December 2009
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Your Annual Guide To Holiday Romance →
My personal favorite:
41. Avoid any girl who won’t wear a skirt in winter. The winter is too long as it is without having to do without legs. You’ll end up in the stairwell of a Christmas party making out with a girl in skirt.
November 2009
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Roulette →
Apophenia is the name for our brains’ tendency to seek patterns in random data, like looking at the blinking vertical sign next to the roulette table and thinking you know what the next number is going to be. I believe it’s also the reason New York feels so special. When you cram millions of people onto a tiny island, you start noticing what seems like more than mere coincidence. In a place...
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap...”
– Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 (via tmblg)
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“Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping … waiting … and though unwanted,...”
– Joss Whedon (via patrickrhone)
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WatchMakebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now)
If you have thirty minutes, and you’re contemplating playing Farmville, watch this instead. It will be worth your time.
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An Incomplete Education →
I couldn’t have said it better if I tried.
Listen. Hear what she’s saying. Synthesize what you hear in your head, but be slow to offer advice or “solutions.” Women (like many men, including me) often think by talking — or, if you like, by being heard. Shut up and listen. Seriously. Shut the fuck up sometimes.
No woman wants to be your Mom. Give more than you get and be a grown-up...