January 2010
23 posts
“Sometimes, after I’ve traveled a lot to many different places, I forget...”
– Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations: Istanbul
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Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger
Mrs. Glass directed a long and oddly comprehensive look at his profile. “He’s a young boy not out of college yet. And you make people nervous, young man,” she said—most equably, for her. “You either take to somebody or you don’t. If you do, then you do all the talking and nobody can even get a word in edgewise. If you don’t like somebody—which is most of the time—then you just sit around like...
“It is no accident that Odysseus embodies both the sweet and the tart aspects of...”
– Daniel Mendelsohn
“Wouldn’t it be just rock ‘n’ roll if liking someone meant they had...”
– Olive Snook, Pushing Daisies
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 01.21.2010
Mocking Keith Olbermann. Had to put the text of the entire bit here because it was so damn witty.
For years, sir, your outrage was warranted. Based on fact, saturated in reason, marinated in malice, but tenderized with the cleaver of careful consideration once wielded so masterfully by the demigods of discourse, those whose very chair you sit in—Murrow, Cronkite, Spiceland. You fought your fight....
“All I ask of you—especially young people—is one thing. Please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism. It’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. I’m telling you, amazing things will happen.” —Conan...
The Architecture of Happiness, Alain de Botton
In essence, what works of design and architecture talk to us about is the kind of life that would most appropriately unfold within and around them. They tell us of certain moods that they seek to encourage and sustain in their inhabitants. While keeping us warm and helping us in mechanical ways, they simultaneously hold out an invitation for us to be specific sorts of people. They speak of visions...
Weekend Meditation: On Not Freaking Out →
The ability to pause in the middle of disaster and adjust to the new set of circumstances, and the speed to which we can do this, is key to a happy kitchen and indeed a happy life. If change is inevitable, then resilience is worth cultivating.
“We can find fun in chaos. And in fact we do, often.”
– Mario Batali
“If criticism is valid, then you take steps to change for the better. If...”
– Ambeth Ocampo
December 2009
2 posts
