren’t beyond our reach and a little out of our control, would we love them like we do?

Jaguar. At last. Something beautiful you can truly own.

”

- Don Draper (Jon Hamm) in Mad Men, delivering what’s probably the best piece of writing this season (via createthisdestroythat)

That’s some good shit.

Joey on Flickr.Day 1 of my week with Joey. She’s already...

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:02:37 -0400

Joey on Flickr.

Day 1 of my week with Joey. She’s already getting on my good side by cuddling up to me!

Via Flickr:
Very much looking forward to my week with Joey. NYC [20120525]

Summer on Flickr.Summer means day drinking.Via Flickr: My summer...

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:58:01 -0400

Summer on Flickr.

Summer means day drinking.

Via Flickr:
My summer drink, 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon. Spitzers Corner, NY [20120527]

Summer on Flickr.Here’s to Summer 2012.Via Flickr: Kicking...

Sat, 26 May 2012 09:22:13 -0400

Summer on Flickr.

Here’s to Summer 2012.

Via Flickr:
Kicking off summer the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. View of the Standard Hotel, Hudson River and Hoboken from STK Rooftop, Meatpacking, NYC [20120525]

"If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on."

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:00 -0400

“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.”

- Sheryl Sandberg, HBS Class Day 2012

Quello - Console Table and Stool by Phil Proctor » Yanko Design

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:04:00 -0400

Quello - Console Table and Stool by Phil Proctor » Yanko Design:

I kind of really like this.

A little before Memorial Day but I’m starting this summer...

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:49:58 -0400

A little before Memorial Day but I’m starting this summer off right.

#3: Rusty.

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:50:00 -0400

#3: Rusty.

#2: Maggie.

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:50:00 -0400

#2: Maggie.

Surrounded by doodles. #1: Joey.

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:00 -0400

Surrounded by doodles. #1: Joey.

Joey loves the water.

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:47 -0400

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Joey loves the water.

Approved

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:13:52 -0400

My mortgage application was approved today!

Now just waiting on the CEMA and then meet the remaining conditions to close. :)

FACT: The number of students who have to go into debt to get a bachelor’s degree has risen from 45% in 1993 to 94% today.

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:49:32 -0400

FACT: The number of students who have to go into debt to get a bachelor’s degree has risen from 45% in 1993 to 94% today.:

That’s a big %.

barackobama: Super-cool visualization from the New York Times...

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:57:44 -0400

barackobama:

Super-cool visualization from the New York Times of reactions to the president’s announcement yesterday.

very cool.

Dirty Dancing

Wed, 09 May 2012 22:37:12 -0400

One of those movies that I can’t pass up when I’m channel surfing. Even if I own the DVD and have seen it at least ten times.

IMG_8765 on Flickr. ICE cooking classes might be the biggest...

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:15:00 -0400

IMG_8765 on Flickr.

ICE cooking classes might be the biggest scam ever. For $160, I de-thorned and grilled cactus, balled up masa for corn tortillas and ate this meal.

I had a good time with my friends though.

Via Flickr:
Our meal. ICE Cinco de Mayo cooking class, NYC [20120505]

"You work your ass off for months, bite your nails, for what? Heinz. Baked. Beans."

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:07:00 -0400

“You work your ass off for months, bite your nails, for what? Heinz. Baked. Beans.”

- Stan, Mad Men
Season 5, Episode 8