March 2011
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The Worst Career Advice: Do What You Love →
“You do what you love no matter what, because you love it, not because you get paid to do it.
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Career decisions are not decisions about what do I love most. Career decisions are about what kind of life do I want to set up for myself. After all, how could you possibly pick one thing you love to do?
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Often, the thing we should do for our career is something we would only do...
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“Your mom must be a sex goddess!!”
– Hilarity
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hoarr:
The Grass Roots - Sooner or Later
Fact:...
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NYT: Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You →
“In the last five years, full-fledged adults have seemingly given up the telephone — land line, mobile, voice mail and all. According to Nielsen Media, even on cellphones, voice spending has been trending downward, with text spending expected to surpass it within three years.
“I literally never use the phone,” Jonathan Adler, the interior designer, told me. (Alas, by phone, but it had to...
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Becoming a Groupon Groupie →
“There’s an obvious dark side to daily deals. At heart, daily deal sites are just another avenue to entice you to buy more Stuff. Whether it’s real physical Stuff or meta-Stuff like classes and restaurant meals, it’s still Stuff you spend your money on.”
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{ Yo La Tengo - Today is the Day }
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camiwillknowinthe21stcentury asked: Two questions:
1) Where do you and Dan find all of your cool things to do on weekends?
2) I'm looking for some fun new style and design blogs to follow. Any ideas?
1) Where do you and Dan find all of your cool things to do on weekends?
2) I'm looking for some fun new style and design blogs to follow. Any ideas?
“Minimalism isn’t about being cool or hip (though some might think so). It’s...”
– the mnmlist
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Bits of our weekend: Friday night // we love...
We kicked off the weekend with the opening of Beyond the Deadlines: Independent Photography by D.L. Anderson and Jeremy M. Lange at the Durham Arts Council. There was complimentary PBR (and wine), long beards and plaid galore.
When we’d looked at all the local photos at the hipster art show, we headed next door to the Carolina Theater for ‘Cedar Rapids’ which was hilarious.
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How NOT to be Happy →
dearworld:
via: The Happiness Project
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“One big revelation I’ve had about the nature of happiness is that some people simply don’t want to be happy.
There are many reasons: you want to control other people, you want the satisfaction of being pitied or self-pity or both; you want special attention; you want to take the pressure off yourself, because you can’t be expected to achieve...
