// the long awaited french press stainless steel coffee maker arrived today! now i can brew coffee at home again… #fb
That was always the yuppie dream: an aristocratic life achieved meritocratically.
The new post-college prestige job is retail | Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist via mlherold (via fluffynotes)
dream? or fantasy?
The south garden patch
the south garden patch on the last day of may: since i lost almost all the spinach plants in last week’s excessive rains, i may rename the south garden the pepper & tomato patch (since that’s the only thing left). again, going with the found, native, organic gardening goal. the waddle fence boarder is from spring trimmings. the tomato plants aren’t high enough for trellis work. maybe in a couple weeks. the pine boxes to the east of the patch (your left) are recycled from and old bookshelf and are home to various herbs: basil, oregano & chives.
The north garden patch
the north garden patch on the last day of may: the goal for this year’s garden is found, native, organic gardening. the stones are from the creek. the pea poles & tomato trellis are from spring trimmings. the wood boarders are from winter deadwood. the only thing i bought was the jute & twine for the trellis work.
// it’s nice to know i still have some beach sand in my camera from the trip to charleston… #fb
// finally, some coffee! spent the whole weekend w/o coffee due to 2 broken coffee presses… even the office coffee tastes good today. #fb
// she says, ‘you’ve been nice to me all weekend.’ i reply, ‘but the kidlingers think i’m genghis khan.’
// what ever happened to WNCNN, Mad Miss Mattie & others (http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/09/01/early-morning-mad-miss-mattie/)…1
NOTES:
1) “Early morning Mad Miss Mattie,” Scrutiny Hooligans, September 1, 2007, accessed May 30, 2009, http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/09/01/early-morning-mad-miss-mattie/ (page no longer available, web site deactivated)
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?
How Much is a Magazine’s Content Worth? (http://www.foliomag.com/2009/how-much-magazine-s-content-worth-part-one)
To ruminate, or to tweet, that is the question
“For some kinds of thought, especially moral decision-making about other people’s social and psychological situations, we need to allow for adequate time and reflection,” said… author Mary Helen Immordino-Yang.
(via Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass) (hat tip: monkeytypist and azspot)
This seems to contradict the premise of the best-selling book, Blink. The article continues:
The study raises questions about the emotional cost… of heavy reliance on a rapid stream of news snippets obtained through television, online feeds or social networks such as Twitter.
My take away: maybe it is best to marinate and ruminate than to tweet.
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.’
// ah, it’s good to be back in the office… no sun, no beach surf, no ocean breeze… wake me up when the nightmare’s done…
Twitter is like golf. I feel like an idiot for doing it, but I have to admit that sometimes it’s fun.
// 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/)
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Coffeehouse Junkie Podcast: An excerpt from Gregory Orr’s essay “Four Temperaments and the Forms of Poetry” will be read on today’s podcast plus an short poem.
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