Blog is a Mix Tape

speakeasy: the one where hillary gets it right

2008-04-30T18:35:55Z

Perhaps it is fitting that, having absolved American racists of all manner of crimes against others, Obama also holds them blameless for their assaults on himself. That's his prerogative, as long as he's the only one being assaulted. But Obama w...

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beyond the 140: all the pieces matter

2008-04-30T03:04:58Z

Ever since I jumped aboard the Obama bandwagon in February, I've been itching to write about this concept of "post-racial." Reverend Jeremiah Wright's weekend has given me the context I've needed. I've spent the last 2 days vomiting up every thoug...

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explorers

2008-04-28T08:01:30Z

It was a get the hell outta Dodge type weekend and Anna and I did just that. It was a lovely two days of laughter and full bellies and sand and water and good conversation and reconnection. This used to be such a common thing for she and I. There ...

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one line: my spirit, my cubicle

2008-04-23T06:11:19Z

Empowering and humane, cubicles seemed to create a workplace with a soul.

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speakeasy: i need to learn this

2008-04-19T08:31:01Z

Could we have gotten more good work done if we worked those extra five Fridays? I seriously doubt it. Would we have been happier working five extra days over the last 30? I seriously doubt it. Is a four-day work week better for morale and product...

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one line: when did slavery end?

2008-04-19T07:47:07Z

Bastardy, gambling, changing employers without permission, false pretense, “selling cotton after sunset”: these were all grounds for arrest in rural Alabama by 1890.

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speakeasy: take your "world music" and shove it

2008-04-19T07:45:01Z

Alan Scholefield, an Honest Jon's co-founder, detests the world music label. "It's a nasty phrase. It made my blood run cold when I first heard it, it still does now and it always will," he says. "At Honest Jon's, we have long been aware of cooler...

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one line: don't check your email

2008-04-19T07:38:30Z

Researchers at Stanford University have found that the light from your monitor right before bed is enough to reset your whole wake/sleep cycle -- and postpone the onset of sleepiness by three hours.

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one: i'm a digital nomad

2008-04-19T07:15:33Z

Digital nomadism will liberate ever more knowledge workers from the cubicle prisons of Dilbert cartoons.

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song(s) for sunday: as serious as my life is...

2008-04-13T18:02:10Z

I've felt very serious this week. I'm trying to step my game up at work in hopes of gaining some new responsibilities and challenges. I'm taking ownership of my relationship with food (as in, I like food a lot) and in my responsibilities to those...

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