Ancient Egyptians’ Mathematical Ingenuity, Written on Papyrus - NYTimes.com
Drunk math goes as far back as ancient Egypt.
A better twist ending to Black Swan: whole story was the delusional fantasy of the buttercream rose ballerina cake in the trash.
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Why a Pregnant Natalie Portman Had to Get Engaged
Oscar politics shotgun engagement: reading into it too much or is it like that? Man, that would be the ultimatum of all ultimatums: “If you don’t propose right now, I’m definitely not getting an Oscar.”
Out of Office Reply: Hawaii Through Fresh Eyes | SURFING Magazine
Hilarious-aggravating writing tips from an editor to a former freelancer. And we wonder why magazines are struggling for readership?
Out of Office Reply: Hawaii Through Fresh Eyes | SURFING Magazine
Hilarious-aggravating writing tips from an editor to a former freelancer. And we wonder why magazines are struggling for readership?
Technology-based manufacturing of all sorts, Mr. Immelt says, has to be a central part of reinvigorating the economy. In speeches and position papers, Mr. Immelt, a member of the White House’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, has called for doubling manufacturing employment in America, to 20 percent of the work force, which he concedes is an “aspirational” goal.
Making progress, he adds, will require significantly improving the nation’s prowess as an exporter. G.E., by the way, happens to be America’s second-largest exporter, after Boeing. So Mr. Immelt’s views about what changes would benefit the economy would probably help G.E. as well.
“Many bought into the idea that America could go from a technology-based, export-oriented powerhouse to a services-led, consumption-based economy — and somehow still expect to prosper,” Mr. Immelt said in a typical speech last year before the Detroit Economic Club. “That idea was flat wrong.” He added: “Our economy tilted instead toward the quicker profits of financial services.”
” —For G.E. and Jeffrey Immelt, a Return to Basics - NYTimes.com
GE ditching bogus financial schemes and going back to real goods to rebuild the company. Ponzi schemes or wars, financial sleight of hand or real goods, America’s economy will always be based on screwing the other guy, even if the other guy is a fellow American.
Technology-based manufacturing of all sorts, Mr. Immelt says, has to be a central part of reinvigorating the economy. In speeches and position papers, Mr. Immelt, a member of the White House’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, has called for doubling manufacturing employment in America, to 20 percent of the work force, which he concedes is an “aspirational” goal.
Making progress, he adds, will require significantly improving the nation’s prowess as an exporter. G.E., by the way, happens to be America’s second-largest exporter, after Boeing. So Mr. Immelt’s views about what changes would benefit the economy would probably help G.E. as well.
“Many bought into the idea that America could go from a technology-based, export-oriented powerhouse to a services-led, consumption-based economy — and somehow still expect to prosper,” Mr. Immelt said in a typical speech last year before the Detroit Economic Club. “That idea was flat wrong.” He added: “Our economy tilted instead toward the quicker profits of financial services.”
” —For G.E. and Jeffrey Immelt, a Return to Basics - NYTimes.com
GE ditching bogus financial schemes and going back to real goods to rebuild the company. Ponzi schemes or wars, financial sleight of hand or real goods, America’s economy will always be based on screwing the other guy, even if the other guy is a fellow American.
Vogler spent about $4,500 for a Kold-Draft machine that makes those rock-solid 1-inch cubes. The machine produces about 650 pounds a day and the cubes are used in clear spiritous drinks and in the long or tall drinks, he said.
He also purchased the Norlake ice crusher for about $2,000; the small pellets of ice are used in drinks such as the Rhum Dandy pictured above.
If you go to Bar Agricole or any good bar, you’ll see lots of guys with muscular forearms from all the vigorous shaking to chill the drinks they serve. These drinks also take special ice, often 2-inch cubes made in a special silicon mold.
About once a week Vogler buys a 300 pound sculpture-grade block of ice and breaks it down with a chain saw. He and his staff then use cleavers and chisels to refine those pieces so they fit into large rock glasses.
” —Cocktails: It’s all about the ice - Michael Bauer
Is this craftsmanship or is it much ado about ice? Is this a case of “Everything is amazing and nobody is happy” because the ice isn’t perfect without $4500 machines?
Vogler spent about $4,500 for a Kold-Draft machine that makes those rock-solid 1-inch cubes. The machine produces about 650 pounds a day and the cubes are used in clear spiritous drinks and in the long or tall drinks, he said.
