August 2008
Always with the Sandwiches
If I were to put a new sandwich on my bistro’s menu, then accept a bunch of orders, I must find a way to serve my lunch crowd in time for them to get back to the office. If I can’t deliver on what I’ve promised, then I seemingly need to take the sandwich off the menu, hire more cooks, or just shutter the damned restaurant and grab a non-stop to São Paulo. Resource Constraint...
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“Just as spilling means licking in fraternities at college, so crunching shall...”
– Vitamin Briefcase, 17 Simple Rules For Going To The Cinema With Me. Via Kottke
“‘Namaste’…is a lovely way, in my humble opinion, to acknowledge that we’re...”
– Jaimie Epstein in Sunday’s “On Language.”
“Longing for the days when gals like me were labeled ‘Nervous’ and...”
– Emily, who’s a favorite rider in my ersatz Twitter posse.
“This is America. Pick a job and then become the person that does it.”
– Bobbie Barrett (via yournewfavorite)
“…two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how...”
– The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. Snippet from the 8th sentence of the book that, for some reason, passes through my mind every 3 weeks or so, making me both sad and happy.
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“Blogging is like masturbating into a mirror while you videotape yourself so you...”
– Lewis Black (via glass) (via jimray)
Here’s an old Bacon Ray song I wrote around...
"THIS IS NOT MLM!!!" - An Appreciation
I’ve become a fast fan of the YouTube scene around MLM, “Cash Gifting”, and the wider world of casual money scams and pyramid schemes. I’ve become so obsessed with it that yesterday I made a tribute video.
Now, you know me. I’m not one to explain a joke. It’s like diagramming an orgasm. But my video has confused a few people. Which is okay, of course —...
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Dwayne Schubert, Jr. (a/k/a “Da Cash Duke”) shows cash proof. THIS IS NOT MLM!!!
“The packaging of Wheat Thins looks like my 8th-grade creative writing teacher...”
– Simon Goetz, who’s easily one of my favorite Tooters. 