February 2012
9 posts
SUBLET FATIGUE
in table tennis, a forehand slam
is performed by facing the table straight on, and then whipping the paddle in a right-to-left motion, almost as if one were quickly turning a steering wheel or throwing a right hook.
in chess, when facing a king and pawn vs. pawn endgame, the kings must race to reach the end of the file which the pawn is moving down.
in poker, before making a bet, one should have a plan about what one is going...
inspired to play up their success
“It is important not to draw conclusions based on Taliban comments or musings,” Colonel Cummings said. “These detainees include some of the most motivated and ruthless of the insurgents, who are inspired to play up their success. It is what they want us to believe they think.”
January 2012
10 posts
the elation of the traveler?
they’ve done studies, and determined that exactly seventy-two percent of that feeling is frothing vanity.
we're getting rid
of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read.
seeing a writer on facebook
is like seeing a minister drunk off his ass at the track.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_formula... →
December 2011
4 posts
best email of 2011
walk with me … I’n’I born&bred bergen county nj 07646 5/[XX]/57 teaneck holy name hospital rutgers 79 morgan stanley senior technical consultant 80’s the danger upon us is nefarious,maybe alien, timeless … SATANIC … it is SECRET … lIghtwOrkErs wIsEpEOplE mUst pUt thEIR kEys tOgEthER OpEn All thE dOOrs WE ARE IN GLOBAL COSMIC DANGER IT IS...
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
14 posts
pro tips
“I will do my very best to be there.”
“Invite me to the next one, won’t you?”
nota bene
Say what you will about its founder—the Trump Soho boasts one of the finest free restroom facilities in lower Manhattan.
magnificentruin:
Joy Division Atmosphere
To be ruled is to be kept an eye on, inspected, spied on, regulated, indoctrinated, sermonized, listed and checked off, estimated, appraised, censured, ordered about … to be ruled is at every operation, transaction, movement, to be noted, registered, counted, priced, admonished, prevented, reformed, redressed, corrected. — Proudhon
Legibility is a condition of manipulation. Any substantial state intervention in society … requires the invention of units that are visible … they must be organized in a manner that permits them to be identified, observed, recorded, counted, aggregated, and monitored. — James Scott
Public servants follow proper etiquette when addressing their masters. When a properly behaving servant is asked, “why are my shirts not ironed and folded Isabel?” she does not say, “Please take this matter up with the ironing lady”. She will instead, apologise, then run down to the ironing lady and ask why the DEVIL the master’s shirts are not ironed and in place. — Akin Fernandez,...
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QUESTION: If all of these man—Haldeman, Chapin and Colson—are clean and innocent of this, why are they not made available for questions? When we ask you questions to ask them specifically, we do not get direct answers.
—All the President’s Men, p. 209
http://nycga.cc/2011/10/02/general-assembly-minutes... →
novels recently read
The Day of the Jackal — Frederick Forsyth Crossbones — Narrudin Farah Spartina — John Casey Visit From the Goon Squad — Jennifer Egan Scarface — Armitage Trail The Moviegoer — Walker Percy
… i might be forgetting something …
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… in police work ninety-nine percent of the effort is routine, unspectacular enquiry, checking and double-checking, laboriously building up a web of parts until the parts become a whole, the whole becomes a net, and the net finally encloses the criminal with a case that will not just make headlines but stand up in court.
—Frederick Forsyth
September 2011
8 posts
Blowing up Tony Hayward's spot for the London... →
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station
tonite's epic match-up
Chip-on-his-Shoulder vs. Sense-of-Entitlement. Who will prevail?
“It has been difficult for me to figure out what crime, if any, was committed,” he says. “The three were engaged in writing exciting e-mails to important people.”
coffeeshop reviews - Argo Tea @ 23rd and Broadway,...
3/10. The music is too loud and makes you feel like you’re on amphetamines or coffee, not tea. And the iced tea is bullshit — they put in ice, then fill the plastic cup halfway with tea, then fill the rest with soda water. It costs three dollars. Compared to this place, Starbucks is like a really chill comfortable public library where you’re allowed to discreetly make phone...
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August 2011
11 posts
I’ve noticed over the years a quirk in myself concerning things that I deeply want to understand. I really don’t want previous ideas or perceptions explained to me because that viewpoint will now influence what I see. If I’m trying to do something differently than has ever been done before, then why look at it through old glasses? It’s a real catch 22, but it works for me....
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this is why
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“Sunday morning: half dead but fully alive.”
– (via magnificentruin)
“Sunday, husk among days … even in happy times James felt like a nameless statue staring an empty plaza.” — John Updike
“Sunday afternoon is always the worst time for the malaise.” — Walker Percy