December 2008
124 posts
“In a famous 1960 article called “Marketing Myopia,” Theodore Levitt held up the...”
– James Surowiecki, “News You Can Lose” (via seantice) (via michaelikesit)
“All life is just a progression toward, and a regression from, one phrase—‘I love...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Offshore Pirate” (via scout) (via whatson)
3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late
whatson:
expectoomuch:
1 // You may need more sleep than you think. Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were “well rested” actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb (damn you, Edison!), the average person slumbered 10 hours a...
Questions that Stumped the Explainer
livejamie:
The Explainer is a neat feature of Slate Magazine, where its editors try to answer life’s most perplexing questions (like How do you become a Santa Claus for the holidays?)
But every year, there are questions people sent that stump even the most able Explainers. Here are the questions that stumped Slate’s Explainer in 2008:
Why don’t humans have a mating season?
Is it just me, or...
yellowhat:
itsbedtime:
nudawn:
Im a huge fan...
11 Words That Sound Offensive, But Aren't →
livejamie:
For the seven-year old boy in all of us.
The Boy with the Penguin
capucha:
mackolson:
So I must say this is one of the funniest stories I have heard in a long time. My boyfriend told me and it is a true story.
So last weekend a woman (the aunt of one of Justin’s friends) took her 4 kids to the Chattanooga Aquarium in Tennessee, the youngest is still a baby, a four year old, a seven year old and a nine year old. It was super busy at the aquarium and the four...
“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized...”
– Emo Philips (via the new shelton wet/dry & ragdoll)
Oh, god, that is a candidate for a great tattoo.
(via littletinyfish)
“The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no...”
– Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) (via brigno and talby) (via pilnick)