He also purchased the Norlake ice crusher for about $2,000; the small pellets of ice are used in drinks such as the Rhum Dandy pictured above.
If you go to Bar Agricole or any good bar, you’ll see lots of guys with muscular forearms from all the vigorous shaking to chill the drinks they serve. These drinks also take special ice, often 2-inch cubes made in a special silicon mold.
About once a week Vogler buys a 300 pound sculpture-grade block of ice and breaks it down with a chain saw. He and his staff then use cleavers and chisels to refine those pieces so they fit into large rock glasses.
” —Cocktails: It’s all about the ice - Michael Bauer
Is this craftsmanship or is it much ado about ice? Is this a case of “Everything is amazing and nobody is happy” because the ice isn’t perfect without $4500 machines?
In other words, the legislative process, though messy and sometimes unappetizing, can produce healthy, wholesome results.
But a visit to a sausage factory here, about 10 miles from the Capitol, suggests that Bismarck and today’s politicians are mistaken. In many ways, that quotation is offensive to sausage makers; their process is better controlled and more predictable.
” —If Only Laws Were Like Sausages - NYTimes.com
Seriously, I would have loved to write about this. It’s about sausage-making, but it’s about legislation.
In other words, the legislative process, though messy and sometimes unappetizing, can produce healthy, wholesome results.
But a visit to a sausage factory here, about 10 miles from the Capitol, suggests that Bismarck and today’s politicians are mistaken. In many ways, that quotation is offensive to sausage makers; their process is better controlled and more predictable.
” —If Only Laws Were Like Sausages - NYTimes.com
Seriously, I would have loved to write about this. It’s about sausage-making, but it’s about legislation.
Larry David op ed!!
How to cure yeast overgrowth and the WTF phenomenon of tasting in your mouth the garlic clove in one’s vagina. How does that even work?
How to cure yeast overgrowth and the WTF phenomenon of tasting in your mouth the garlic clove in one’s vagina. How does that even work?
If an employer doesn’t like my tweets, I continued, I don’t want to work for them anyhow.
Except. I wondered: was cracking wise via Twitter doing me in with potential employers too? If my Census boss was looking at my Twitter, wouldn’t they all be doing the same? And if so, was it the cracking wise itself? Or was it that the cracking wasn’t all that wise?
” —Understanding the Difference Between Being Unemployed and Being Unemployable | The Awl
I thought about this too. Most job search advice tells you to scrub your social networking profiles, but then again, people I’ve met through these job hunt events are the kind of apple-polishing types who want boring jobs. I stopped caring. I let it all hang out. I’ve had some opportunities come my way because I don’t censor myself. If you’re not funny or clever, then yeah, don’t try to crack wise and give people a reason to think you’re lame and try too hard.
The Case of the Missing o.b. Tampons - NYTimes.com
My goodness this o.b. tampon shortage is becoming a minor crisis threatening to overtake debate about the Assange rape allegations as the hotly discussed women’s issue.
I don’t know which is more threatening to womankind: no condom sleep rape or tampon hairballs.
Peter Luger and Other Steakhouses - Mr. Critic - NYTimes.com
Meat church! I love this expression. The dress at Peter Luger tends to be casual because it attracts a lot of tourists, who never think to dress well to eat. Yes, it’s really the Vegas airport crowd of jorts and sweatshirts. I think lunch reservations are easier; we walked in and got a nice table not far from Sydney Pollack’s party (only celebrity sighting on that New York trip).
But you know what’s better than Peter Luger steak? Leftover Peter Luger steak, sliced, made into a sandwich on one of those onion rolls they bring in the bread basket. The bread comes from a bakery in the Bronx, though I forgot the name. The onion rolls are perfect for sopping up meat juices—the blessed sacrament of the meat church.
Why do we hate modern classical music? | Alex Ross | Music | The Guardian
It’s true. I don’t even know why I like Ligeti or Stockhausen or Nitsch. Some of it is I like liking things that other people don’t understand—it’s an assholeish reason for liking something, yes, but it’s a freak flag that’s more accurate than saying I like Arcade Fire or something. Some of it is because contemporary classical is perfect background music for studying or reading. But the rest? I don’t know. People like what they like. The end.
