Dave Brubeck - “Take Five”
1 2 3 4 5. Jazz standards that I was exposed to for the first time in high school always seem shorter when I listen again years later. This one in particular makes me grasp at the air for more music. I just want to live my life within the undulations of this classic tune, is that too much to ask?!
Paul Desmond’s incredible chart and frustratingly simple alto saxophone melody will live on forever, and for any jazz newbie this is required listening.
This will always make me think of my dad.
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29. Dear Don Draper, My boss called me at 10pm and asked me to come into work at 6am the next day. How would you handle a situation like this?
Finish your drink and go to bed. Show up at 5am with a smile. If that clown can’t manage a full day’s notice, his job will be yours sooner than you think.
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Think of something from your childhood. Something you remember clearly, something you can see, feel, maybe even smell, as if you were really there.
After all, you really were there at the time, weren’t you? How else would you remember it? But here is the bombshell: you weren’t there. Not a single atom that is in your body today was there when that event took place. Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made. If that doesn’t make the hair on the back of your neck stand up, read it again until it does, because it is important.
”working from home
- L: one of those carts with the dudes selling things just went by. what is it, a roach cart?
- Z: oh yeah. those guys sell weed. so the story goes.
- L: srsly? should i try to buy some? how do you say weed in spanish?
- Z: ask him for the "gelato naturale." "dulce de weedo."
- L: rob is going to kill me.
- Z: welcome to working from home.
I just realized...
I spend 80% of my day with headphones on with no music playing.
Oh, shit. Me too. Despite what my Digsby says, most of the time it’s just paused on Viva La Vida.
Emily Elizabeth Jewelry: Little Big Statement Necklaces
via Mighty Goods - how I love these! Who can I get these as a birthday present for?
The girl in the window - St. Petersburg Times »
the selflessness and generosity of the people who helped Danielle is astounding. they all took such personal interest in rehabilitating this unlucky little girl. the biological mother, on the other hand, cannot comprehend that she did anything wrong. that is infuriating and all too common. sad.
via kottke.org