Breakfast for Dinner

Pure genius from Patton Oswalt, after being asked to perform a...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:57:17 +0100

Pure genius from Patton Oswalt, after being asked to perform a filibuster on the set of Parks and Recreation

#ConsciousCapitalism Conference

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:45:00 +0100

There’s a fantastic conversation going on in the Twittersphere today in conjunction with the Conscious Capitalism conference happening in San Francisco. It’s very much in line with the ideas presented by Umair Haque in “Betterness: Economics for Humans.” (My un-eloquent review HERE.)

While there is some disappointing hypocrisy amongst business leaders involved in the discussion, I’m more filled with hope than disappointment. (Have a read through Tony Schwartz’s explanation of his experience with the Conscious Capitalism peeps HERE.)

DISAPPOINTING: John Mackey of Whole Foods - the same John Mackey who launched the discussion and conference with the publishing of the Conscious Capitalism book - was quoted by the Conscious Capitalism twitter account as saying, “Business is not selfish, greedy or exploitative…business is the greatest value creator in the world.”

Now, granted, Twitter is not the best way to make a statement with full context of a wider conversation. But to say that “business is not selfish, greedy, or exploitive” is to ostensibly put exploitive greed in the same category as Santa Claus and the Boogey Man at best. At worst, it makes business leaders involved in this conversation come across as being in complete denial of an obvious truth: Business leaders can be and too often ARE greedy, exploitive, and unbelievably selfish. In fact, that’s exactly why this conversation is happening in the first place! And additionally, why it’s so exciting.

HOPEFUL: A better quote from Mackey came from @HospitalityQ: “The purpose of business is not profit. There is an opp for business to create meaning & value in our society.”

Winter’s last hurrah

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:29:37 +0000

Winter’s last hurrah

"A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is..."

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:42:13 +0000

“A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.”

- Literary Jukebox: E. B. White’s Manhattan + Cat Power’s Manhattan (via explore-blog)

Video

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:04:24 +0000

Six great bands get imaginative beer branding. (via Paste)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:13:20 +0000

Six great bands get imaginative beer branding. (via Paste)

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:01:35 +0000

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love this series of posters designed to turn advertising on...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:58:00 +0000

I love this series of posters designed to turn advertising on it’s head with the truth of what’s actually in some food products.

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betype: Coffee Print Work in Progress (by Alexandra Snowdon)...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:35:44 +0000

betype:

Coffee Print Work in Progress (by Alexandra Snowdon)

Indeed.

nevver: I told them … I love you all very much

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 04:50:06 +0000

nevver:

I told them … I love you all very much

nevver: E.B. White

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:36:14 +0000

nevver:

E.B. White

Someone far more creative than me could do a better job, but...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:20:00 +0100

Someone far more creative than me could do a better job, but this advertisement (as found in a Disney magazine entitled Family Fun) made me so angry, I had to add my brief commentary and put it out there.

General Mills, do you have any idea how many millions of parents there are out there whose intelligence you’ve completely insulted? It’s sad, but I suppose there are enough uneducated parents in this country to make this ad worth the money you shelled out to Disney.

explore-blog: The biggest 3D map of the universe, ever – the...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:23:27 +0100

explore-blog:

The biggest 3D map of the universe, ever – the Sloan Digital Sky Survey captures 200 million galaxies. The spectra and motion collected in this ongoing project are like a lens into the early days of our universe.

(ᔥ It’s Okay To Be Smart)

"We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well..."

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:55:55 +0100

“We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well as public destruction, is leading both to the deformation of humanity by unregulated industrialism, and to the exhaustion of natural resources, and that a good deal of our material progress is a progress for which succeeding generations may have to pay dearly. ”

- T.S. Eliot

Laughter is the best medicine… except for treating...

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:14:44 +0100

Laughter is the best medicine… except for treating diarrhea..

Via someecards

newyorker: Cartoon of the day. For more from this week’s...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:37:13 +0100

newyorker:

Cartoon of the day. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/NGzwA9

Video

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:53:52 +0100

travelingcolors: Looking forward to see more things…...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:37:50 +0100

travelingcolors:

Looking forward to see more things… (via fuckyeahmaps)

Photo

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:26:35 +0100

The sound of settling (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:39:23 +0100

The sound of settling (Taken with instagram)