Archive for 2008
Opinions Are Open To Interpretation
I’m terribly sorry but you seem to be under the mistaken belief that I actually give a shit about your opinion of me. Say that in a polite British accent.
Read MoreSelf-Reflection
It is one thing to act in a way that is not in your self-interest. It is quite another to be manipulated in to not acting in your self-interest.
Read MoreTastes A Bit Metallic
I swear I am going to punch the next hipster who drinks Yuban ironically.
Read MoreStay Out Of The Shadows!
In a holographic universe, are we just shadows of our 4-dimensional selves?
Read MoreThe Frog Stole In On Little Cat Feet
You can only rightfully claim that a cat walked across your keyboard and messed up the spelling of a word when there are too many letters in use. If there are too few letters, we can infer that you are the guilty party. P.S. Any claims to the feline in question having pressed backspace only…
Read MoreHell Of A Life
I’d rather live in the Hell of reality with other people, than be alone in heavenly dreams.
Read MoreCooking Something Up
General cooking is mostly art. But baking? Baking is where science and art meet.
Read More“I’m Afraid To Delegate.”
We (many or most people) delegate every day of our lives. We just don’t realise it at times. Takeout food, coffee, laundry, house cleaning, driving (Uber), pulling beers, mixing drinks, making sandwiches, pizza delivery or ordering food at a restaurant. Anything where we interact with another person and give a direct command or request to…
Read MoreTelling Stories About Events That Never Happened
When you take longer to tell me about what happened in some inane TV episode than it took the producers and actors to show what happened, that is the point I realise that any amount of time should be considered too long listening to you talk about something that didn’t actually happen. Now you’re not…
Read MoreHow Would You Define Artificial Intelligence?
We will recognize A.I. when it can feel, empathize, embarrass us, embarrass itself, lie to us, and then feel bad about lying to us.
Read MoreUgly Music From Pretty People
The uglier the musician, the better the music sounds.
Read MoreToo Much Power, Not Enough Responsibility
If you don’t have the power to say “Yes” then you should never have been given the power to say “No.”
Read MoreSloppily Passionate
To be opinionated about something is to be passionate about something. And when you are opinionated and passionate about something, you are good at it. No! You are great at it! Or will be. Eventually. You ask any company and they will say they want to hire the best, but in their message they don’t…
Read MoreSending a clear message
You can vote. Or you can refuse to vote. Either way, you influenced the outcome. Refusing to make a choice is still a choice. And by extension, your silence makes you complicit in the outcome. You might as well influence the outcome in a desired direction rather than an undesirable direction. You cannot send a…
Read MoreBetter Than Me
There is always someone better than you at something. That thing we are measuring ourselves against may not be relevant to us. That thing we are obsessing over that we know someone else is better at, that other person is obsessing over something they know someone else is better at. Pick the thing you want…
Read MoreLumos!
Why are we so offended by the truth rather than enlightened by it?
Read MoreResponsive By Design
Nobody owes you a reply. Nobody is obligated to give you their time, however small a commitment it is. If your email doesn’t get a response in 72 hours, it’s probably deleted. If your LinkedIn message doesn’t get a response in 72 hours, it’s probably deleted. If your missed call & voicemail doesn’t get a…
Read MoreInsanely, Stupidly, Ludicrously Easy
Starting a blog, like starting a book is insanely easy these days. You don’t even need to purchase a domain name anymore if you just want to get started. Posting hundreds of blog entries, day after day, for years at a time, takes persistence and that’s what makes it hard. We don’t start something —…
Read MoreA Job!?
If you have the ability, adopting the position of “I need a job, I just don’t need THIS job” and that you have other options and limited patience, use it. Do it politely, of course. That said I told a recruiter at Disney once “You either need to shit, or get off the pot” after…
Read MoreWastrels of Time
The primary benefit of not watching television is that there are fewer people in my life trying to engage me in time wasting conversations about what is going on in a fictional person’s life.
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