Paleo Retiree’s Linkage- Do Unpaid Internships Lead to Jobs? Not for College StudentsWhat's the point of interning?
- Want to work in fashion? Perhaps it's time to think again: How 52% of workers in the 'glamorous' industry hate their jobsJobs in glamor fields are often misery-making.
- Outrage as Serena Williams says Steubenville rape victim was 'lucky' and 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'Was Serena blaming the victim or sharing some good sense?
- Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Euro, Germany's Thilo Sarrazin Is Not SorryFact Du Jour: "A recent poll showed that fully one-third of Germans say there is no freedom of opinion in the country."
- Obama, Nixon, oil spills and socialized medicineRemembering the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969.
- Thanks, EU, but Iceland isn’t so keen on joining any moreIceland's government is listening to the wishes of its people. Imagine that.
- Oklahoma Republican Lawmaker Organizes Antiwar Rally at State CapitolLet's see more of this.
- Rope WebsThe life of a professional rigger. (NSFW)
- Archiculture Official Trailer on VimeoBut will this doc explain why the architecture-and-developer class is inflicting such a lot of zigzaggy and wibbly-wobbly monstrosities on us?
- Dazzling pictures of surfer sirens as they plunge beneath the crashing wavesPhoto portfolio du jour.
- Do Unpaid Internships Lead to Jobs? Not for College Students
Monthly Archives: August 2012
House Style at The New Yorker
Paleo Retiree writes: Take a look at the following first-lines-of-articles-from-The-New-Yorker and tell me if you’re as struck by certain patterns and similarities as I’ve been. “In 2004, Carolina Izquierdo, an anthropologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, spent several … Continue reading
More on Symbolism
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Last night I opened my copy of Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness and was greeted with this passage: At the cost of appearing biased, I have to say that the literary mind can be intentionally prone to the … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged literary criticism, narrative fallacy, Nassim Taleb, randomness, symbolism
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Question Lady Question
The Question Lady writes: What is the best Labor Day meal you ever had?
“Killer Joe”
Paleo Retiree writes: A white-trash/noir, doublecrossin’, absurdist melodrama, directed by William Friedkin from a Tracy Letts play that The Question Lady and I also loved. Friedkin may be in his 70s but he has made an energized and outrageous film … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Gina Gershon, Juno Temple, Matthew McConaughey, movies, Tracy Letts, William Friedkin
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Can you secede while still being in charge?
Brundle Guy writes: Mike Lofgren wrote this article for The American Conservative asking if the wealthy elites in America have, for all intents and purposes, seceded from the union and created their own world while still governing and controlling the rest of … Continue reading
Question Lady Question
The Question Lady writes: When it comes to people on the internet posting photos of those near and dear to them — are you more susceptible to photos of their animals or their children?
Posted in Uncategorized
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What’s Wrong with White Boys Playing the Blues?
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The L.A. Weekly recently ran a feature on the “20 Worst Hipster Bands.” Here’s the entry for No. 20: Fifty years after the Rolling Stones and we’re still upset about this? They “lack authenticity,” you see, b/c they aren’t black. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal reflections
Tagged blues, Keef, music critics, Rolling Stones, stuff white people like, The Black Keys
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The Art of Pinball: Roy Parker
Sax von Stroheim writes: Over the last year or so Mrs. von Stroheim and I have been dipping our toes into the world of vintage pinball, and we finally took the plunge and bought the first (and perhaps only) machine … Continue reading
Question Lady Question
The Question Lady writes: How forgiving are you towards yourself?
Posted in Uncategorized
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The Argonauts Among Us
Glynn Marshes writes: Oh, those silly Texans! The “top elected official” of Lubbock, County Judge Tom Head, went on local television and spouted a bunch of—oh, read for yourself! As reported by the New York Times: He said he was … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy and Religion
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