February 2012
41 posts
“Only by actually uttering certain words does one really do what one says. … Some...”
– David Foster Wallace, Broom of the System (via icatchfoxes)
500 showers heated from one small compost pile how... →
“Fall in love with the process and the results will follow. You’ve got to want to...”
– Bradley Whitford (via les-citations)
Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a... →
“Right out of Kafka: the person who does not want to do the ridiculous thing is...”
– David Foster Wallace, Broom of the System (via icatchfoxes)
“Michigan State University surveyed more than 700 employers seeking to hire...”
– Bring Your Parent To Work Day: So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews. (via nprfreshair)
dhanmadden:
“With children,” he explains, “you say, ‘There’s a show on telly and there’s cars in it and they’re made out of cake,’ and they just go, ‘OK!’, whereas adults go, ‘What do you mean, “cake”?!’ Some people have real logic problems, where they need to know what you’re doing. But I like the sort of freedom you find in children, where you can go anywhere and create anything.”
-Noel...
Cool, just never eat chicken again. →
motherjones:
liberalyouth:
Survey results seem to indicate that about 80 percent of poultry growers don’t ever sanitize their crates, according to an Auburn University survey of 10,317 farms. What’s more, just 18.3 percent sanitize their trucks and trailers—two areas that contribute to the spread of Salmonella and Campylobacter.
Seriously, the title isn’t a joke. Prepare to be grossed out...
January 2012
222 posts
“I think my politics are really based on the idea of empathy and alienation....”
– John K. Samson