December 2010
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No More New Year Resolutions
I’ll probably have reached 40% of my 2010 resolution by December 31 and that at first feels like a “failure”. But then again, I’ve read 40+ fantastic books during on of my busiest years ever. And that is pretty darn cool.
I think resolutions are social and cultural demands that we haven’t lived up to but get a second chance by postponing them for another year. Things...
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Rethinking Christmas
Christmas can be this joyous time of friends, family, though and food (Mr Seneca, had to add food…) or a never-ending shopping and meeting deadlines race, a heart attack rapped in red ribbons.
Personally I’ve always enjoyed Christmas as a sanctuary for reflection, a somewhat viable reason to stay indoors for reading and cooking adventures, and a time to hang out with friends and a...
“I regret that you have put us in this position, but there is no other course we...”
– Warhol Foundation Threatens to End Financing of Smithsonian Exhibitions - NYTimes.com
Rafer sez: One of the few things that prevents me from being completely despondent about the US right now is that the Liberal coastal cities pay for the self-destructive teabagging of the middle class in the...
join the economy...
rowdykittens:
“All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative & creativity to join the economy.” ~DON TAPSCOTT
Big, big fan of Don Tapscott. And it’s true, it’s how I work.
“Lateness is clearly a state of mind, though what exactly it denotes is not easy...”
– And Another Thing: People who miss deadlines (via lloydshep)
“I can say no. I can say I have enough on my plate. I can say I am taking off...”
– I think I have it down!
still working on that myself
Gotham Gal
(via fred-wilson)