December 2009
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See you in 2010. →
In just over 12 hours, I’ll be heading to the airport to escape for the weekend — to usher in a new decade in the best possible way: in a city I love with a person I love doing something I love. Enjoy the final few days of 2009, everyone. Thanks for an interesting year, full of ups and downs. See you in the new year. (For my full roundup of the year, and the decade, that was, read the...
Dec 29th
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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (via)
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy...”
– Robert A. Heinlein (via) A truth I’ve lived by for years and years.
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life … because happiness is...”
– Paulo Coelho (via)
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“Look at a flower until its beauty becomes part of your very soul. It will be...”
– Two Listeners (via)
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“I have a fundamental problem with the idea of falling in love. It’s the nature...”
– A Hermit Philosopher (via)
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via)
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does...”
– Maya Angelou (via)
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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“Rebuild. Take stock of who you are, where you are, and what has changed about...”
– Jon Crowley
Dec 26th
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“God made spaces between our fingers so someone else could fill the gap.”
– Unknown (via)
Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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ListenFrank Sinatra — Have Yourself A Merry Little...
Dec 25th
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“At the end of the day, you either focus on what separates you… or what...”
– The O.C. (via)
Dec 25th
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Christmas wish. →
I’m tired of cynicism, skepticism. I’m tired of everyone assuming that when I do nice things for someone, I’m trying to get something back, or that I have ulterior motives, or that I’m building an unhealthy relationship with that person. I’m tired of people not realizing that sometimes we do things because we actually care, we actually want others to be happy. My...
Dec 25th
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Alma, a beautiful short film for your viewing pleasure this Christmas Eve.
Dec 24th
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ListenTaylor Swift — Last Christmas (via) A cover of...
Dec 24th
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Tenacity.
Via Jason Kottke: Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Author Go ahead, read the list, laugh a bit, and then chuckle nervously when you read the character trait associated with your favorite author. Apparently, according to this, I’m “confirmed 90’s literati.” Of course, I was still in high school in the 90s, so any aspirations to the literati were just that, aspirations....
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“File sharing is utterly unsexy. It takes no time at all to knock up a playlist...”
– Thurston Moore, Why the music cassette has never died
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“Can we say that it is precisely the smallest objects — be they trumpets,...”
– Herta Müller
Dec 22nd
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I bought a new purple pen, just now.
The old one ran out of ink. I’m putting the new one in my pocket. I hope this new one is just as lucky as the last.
Dec 22nd
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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it....”
– Howard Thurman, on my wall
Dec 22nd
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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill (via)
Dec 22nd
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“I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring...”
– The Dalai Lama (via)
Dec 22nd
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“If there’s one thing every kid needs growing up, it’s a best friend. Someone you...”
– The Wonder Years (via)
Dec 22nd
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I'm at work.
At 1am. And there’s nobody here. I’m turning up the Christmas music loud, very loud. And singing along. And yes, occasionally dancing along too.
Dec 22nd
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“Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.”
– Emory Austin (via)
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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I’m an avid (rabid?) magazine reader, so this kind of innovation in magazine display and content delivery is very welcome. I think this design and user experience is the best I’ve seen so far when it comes to digital magazines. (video via)
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“But here is the bottom line: we can embrace this accord, take a substantial step...”
– President Barack Obama in Copenhagen (via)
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via) The reverse is very true: go on trips with someone you do love. Especially fun trips to a mystery city for New Year’s Eve.
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for...”
– Victor Hugo (via)
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via)
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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“Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been....”
– Eve Ensler (via)
Dec 16th
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