// finally, some coffee! spent the whole weekend w/o coffee due to 2 broken coffee presses… even the office coffee tastes good today. #fb
Category: general
// she says, ‘you’ve been nice to me all weekend.’ i reply, ‘but the kidlingers think i’m genghis khan.’
tolle: successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly
// cut down the number of feeds in google reader from x-number (too embarrassed to say how many) to 10 rss feeds…
when looking for a job in design/advertising/marketing
which site do you use talent zoo, creative hotlist or the creative group?
folio covered it first & now nyt gives it review of newsweek’s facelift… newsweek’s focus: ‘the reimagined magazine will include reported narratives that rely on intellectual scoops rather than informational ones and pair them with essayistic argument’ while nyt concludes… ‘The big talents and ambitious journalists that remain at Newsweek should probably spend less time reimagining the magazine and more time imagining a future when the physical product does not exist.’
// got tagged by a yellowjacket while looking for books in the barn… didn’t know yellowjackets like old paperbacks so much…
// yeah, i know, i should be outside roasting some dead animal on a grill, rather than obsessing over details about the poetry workshop…
// feel like i’ve been washing dishes all morning…
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.
Steve Jobs (via ninakix) (via iamdanw) (via somethingchanged)
// ‘Facebook & the New Poetry Community’ (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/05/facebook-poetry/)
// only lost 4 plants from the cold weather earlier this week…
// every morning, around 8 or so, a raccoon visits…
// 1045 feet off the edge of world…
// signing off… gonna put some sand in my books & water in ma’boots…
// after a 2 mi walk through a grey & windy morning weather… the sun is out…
// wifi + google maps = location of dunkin doughnuts (& other more notable locales)…
// triple a maps are good & google maps can suck it… best directions: follow the road signs…
// love the cold coastal waters of new england… reminds me of my norwegian roots… expect i’m not in new england & i’m not norwegian…
Will an Economist-style makeover save Newsweek? (http://www.foliomag.com/2009/newsweek-unveils-newsweek)
// I’m leading a poetry workshop at the Flood Gallery Fine Art Center titled: Write and Do Not Waste Time… email me if your interested…
// total of 150+ seedlings planted in the garden patches…
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