everyone is having babies
ugh
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“Why did he love storms, what was the meaning of his excitement when the door sprang open and the rain wind fled rudely up the stairs, why had the simple task of shutting the windows of an old house seemed fitting and urgent, why did the first watery notes of a storm wind have for him the unmistakable sound of good news, cheer, and glad tidings?” — The Stories of John Cheever, John Cheever
Treadmill workstations are popular on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. Even start-ups in Silicon Valley are embracing healthier habits. Articles like this make my no-frills workplace seem really depressing.
interviewing with Scaled Composites
fuck yes
Just ordered. Feels good man.
Lets hope it doesn’t get taken by customs.
One of the IT people at work has a set of picks. He keeps them in a velvet-lined wooden case, no joke.
It’s good. I am going to their concert on the 18th.
The Arrival, Shaun Tan
“When talking about Zuckerberg’s most valuable personality trait, a colleague jokingly invokes the famous Stanford marshmallow tests, in which researchers found a correlation between a young child’s ability to delay gratification—devour one treat right away, or wait and be rewarded with two—with high achievement later in life. If Zuckerberg had been one of the Stanford scientists’ subjects, the colleague jokes, Facebook would never have been created: He’d still be sitting in a room somewhere, not eating marshmallows.” — The Maturation of the Billionaire Boy-Man. In real life, waiting for those two marshmallows may get you none. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
(Source: New York Magazine)
cringe
lol masturbation is there
“The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend with family, friends and neighbors; we become less likely to call on them for help, and they on us. And, the more we rely on the market, the more hooked we become on its promises: Do you need a tidier closet? A nicer family picture album? Elderly parents who are truly well cared for? Children who have an edge in school, on tests, in college and beyond? If we can afford the services involved, many if not most of us are prone to say, sure, why not?” — The Outsourced Life
(Source: The New York Times)