December 2010
8 posts
"There are e-mails in which you can sense Wisdom... →
maura:
This lengthy look at freelancers’ constant hustle to get paid for the work they have performed rang quite a few bells (and made me feel relatively lucky, because, as the reporter notes, white-collar workers like me are at a relative advantage in the badgering game). It’s definitely worth your time.
This is why I stopped freelancing on a regular basis. Between my ridiculous inability to...
Christmas Hilarity
So, there have been a few moments of Christmas hilarity in all the somberness. More than a few actually. And along with many family experiences, there are rights of passage. Like learning to refuse to help my uncle wrap the presents he bought on Christmas eve. Or that my mom and aunt could handle one bottle of Asti Spumanti when wrapping presents, but two lead to Christmas morning exchanges like...
Winter is Here
While the temperature is unlikely to hit 32 degrees F here in Los Angeles, the literal and figurative atmosphere is chilly. So many of us grew up in places where snow was a way of life that we keep glancing about in confusion, waiting for the flakes to fall. So, in honor of that, a list of my favorite books about winter.
1. Winter’s Tale - Mark Helprin. It’s one of my favorite books...
Christmas Mourning
I used to be a fan of Christmas. As an only child with a small extended family, it was a time to catch up with adoring grandparents and raucous older cousins. It was a time of surprises, which I loved, and food and festivities. Sure, it was also a time of drunken arguments, tearful hissing, and slurry insults flying around between the adults, but mostly I just ignored what I could. I’ve...
Atlas Blows You Off
headphonesnotrequired:
““Your wealth was not an undeserved gift…You have no moral obligation to ‘give back,’ because you didn’t take anything in the first place.””
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The Ayn Rand Center, trashing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for vowing to give half of his fortune to charity. Best press release ever! Having suffered through Rand’s purple prose before, we’re surprised the Center didn’t repeat...
Lists
1. The Glogg, while tasty, has given me a two day headache. Only the Scandanavains, man. Only the Scandanavians.
2. I am so very glad that it’s not snowing, even if I can’t shake the sense-memory of December days curled up with a book and hot tea. I want the feeling back without the frostbite.
3. I wanted to go to the Griffith Park Holiday Lighting event last year, and despite...
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the... →
theplanetofsound:
Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval.
In the early 60s, Motown transcended Detroit’s inner city to take black music to a white audience, whilst in the late 60s suburban kids like the MC5 and the Stooges descended into the black inner city to create revolutionary rock expressing the rage of young...