October 2008
“I received 500,000 discrete bits of information today, of which maybe 25 are...”
– David Foster Wallace
“A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be...”
– Warren Buffett, who so often delights me by confirming a hunch that a) this stuff is not as complicated as it looks, and b) you’ll never really get ahead in life by following what everyone else is already doing.
We’ve all got mail. Lots of it - Nightly News with Brian Williams (June, 2006)
Sometimes I forget that Bryan and I did this. Already seems like a million years ago.
“I have juggled a breast pump and a BlackBerry, and I know when to put the...”
– Rosanne Cash
“Hey Nineteen,” in Context
Google Docs - “Hey, Nineteen,” in Context
I’m obsessed with calculating the equivalent years-difference between experiences people have had in different eras or generations (for example, my Mom’s “Time After Time” is my “Piña Colada Song”). Always have been. If pop culture has had the effect on you that it has on me, you probably do this, too.
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