I LOVE this photograph that my friend Jared snapped recently. He captioned itHudson River Sunrise from Ossining Oct.2011 Good reason to be outside for sunrise.
Author: jenbokoff
Wisdom, revamped.
I like both the quote (over-quoted as it is….though is it realllllly hers? and is it really that simple?) and the edits for quite different reasons. Mead’s empowering, idealized sense of communities working together is juxtaposed with Josh Miller’s pointedly cynical (but fair!) snark, which together, are both hilarious and sincerely wonderful. To me, it shows… Continue reading Wisdom, revamped.
You might not want to read this.
NYC has now put all of its health inspections online in a really great searchable format. The criteria for scoring is certainly interesting and I love the transparency. BUT I got curious about what in my neighborhood got lots of violations and is STILL OPEN. This place Beast that I like, for instance, is still open,… Continue reading You might not want to read this.
Cows: what you never knew. Check out that stomach! All this and more unnecessarily wonderful knowledge at the website that knows everything (or that I at least assume to be generally correct). Wikipedia gives different sorts of info; I’m pretty sure you never actually have to meet a cow if you consume both fact-laden webpages. But… Continue reading
This made me giggle so much. It should be on Google Costumes!
You have to know who has the solution and how to be able to ask him how to do it…[The] learning, culture, sociology of the job, that’s what you need someone’s advice about. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates at the Aspen Institute conversation series on October 6.
At least the recession can sound good.
College buddies Ryan and Kyle, now The Bull & The Bear, have an album Recession Sessions and were recently featured on NPR. They do a lot of work benefiting charity, and you should check them out in a city near you!
Tika, this one’s for you. (via my friend’s new work blackberry)
Sesame Street teaches about hunger
Sesame Street has a new muppet who is hungry for more than just cookies. The iconic kids show is set to unveil a new impoverished puppet named Lily, whose family faces an ongoing struggle with hunger issues. Lily will be revealed in a one-hour Sesame Street primetime special, Growing Hope Against Hunger, which is being sponsored by… Continue reading Sesame Street teaches about hunger
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Steve Jobs
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