July 2009
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ListenChiddy Bang - Kids (MGMT Remix). Totally digging...
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June 2009
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-28) →
John Mayer (16)  Coldplay (13)  The Reign Of Kindo (8)  Jack Johnson (6)  Red Hot Chili Peppers (5)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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John Mayer (12)  Coldplay (8)  Snow Patrol (6)  Red Hot Chili Peppers (6)  Kanye West (6)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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News Sources
This article from a Harvard Journalism prof, “Iran: News Happens, But Fewer Journalists Are There to Report It”, goes on to say, “In a time of global engagement—economic, political, environmental, energy and health, to name a few—budget cuts at news organizations severely limit foreign news coverage.” Yet, in the New York Times: “Jason Jones, a correspondent for “The...
Jun 16th
“A critical network upgrade must be performed to ensure continued operation of...”
– Twitter Blog: Down Time Rescheduled — Who knew Twitter was so essential?
Jun 16th
“Perhaps you’re one of the many people eager to know more about me. The real me...”
– Read My Body Language by Ralph Gamelli (via TMN)
Jun 16th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Coldplay (44)  John Mayer (20)  Green Day (13)  TRV$DJAM (10)  The Reign Of Kindo (9)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Consumers who have questioned whether it is worth spending $1,000 a square foot...”
– Will Higher Education Be the Next Bubble to Burst? - Chronicle.com
Jun 8th
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TRV$DJAM (32)  Coldplay (24)  Red Hot Chili Peppers (14)  Green Day (13)  Flo Rida (11)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 8th
“I hereby nominate the song “Viva La Vida” for song of the year. Now, I know if...”
– Jean Kazez (The Philosophers’ Magazine, via The Morning News - “A philosopher’s dirty secret love”)
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What books do people proselytize about?
I Foody: What are some books that people are particularly likely to be assholes about? There are some books like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and The Fountainhead that people tend to be assholes about. Treating the books like arguments for a particular policy, philosophy, or way of being. The Alchemist is another one, even books by Daniel Quinn could qualify. It isn't so much about the quality of the books as it is about the way people interface with the books. Oh, and just to be clear I'd like to confine things to books that are marketed as fiction. No holy texts or self help books please.
captainawesome: Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead have been mentioned, but I gotta nth them - they're the best example of this I've ever seen. Otherwise reasonable, empathetic people read Rand and temporarily become raging assholes. College students are the key demographic here; I saw it a bunch of times in my midwest university. Sadly, I too fell victim to this for a while. But in high school, which makes me cooler than the college losers. Ha!
mkultra: Your characterizing this intention as the reader being an "asshole" about it is totally unfair. Though I am, I confess, often overcome by an uncontrollable urge to slap any twentysomethings I see reading Ayn Rand.
Netzapper: The part you're missing is that Ayn Rand's books forward a decidedly assholish philosophy, one that most people feel a little guilty for subscribing to. As a result, the Ayn Rand fans seek constant affirmation from everybody around them. In order for an objectivist not to feel like a jerk, she needs everybody else to be an objectivist too.
Source: http://ask.metafilter.com/123662/What-books-do-people-proselytize-about
Jun 4th
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Coldplay (6)  John Mayer (5)  Incubus (5)  Red Hot Chili Peppers (5)  The White Stripes (4)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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