March 2009
Caring for Your Introvert →
rachelskirts:
lovelyanomaly: Extroverts of the world, take note.
I am most definitely an extrovert going through the hard times of thinking before I speak, instead of thinking by speaking.
February 2009
Internships →
Obama is opening up internship opportunities at the frickin’ White House.
“happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you...”
– Jim Rohn (via texturism)
One of my favorite jokes
Joe, a new convert to Christianity and a first year student at Harvard Business School, was impressed by what the Bible has to say about the power of prayer. He thought he had discovered a path to instant wealth and happiness. So Joe says to God, “I’ll bet a thousand years is just like a minute to you.” God replies, “Yes, Joe, you’ve got that right.” ...
“writing is the sweetest torture you’ll ever encounter. you can’t go...”
– shankabitch: RANT: College writers.
My friend Destiny doesn’t dare to just be vibrant in a gray world - she shouts, raves and brutally attacks life until it bleeds color and bruises meaning.
Top 8 under-appreciated blogs by Gen Y women |... →
“Reporter 1: (printing a story off) “Look at all the trees I’m killing.”
...”
– 613 | Overheard in the Newsroom
CRPD was on Coe’s campus this evening to talk to a distressed young woman. The girl is a Freshman at Coe and was described as being agitated in the cafeteria during dinner. Witnesses said the girl ran out of the cafe screaming and collapsed outside. I saw the CRPD trying to calm the girl, who was conscious and yelling. By 6pm the ambulance had arrived and the girl was on a stretcher being...
Journalism:
Should no longer be surprising:
The social networking site Twitter again stole a march on traditional media when it was the first outlet to publish dramatic pictures of the Turkish Airlines crash.
Good journalism:
“This proves that social networking sites can be a real asset in covering breaking news and gathering eyewitness accounts but the web should always be treated with extreme...
Ba-a-a!
As Evidenced by the Last Election
Metro cop addressing large crowd waiting for the orange line: Keep moving down the platform. Move down, please! Tired tourist mom: Move down, honey. Little girl: Why? Tired tourist mom: Because we’re sheep, that’s why. Smithsonian Station, DC Metro Washington, DC via Overheard Everywhere, Feb 6, 2009
“Hyper teenage blonde: Hey, know what I just realized?
20-something blonde...”
– Overheard in New York | The Voice of the City
Why yes, I do wish I could do this to some people!
“Sherry Turkle, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wonders...”
– Twitter: I Tweet, Therefore I Am
3 tags
An email...
I present to you one of the most unprofessional emails I’ve seen in a while. Also, WARNING: SUPERFLUOUS USE OF PARENTHESIS.
Names and some locations have been removed out of sheer courtesy, not fondness.
Maybe I can get a job in proof-reading business correspondence emails and documents?
Email:
Good afternoon, My name is […] and I am the new […] Bookstore manager. While...
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of...”
– Jim Morrison (via littlemiss) (via brokenmachine)
What Your Birth Months Means →
Ah, February - it seems there is more negative than positive when compared to the other months.
If you watch the movie `Jaws' backwards, it's a... →
OMG! Did Google Earth find Atlantis? | The Social... →
I’m going to start the latest conspiracy theory. Google has a special team diving down to Atlantis to categorize the artifacts. Google will be the first corporation to own a historical landmark.
Rumors are that Google will create a sort of theme park of Atlantis and will make plans to re-create the city on another island.
MeGlobe | Instant Messaging with Language... →
Forvever ago, I got to beta MeGlobe. Finally, it is now out of beta and open to everyone. Now I just need to find time to chat :)
