December 2010
43 posts
Big Changes in 2011
(This is not a new years resolution post)
Petra and I are flying back from Los Angeles following our annual week long retreat at her parents house in Sherman Oaks. We’ve done this three years in a row and it’s always a blast. But this time it feels different, and that’s because rather than the usual end-of-vacation-blues, we are fired up about a series of major life changes that...
In my e-commerce experience, the last Monday in which products can be purchased and received in time for Christmas, today, is the largest sales day of the season.
covestor:
Ebay coined the term Green Monday to refer to its best sales day in December, which is usually the second Monday of the month. The term has come to be used generally in e-commerce circles to describe that traditionally heavy...
Custer's Last Stand: Tonight @ Red Lion 730pm!
Bleecker Street, 730pm, tonight! 14 face melting songs. Come!
Like 95% of the people I know, I don’t have a visceral (look it up) problem...
– Aaron Sorkin, to Sarah Palin
Coincidentally, I posted something similar from Sorkin (speaking through Sports Night’s Jeremy Goodwin in 1998) just yesterday.
(via ericmortensen)
My Pummelvision: May 2007 - Present
An amazing video summary of the past 3.5 years of my life. Thank you Jake!
So proud of my college fraternity! →
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Why Obama Should Extend the Bush Tax Cut to...
robertreich:
The President should propose that the Bush tax cuts be extended for EVERYONE — but only on their first $250,000 of income.
Hey, wait a minute. That’s exactly what he is proposing. EVERYONE gets a continuation of the Bush tax cuts on the first $250,000 of their incomes. If your income is $251,000, you’ll get the Bush tax cut on $250,000 of it. Only $1,000 would be taxed at the...
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Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here’s how I look at it:
All of the...
– A fine comment from one Pastabagel on Collect ‘em all! (via Code for Something, jackcheng, john)
Pearl Jam's "Backspacer" Nominated for Best Rock... →
Great record, though unlikely to win following Pearl Jam’s 1996 Grammy appearance when Eddie Vedder said winning a Grammy didn’t mean anything to him. Kind of a dick move, but classic PeeJ!
There have been many times that I have successfully argued a position I...
– Stephen Colbert has answered your questions (via Reddit)