January 2012
5 posts
“[Children] are super cute for a reason – nature knows that you are less likely...”
– Girl on Saturday: Cute But Deadly: Raising Children Through Their First Years
“Your child will not suffer long term effects from being put in front of Yo Gabba...”
– Girl on Saturday: Cute But Deadly: Raising Children Through Their First Years
“A couple years ago I was bombarded with emails asking me how to please both...”
– Only whores use frozen orange juice « Space and Time (via ninakix)
“ALWAYS REMEMBER a fat Husband is a faithful Husband.”
December 2011
5 posts
“Parce que nous mon père vit loin de chez nous, qu’on culpabilise un peu de...”
– le blog de doudette: Vacances geekestes
Tiens, on dirait mes parents !
“Maria [Montessori]’s time of isolation and relative helplessness made her even...”
– The Maria Montessori No One Knows: ‘Enemy Alien’ in India (Part 2 of 2)
bijan sabet: Getting promoted too quickly →
bijan:
“He’s a star. Thank god he’s on the team”.
“He’s not scaling, it’s time to find his replacement”.
I’ve heard that line from too many CEOs about someone on their management team.
In a hyper growth company, those two sentences can be just a year or two apart.
So what’s happening here.
…
I’ve seen this a lot in my firm. Very good points made here.
November 2011
1 post
“De la même façon qu’un chirurgien aura du mal à travailler dans un pays...”
– L’immigration est-elle une charge ou une chance pour l’économie? - Libération
October 2011
1 post
September 2011
3 posts
2 tags
Jessica Valenti: HuffPo blogger and author says... →
jessicavalenti:
There are so many things wrong with Anna David’s post, “Women Had It Better in the Sixties,” it’s hard to know where to begin. First of all, it really should have been titled “Straight White Women Had It Better in the Sixties,” cause you know…fucking civil rights and all that. But even if David…
1 tag
August 2011
28 posts
8 tags
“là, c’est l’épreuve d’histoire-géo aka le moment surréaliste...”
– La sombre, sombre, sombre histoire du petit colis UPS - Food’Amour
5 bonnes raisons de travailler pendant la... →
“Everett deserved an Oscar nomination for My Best Friend’s Wedding, but the...”
– Out Magazine | FEATURE STORIES | The Glass Closet
The intricately weird way in which our media-entertainment-industrial complex treats Teh Gay is just fascinating.
(via pegobry)
“In talking to some younger relatives, all applying to or recently enrolled in...”
– Medical School, Facebook, and the Future of “Real Names” « takingpitches (via fred-wilson)
L'effet des politiques publiques pour les femmes... →
“Two of Bachmann’s five children were born while she worked for the I.R.S., and...”
– The Transformation of Michele Bachmann : The New Yorker
Those damn women and their choices! Clearly this makes them less qualified to run for public office!
(via pegobry)
“The public has a distorted view of science, because children are taught in...”
– How We Know by Freeman Dyson | The New York Review of Books (via triadic)
“And if corporations are people, it means we’ve reinstated slavery, because...”
– Corporations are not people. They’re persons. | Economics | The American Scene
The husband, crushing it as always.
1 tag
Fermat's Last Doodle
cnnmoneytech:
The only thing better than geeky Google doodles are geeky doodles with even geekier jokes hidden in the alt text. -Stacy
5 tags
Twin Saves Sister's Life In The Womb →
Wow.
Yeah, I know, I only share baby and pregnancy stuff these days (sorry)
1 tag
4 tags
“In London in 2011, however, bibliophiles can breathe easy: despite the riots,...”
– “Riots and books: Remember when books were worthy of burning?” sur The Economist (August 10th, 2011)
“On a recent National Public Radio program, Steven D. Levitt, a professor of...”
– Children’s Activities No Guarantee of Later Success - NYTimes.com
Abandoned girls in China: my experience with... →
Heartbreaking story
“But the emerging prevalence—anecdotally, at least—of the gadget death wish...”
– Replacement Therapy - Magazine - The Atlantic (via ayjay)
“Au laboratoire d’analyse, il y a un présentoir avec divers prospectus,...”
– Vie de meuf: Privilège
“Ce matin, je passe au kiosque à journaux, je regarde un peu tout. Devant...”
– Vie de meuf: Journal matinal
1 tag
“Social networking sites are the primary form of communication among young...”
– The Elusive Big Idea
Why do people keep saying stupid, stupid stuff like this? Do they really believe that there are people out there who would be producing ground-breaking scientific hypotheses and incisive critiques of pure reason if they weren’t constantly being distracted by Facebook updates...
“Italy’s leader, Silvio Berlusconi, lashed out at Europe after a leaked...”
– Effects of US downgrade roll on
“In May 1968, when Christine Lagarde was a teenager, French schools were shut...”
– Is this the world’s sexiest woman (and the most powerful)? | World news | The Observer
July 2011
8 posts
“If someone’s father died, he’d understand taking a personal day.”
– “It’s Too Bad. And I Don’t Mean It’s Too Bad Like ‘Screw ’Em.’”
speaking about Blankfein.
Err, are there bosses who would NOT understand taking a personal day for a close family member’s death? If so, please remind to NOT FUCKING GO WORK FOR THEM!
“Over the past three years, Goldman Sachs has been accused of having its hand in...”
– “It’s Too Bad. And I Don’t Mean It’s Too Bad Like ‘Screw ’Em.’”
via @pegobry