Why do we hate modern classical music? | Alex Ross | Music | The Guardian
It’s true. I don’t even know why I like Ligeti or Stockhausen or Nitsch. Some of it is I like liking things that other people don’t understand—it’s an assholeish reason for liking something, yes, but it’s a freak flag that’s more accurate than saying I like Arcade Fire or something. Some of it is because contemporary classical is perfect background music for studying or reading. But the rest? I don’t know. People like what they like. The end.
Bargain Junkies Are Beating Retailers at Their Own Game | Magazine
Yeah, this guy sounds like a ballbusting badass, but you know why he’s in this Wired article? Because he camps out at Best Buy on Monday of Thanksgiving and puts together a Black Friday shopping strike team.
Aziz Ansari Quotes - Aziz Ansari Interview on Mexican Food, Parks and Recreation - Esquire
What’s not to love about this premise for a movie? I hope this will be R rated with boobs.
IPhone and Android Apps Breach Privacy - WSJ.com
Creepsville! Do we need to read end user agreements carefully when buying apps, or do app stores need to enforce disclosure of privacy policy more?
A Guide to Doorman Gift-Giving - NYTimes.com
New York doormen reveal what they got from the tenants for the holidays.
Is Batman a State Actor? | Law and the Multiverse
When you mix superheroes and case law, you get me all weak in the knees. Batman is an agent of the state, basically, so the 4th Amendment applies in how he obtains evidence, etc. Good to know.
It’s true that we never find out what happens to the criminals busted by superheroes. Should there not be a post-superhero courtroom drama?
Racism should really just give up.
But over the past several months, Preston has been battling another opponent, the Fresno County district attorney, who has charged him with a bizarre crime: using a wrestling move to sexually assault a teammate.
According to a police report, during a July practice Preston used a maneuver informally known as a “butt drag” — which involves grabbing the haunch of an opponent to gain leverage — to roughly and intimately assault a smaller, younger wrestler on his team in retaliation for a supposed affront.
” —Wrestler Sees Legal Move - Prosecutor Sees Assault - NYTimes.com
I think instead of “butt drag” the move should be called Roman Polanski.
Don Van Vliet, Rock’s Captain Beefheart, Dies at 69 - NYTimes.com
O captain, my captain. So many bands owe you their royalties for ripping off your style.
Finding Elusive Bars of Camay Soap - NYTimes.com
YENTANET!
Finding Elusive Bars of Camay Soap - NYTimes.com
YENTANET!
Love in the Time of Darwinism by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal Autumn 2008
Oh, men. I apologize on behalf of womankind that things are shitsville for you. You can’t find a good way to carry an iPad around town and you can’t get laid. It sucks.
Bees in Brooklyn Hives Mysteriously Turn Red - NYTimes.com
This is what annoys me about righteous food people. Why do bees eat the red-dye saturated syrup at the maraschino cherry factory? Because they are fucking bees and they fucking do not care if food is farm-to-table or not. Bees seek out sugar, which for most part of their existence came in the form of plant nectar, but they don’t know the difference between nectar and a vat of syrup. They don’t care. It’s food.
To project our values onto insects and somehow feel betrayed when their instincts make them behave contrary to our expectations is utterly stupid. If we’ve grown tired of our processed, manufactured lives and want to go back to nature, shouldn’t we feel rewarded and enlightened when we unlock nature’s mystery? So the bees love maraschino cherry syrup. It’s a funny problem. Instead of feeling crossed, why aren’t these people thinking of ways to trick the bees into foraging elsewhere?
Bees in Brooklyn Hives Mysteriously Turn Red - NYTimes.com
This is what annoys me about righteous food people. Why do bees eat the red-dye saturated syrup at the maraschino cherry factory? Because they are fucking bees and they fucking do not care if food is farm-to-table or not. Bees seek out sugar, which for most part of their existence came in the form of plant nectar, but they don’t know the difference between nectar and a vat of syrup. They don’t care. It’s food.
To project our values onto insects and somehow feel betrayed when their instincts make them behave contrary to our expectations is utterly stupid. If we’ve grown tired of our processed, manufactured lives and want to go back to nature, shouldn’t we feel rewarded and enlightened when we unlock nature’s mystery? So the bees love maraschino cherry syrup. It’s a funny problem. Instead of feeling crossed, why aren’t these people thinking of ways to trick the bees into foraging elsewhere?
This Q-Tip quote from a Kanye West article blew my mind. Thought touching the canvas. Indeed. It’s the most eloquent way someone described how major artists, designers, etc. work.
