December 2008
28 posts
You know what's awesome right now? Making... →
soupsoup:
(via frangry)
I’m having WAY too much fun with this. :)
Question for Tumblr
spytap:
If you could do anything and know you wouldn’t fail - not necessarily succeed beyond your wildest expectations, just that by your own measures you would be successful - what would you do?
Since I posed it, I’ll answer first: I’d open my own microbrewery.
Become an archaeologist. Or an actress. Or both.
It's snowing in New York
I’m jealous.
lizlet:
spytap:
lizlet:
So maybe I had a little to drink at the Xmas party. And maybe I stole a wine glass. And maybe my shift doesn’t end for 3 hours. WHATEVER.
Reblogging so tomorrow you have at least some idea of what you did tonight. ;)
You’re just jealous that you didn’t get any pomengrante champagne and ahi tuna in the middle of your working day. :)
I don’t know about him, but...
“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”...
spytap:
15 days until my new project “Barrett goes to the deep south for Christmas” debuts. I’m thinking blockbuster, but then again I don’t go over well in any state that’s ever been referred to as a “flyover.”
Look for lots of tweets and tumblr y’all.
OMG, is it only 15 days?! I’m not ready….
advice I would give to my high school children if...
spytap:
10 20 28 pieces of advice I would give to my high school children if I had any.
Your music sucks. You don’t know it yet, but trust me on this one. You will think it’s awesome for years because of the emotional peaks and valleys you associate it with, but one day you will realize that all you’re is feeling nostalgia for hormones. Listen to every Beatles album you can; The White Album...
Christmas wishes
I was talking to a co-worker today about the upcoming holidays. He’s in the process of adopting his step-daughter, Eleanor. He’s raised her since she was a baby. She doesn’t remember her biological father, her parents split up right after she was born and she’s never met him. But apparently the bio-dad still has some kind of parental rights, cause the papers are with him...
In Praise of Good Customer Service
Yesterday I had some trouble with some holiday music that I bought from iTunes last year. Feeling rather miffed that I was not allowed to listen to my annoyingly cheerful and festive songs, I sent an email to iTunes asking for assistance. The answer I got was swift and surprising. They handled it.
No fuss, no trouble, no “this is your fault, we don’t have to deal with it”. Just...
The Sorkin Hiring Strategy In Action (AKA Why I...
lizlet:
From The New York Times:
“I did not ask for assurances from these individuals that they would agree with me at all times,” Mr. Obama said calmly. “I think they understand and would not be joining this team unless they understood and were prepared to carry out the decisions that have been made by me after full discussion.”
From Sports Night:
Isaac Jaffe: It’s taken me a lot of years,...
Grab the book closest to you. Go to page 56. Find...
tanya77:
cajunboy:
I have been working up in Carthage, South Dakota for nearly two weeks now.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
(Tumblr game via tylercoates)
He “was not crazy,” maintained Elizabeth Abell.
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Now it was leaping and hopping among the grass tussocks, striking at the two rabbits with terrible darts of its head.
Watership Down by Richard...
Unusual (and fun!) Date Ideas
lovebot:
shegoesbam: marjchun:unicornology:beboo:deadshot:
Go on a search for as many good climbing trees as possible, climb as high as you both can in all of them, compile photo evidence
Go to a major chain bookstore, and leave notes to future readers in copies of your favorite books
Have her dress up as a ghost and you dress uup us Pacman. Walk around downtown holding hands, and...