February 2012
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Feb 25th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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“At the end of the day, this job is only really fun if you discover what no one...”
– Charles Duhigg on journalism. (via thedeadline)
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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“I would have played piano and then [gotten] Jason Segel and Walter the Muppet up...”
– How Bret McKenzie would have staged his Oscar Performance of ‘Man or Muppet’ (via nprfreshair) More: Even if they weren’t going to broadcast it, they could have them and then cut them. [Terry Gross interjects: ‘It’s a live show.’] Oh, it’s a live show. That’s the...
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 18th
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“Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m about to endorse 10 beers into my mouth, because...”
– Knope 2012 (via joyengel)
Feb 17th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Lessons in basic skills
Me: Can I leave a voicemail? Secretary: Sure. Just leave your name and number and he’ll call you back.
Feb 13th
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Feb 11th
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Things I have watched the end of tonight: WALL-E Illinois v. Indiana basketball game Goodfellas
Feb 10th
Cliche Thought Catalog post
For awhile I swore by the mantra “we’re all exactly where we’re supposed to be.” It’s a comforting idea, and if you repeat it until you believe it you can use it to quiet down your restlessness. But it only really works when you’re actually satisfied. I don’t believe it consistently. We don’t always make the best choices for ourselves. “On Finding the Right Place to Live”
Feb 9th
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Asst. Sec. Lilly: Are you rewriting the section?
Will: Yes sir
Asst. Sec. Lilly: Dramatically?
Will: Well I like to think I have a certain flair.
Feb 9th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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January 2012
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“What is there but a dream? You can’t trade in your dream for another...”
– Viola Davis
Jan 30th
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“Someone somewhere has said something on that video if they’re from Chicago,”...”
– Sh*t Chicagoans Say Video - redeyechicago.com I’ve seen the video and it definitely plays more like “Shit Mathew Montalvo Says” than “Shit Chicagoans Say.” (via ourmaninchicago) Isn’t the goal of these that you’ve said everything if you are from X city? Largely unimpressed.
Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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'Breaking Bad' Star Aaron Paul: 'I Know How It... →
Jan 25th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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The "Radiolab Effect" . . . Have You Felt It? →
jtotheizzoe: Alexis Madrigal writes at The Atlantic: … our cultural expectations of radio — funneled through different technological listening devices — are changing. It may be broadcast over traditional airwaves, but it’s webby. It feels interactive and interrogative rather than narrowly investigative. Abumrad and Krulwich aren’t coming from on high, but right there with the listener...
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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“7: Stole this one from Jaime: “2012 rule is you’re not allowed to complain...”
– 20 New Year’s resolutions you can actually stick to, in response to Thought Catalog’s Resolutions for Twenty-Somethings. (via redeyechicago) RedEye is on a mission to become the realistic alternative to Thought Catalog.
Jan 5th
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“But folding endless stacks of tee shirts that shoppers are only so giddy to...”
– Everyone Should Work A Service Job « Thought Catalog (via myownmelt) Yep.
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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“See that box? The votes are in that box.”
– Wolf Blitzer. Thank goodness we have you to lead us through this confusing caucus process, sir.
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Actual note in a photo assignment today: He (subject of photo) asked that if you go in the barn, don’t yell, because that upsets the cows and they start “shitting all over the place.”
Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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