{749} seeking a righteous laser beam of justice

Nov 17 2009 ∞

whileyouweresleeping:

Josh Tyrangiel is managing editor at TIME.com. He has just been appointed Editor of BusinessWeek Magazine by Bloomberg, effective as soon as the acquisition is completed.

Josh Tyrangiel is also 37 (that’s thirty seven, three-seven) and he twitters, sort of. Well, not really. Whatever, here he is, telling us all about “storytelling across platforms.”

— From London.

Notes: The experience of the event can trump the details of the event. Sometimes you need to pause. Be efficient. Use the right platform. And: “I definitely want to see snakes crawling on some dude’s face.”

Nov 10 2009 ∞

Sanford E. Bennett, 2nd Lt., USMC

My cousin called me yesterday to congratulate me on the birth of my second daughter. He’s in Marine Corps officer training in Virginia, and had just returned from a week-long live fire exercise where he and his team had to react to IED and grenade blasts, discern friend from enemy in a firefight and sleep in concrete bunkers.

He loved it.

After December, he’ll spend a few months in Oklahoma, getting artillery training, and then be stationed in Honolulu for three years, when he’s not deployed in Afghanistan. When he’s in country, he’ll be in charge of 50 Marines, six 155-millimeter, 7-ton guns and all the ordnance that goes along with it.

He’s 24.

He told me he had a lot of respect for what I was doing as a parent. That he couldn’t do what I do every day.

I’m 25.

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whileyouweresleeping:

Carl Sagan and Sigur Rós.

Now you watch. Now you weep.

And by “you,” I mean “me.”

— Via Dynamic of Cats, from London.

“We are obscurity in so much vastness.”

Nov 09 2009 ∞
therealkatiewest: trixiebedlam: and just there, right at the end of ever feeling OK again, I am reminded that someone out there understands me perfectly. thanks xkcd, whoever you are. Exactly. What Sarah said.

therealkatiewest:

trixiebedlam:

and just there, right at the end of ever feeling OK again, I am reminded that someone out there understands me perfectly. thanks xkcd, whoever you are.

Exactly. What Sarah said.

Nov 04 2009 ∞
whileyouweresleeping: Venus by Air, by Steve Thomas. No problem, everythinginthesky. Although I must credit Jason, who posted it months ago and thanks to whom I now own this poster… — From London.

whileyouweresleeping:

Venus by Air, by Steve Thomas.

No problem, everythinginthesky. Although I must credit Jason, who posted it months ago and thanks to whom I now own this poster…

— From London.

Nov 03 2009 ∞
putthison: The right accessories are vital to any outfit. Spectacular vintage motorcycle postcards on Agence Eureka

putthison:

The right accessories are vital to any outfit.

Spectacular vintage motorcycle postcards on Agence Eureka

Oct 22 2009 ∞
“ To be [human] is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one’s comrades. It is to feel, when setting one’s stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery (via rrrrred)
Oct 14 2009 ∞
“ [F]ear is where the money is. Fear is where the power is. Who wants to hear a tale where everyone wakes up to their divine natures, where suddenly everyone in town starts channeling the Dalai Lama and no one steals anything or molests anyone or calls the president a commie socialist Nazi whilst humping their Bible and quoting their gun? Oh wait, that’s backwards. Or not.
— Mark Morford in the SF Chronicle. (via adamisacson)
Oct 13 2009 ∞
shoesonwrong: redcloud: Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) Oh, Anton Chekhov, I’m so sorry we didn’t have a chance to meet. Then you could see how badly I handle crises.

shoesonwrong:

redcloud:

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Oh, Anton Chekhov, I’m so sorry we didn’t have a chance to meet. Then you could see how badly I handle crises.

Oct 11 2009 ∞
“ When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you’re writing about at that time.
— Lady GaGa (from Blender Magazine and via natashastyles) (via coketalk)
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