May 2009
11 posts
Splitting Hairs →
I think the internet has changed my perception of the pro-business/anti-business dichotomy. By and large the terms “pro/anti-business” are just proxies for a whole bunch of other things. In that sense it might be a good idea to vigorously disallow people to use this terminology to force them to talk about the actual issues directly.
And we laughed and laughed and laughed, not because it was all that funny, but because laughing made it okay to show happiness.
- Amit Varma, My Friend Sancho
New rule:
smalter:
philosoraptor:
If you are my Facebook friend and I see that you’ve taken more than one Facebook quiz in a single day, you will immediately become a former Facebook friend.
It’s strange when a dude points to the way he uses Facebook to suggest that he is a badass.
I’m with philosoraptor
… Blogging amounted to exercising my ‘writing muscle’ every day. I used to be a frequent blogger, and for much of my time as a blogger, have averaged about five posts a day. (I once put up 22 posts in a day; yes, I needed to get a life.) That’s a lot of working out.
- Amit Varma, India Uncut
Going Back to Cali
Actually, India
I’m off
Justices Consider Overturning Voting Rights Act... →
Audio of the oral argument. Reading all the descriptions of Justice Souter these last few days, I was surprised to hear him immediately come out swinging. I suppose I had associated being a loner that hates D.C. with meekness, but there’s obviously more to this guy - he rose to the top of his field through the politically charged process of judicial appointments with views totally...
I saw three pigeons today gathered around a heap of torn bread - the motherload. When I walked past them they all got scared and flew away. When I looked back, only one of them had returned.
Washington Post => Volokh => →
“When male and female judges serve together to decide a sex discrimination case, the male judges are nearly 15 percent more likely to rule in favor of the party alleging discrimination than when they sit with male judges only.”
On Jargon
I remember interviewing at a financial research firm and the dude asked me to brainstorm ways to estimate sales at the store across the street. I said I would look to see how many people were entering and exiting the store - the interviewer was unimpressed. I said that I would use traffic as a proxy for order volume - his eyes lit up.
Ideas generally aren't very complicated
but words tend to make them seem like they are
Breakin' days on the set, no sweat
Who’s cooler than that?