February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
3 posts
1000x/minute: Early 2012 Favorites →
1000xpm:
While I’ve spent most of this year cruising bandcamp & mining for gold (that post will be coming soon enough), I can’t neglect some of the more well-established acts that are already causing a stir with early previews from their upcoming 2012 releases. This is mostly because these tracks are all…
December 2011
3 posts
Fairly inspiring.
youmightfindyourself:
A...
November 2011
9 posts
For My Grandpa, On His 85th Birthday
Background: My family is big on speeches. Since I couldn’t be at my Grandpa’s 85th birthday party, I thought I would share “some words”, as my family woud say, in his honor. This is what came out of it.
Although this is a fairly (really) personal thing to share, I think it’s important, especially in today’s world, to honor men with strong beliefs that who...
September 2011
2 posts
8 tags
Fall Friday -- A Pop Up Men's Market and a...
First. Weekend plans.
“Northern Grade” A Pop Up men’s market. Sounds intriguing. Quite excited about the vendor list:
Second: A playlist.
let’s make this weekend count.
August 2011
3 posts
July 2011
12 posts
Watchtheclearlydope:
Probably the most entertaining 5:18 of your day. Justin and Jimmy kill it again with HISTORY OF RAP PART 2. Complete with awkward white people dancing in the audience. In the Michael Scott household, this is what we call a WIN, WIN, WIN.
Can We Ever Digitally Organize Our Friends? →
Microsoft and Google Pull the Plug On Home Energy... →
unconsumption:
This post examines the disappointing news that Microsoft and Google have both discontinued what seemed like promising efforts to create home-energy-management tools:
In 2009, Microsoft and Google launched services aimed at the nascent consumer home energy market. The two tech giants were looking to be the first to establish platforms for the anticipated wave of home energy ...
June 2011
6 posts
Watchsbnation:
Atlantic Senior Editor, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Felix Salmon discuss how power is shifting in professional sports from owners to the players and fans.
The Glasses of the 23 Secretaries of Defense, In...
langer:
Robert McNamara (1961-68)
Frank Carlucci (1987-89)
Les Aspin (1993-94)
Harold Brown (1977-81)
Leon Panetta (2011-)
Elliot Richardson (1973)
Donald Rumsfeld (1975-77, 2001-06)
Amurica.
Yes.
May 2011
4 posts
How My Dad Miraculously Found Me in the 9/11... →
Nice work Nick. Thanks for writing this.
howtoennui:
Never cried so much writing something, but here’s the most miraculous story of my life!
fleish:
By Nick Lerangis
… Through the window we watched as a small stream of foot traffic began to trickle up the West Side Highway and a flock of media and police helicopters flew straight at us, sending us ducking and cursing as it whooshed over...
April 2011
4 posts
It's Sunny. It's Friday. Time For a Playlist.
1 tag
Found: My Dad's signed baseball card collection.
Ted Williams on the left.
Pizza Scisscors + Spatula.
Ready for use: Action Shot: Buy here.
March 2011
9 posts
3 tags
Friday Playlist
Happy Friday — via via
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Inspiration, Envy Etc -- On A Northern European...
I’ve been on a Northern Europe kick lately — Mores — DOUGH’NUT SHORT | TILT SHIFT SURF SCHEVENINGEN on Vimeo. A side note — When I was 4, I went to Scheveningen. I wish I remembered more of it, or could go there now. I do rember that I went here (Elfteling) and got stung by a bee. More Northern European inspiration — Tretorn Stutterheim...