Selling a new idea.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/11/13hodgman.html

clipped from www.mcsweeneys.net FIRE: THE NEXT SHARP STICK? MAKER: See, the thing about fire is that it's totally interactive. Fire isn't a bear, but if you put fire on a bear, then the bear becomes fire. It's completely responsive to your needs at a given time, reacting specifically to your fuel input and usage paradigm ... HAIRY ONE: OK, stop right there. Here's the thing. I've heard a lot about this fire already. Everyone is saying how shiny it is and how flickery it is. But you have to agree that that's very specialized. I know you folks at the Shallow Pond With a Terrible Odor are making a whole big deal about this, but we here by the River That's Not as Wide as the Really Wide River, well, we're simple folk. We want to know: what can it do for us? And the thing is, until people really figure out how fire can be used, I just can't see it becoming a staple of everyday life.

Ahhh....What the Fuck?

http://registry.weddingchannel.com/coupledir/200811/B/R307842908/ALISON_BONNER_AND_TOM_NAUGHTON.htm

I mean...Crate and Barrel?

do it.

http://www.bombombombomwooooo.com/

The Onion's Reaction

I doubt many of you looked at the Onion headlines immediately after the acceptance speech, but I DID.
They were perfect.
Well done to the Onion.

Happy Halloween.

Cheatin' Perspective

The program I use to clip out stuff only allows me 1,000 characters, so this is rather truncated- but the most interesting thing I found (aside from the explanation of why the elderly are cheating- hip replacements, viagra, and vaginal vitamins, apparently) is that the historic rates of cheating by gender may never have been unequal.
Societal reasons, we know, have had a lot to do with who admits it, but , it takes two to tango.

And yes, I am working on Millionaire Matchmaker 2 planning right now. ugh.

clipped from www.nytimes.com Dr. Fisher notes that infidelity is common across cultures, and that in hunting and gathering societies, there is no evidence that women are any less adulterous than men. The fidelity gap may be explained more by cultural pressures than any real difference in sex drives between men and women. It is not entirely clear if the historical gap between men and women is real or if women have just been more likely to lie about it. “Men want to think women don’t cheat, and women want men to think they don’t cheat, and therefore the sexes have been playing a little psychological game with each other.” One notable shift is that couples appear to be spending slightly more time together. And married men and women also appear to have the most active sex lives, reporting sex with their spouse 58 times a year, a little more than once a week.

I just couldn't pass these up without sharing

http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008/10/piglet_squid.php


http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=18424

And you think you had a bad day

A little reminiscent of Pooh and the honey jar.

Books

I've never read Siddhartha or heard of Paul Buckley.
1. I've heard of the book about the boy and buddha.
2. I now know that I like the work of Paul Buckley.
3. What really compelled me to share this was Paul Buckley's explanation of Siddhartha.
3a. More accurately, it was the realization that two unknowns can use each other as a catalyst to create something deeply identifiable for us to find out about ourselves.

clipped from gdnss.com Paul Buckley: Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse I have a bad tendency to over-explore things; to sometimes think that in order to find the right answer, one needs to look at EVERYTHING. Anything that reminds me that the answer is always nearby…grab it and keep moving…is good for me – visually and personally.

Another Dzurko sighting?

Gotta love Muji

And you have to appreciate the sentiment: multifunction is not the same as multipurpose.

Still getting sparks of delight from true and pure insight. Hope all of you are as well.

clipped from jackcheng.com It’s the simplest manifestation of what a day planner is all about: time on paper. The clocks occupy a small amount of space on the page and rest is completely flexible. You can write in your own dates at the top of each page, and you can treat the rest of the space like a blank page. Here’s are some words from the designer, Wong Kok Kiong: Because of the numerous hours in a day (and various other constraints), the lines in a diary are typically very narrow. They are also usually equally distributed (somewhat). But our information is a hierarchy. Some are more important to us. Some we feel happier about. We want to highlight stuff that’s important to us. We want to write things that are more important in BIGGER sizes. Our lives cannot be so easily and clearly divided into equal parcels. multifunction is not the same as multipurpose.

Whimsical

clipped from www.nypost.com NO LOOKING: A Hasidic man averts his eyes yesterday as MariaDolores Lopez rides by on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Leaders of South Wil liamsburg's Hasidic community said yesterday that bike lanes that bring scantily clad cyclists - especially sexy women - peddling through their neighborhood are definitely not kosher.

tripod

This is Fazoul. He lives next door. He only has 3 legs, but he totally believes he has 4.

What has Danny been up to lately?

What has Tom been up to lately?

The New Orleans 100

"The New Orleans 100" is a worldwide initiative that will highlight and encourage discussion among millions about 100 of the most innovative and world-changing ideas to take root in the city since Katrina.

After hearing so many of the positive changes and innovative projects post-Katrina, we've decided enough is enough. It's time to put an end to the negative press in mainstream media. We know that the levees broke. We know that our city is dysfunctional. We know that. But do you know about Prospect.1? Or about the influx of young professionals into New Orleans? The world needs to know about the NEW New Orleans. And to quote Brad Pitt, "If you're going to rebuild something, why not rebuild it right?" Amen brother.

To combat top down media during the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we will leverage bottom up tools on the social web (email, blogs, twitter, facebook, digg, etc.), which can reach a combined audience of millions to raise awareness about New Orleans and inspire action to make a difference.

The list will be released on Monday, August 25th - the week of the Hurricane Katrina anniversary. Our goal is to reach 1,000,000 pageviews by 8/29/08. We encourage everyone to spread the word by emailing the list, blogging it, digging it, stumbling it, and yelling it out their windows.

You can make a difference. All it takes is a click!

http://www.alldaybuffet.org/neworleans100

this is where i "work."

my intern's finger got in the way. so i beat him into submission.

and bernie is just awesome. for more details about that, ask barrie.

love, danielli

for the literate

I'm pretty sure you can all read. I was reading the newest New Yorker this morning on the subway and I came across an article that talks about the science behind insight.
It's really interesting.
The title of the article is "The Eureka Hunt."
Just passing along....

I'm a consumer too, in my free time

I love t-shirts. I love them even more now that they can solve the world's problems:

http://www.joytshirt.com/

"Every face on a Joy T- Shirt has been inspired by a real person. When you wear your shirt you are encouraged to think about that person and how your everyday actions can affect others and the world we live in.

After you purchase a shirt you may then upload a photo of your own visage to have your face drawn by hand and worn on the hearts of others. It is about taking an active stance against racism and discrimination while being an advocate for peace and equality... because in someway or another, we are all connected!"

I want to advocate peace and equality. I have to get dressed every day. Look for my face on a t-shirt near you.

30 day Challenge

I'm going 30 days without alcohol.
Starting today.
More details on my blog.
Word.