Archive For 2011

The worst place for a typo

By | December 28, 2011

Today I realized all the resumes I have sent out have a typo on them. Instead of “incorporating” something, I “incorpated” it. I didn’t notice because I have spell-check turned off in Pages. Yeah, yeah, I know. But my resume includes so many “non-words” like “Tumblr” and “infographics” that I get distracted by all the [...]

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My favorite songs of 2011

By | December 27, 2011

I just submitted my list of my ten favorite songs of 2011 for EJ’s straw poll. I haven’t done a year-end list in forever so this was a good exercise for me. Here’s number one: The first time I heard M83′s “Midnight City” I thought, “Man, what a perfect track.” It works on a dancefloor, [...]

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Hoarders Lite and J-school notes

By | December 26, 2011

These hand-painted (with nail polish) barrettes inspired today’s big purge. They’re at least ten years old and they have no place in the jewelry box of someone closer to 30 than 10. I’m a bit of a packrat. I see value in things — practical and sentimental — that isn’t always there. Thankfully I’m able [...]

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Grinch mode

By | December 23, 2011

I’m waiting for my food at a popular BBQ restaurant. I thought the wait may not be as bad if I went during the off-peak lunch time. Hahahahahhahahaha

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My slow-smoked Memphis-style list of most disliked NBA players

By | December 22, 2011

Purveyor of pointless linkbait rankings Forbes has released a ranking of the ten most disliked players in the NBA. Bafflingly, Kardashian throwaway Kris Humphries edged out LeBron James for the top spot, proving either that the Kardashian name wields much cultural power, or that Forbes’ lists aren’t worth the bandwidth required to load them. I [...]

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