February 2012
4 posts
January 2012
2 posts
“A PSYCHOLOGICAL TIP
Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind,
and...”
– “A Psychological Tip,” lovely grook by Danish scientist and poet Piet Hein (via curiositycounts)
December 2011
11 posts
“We have happy days, remember good dinners.”
– Charles Darwin
November 2011
11 posts
What would the love letter to your city say?
Minneapolis, Mayor RT Raybak, and their unofficial slogan: “Minneapolis: We Build Stuff and Take Care of Things.”
My favourite quote is from City Council President Barb Johnson:
“That party stuff just does not get in there,” she says. “Why? Because there is no Republican or Democratic way to pick up the garbage. And because you have to be able to perform. When somebody calls...
19 November 2011
From revolutionary to martyr to marketing tool
The world’s best-known portrait is not a painting, nor a photograph, but a work of graphic design — yet most designers are unaware of the origins of this world-famous image.
Patrick Cramise, in Design Observer
photo: Korda (Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez), 1960
“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like...”
– ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via justbesplendid)
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
3 posts
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“Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three...”
– ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid (via justbesplendid)
August 2011
5 posts
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“It would be a mistake to conclude that the food movement’s agenda can be reduced...”
– The Food Movement, Rising – Michael Pollan on the history and future of food activism. Pollan’s In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto remains one of the most important books on food policy, politics and psychology published in the last half-century. (via curiositycounts)
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“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power...”
– Groucho Marx (via justbesplendid)
“What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest...”
– ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (via justbesplendid)
June 2011
4 posts
“The word health has been hijacked by the medical/sickness industry. But it...”
– Fantastic interview with healthcare innovator Dr. Jay Parkinson, whose most recent venture, Hello Health, promises to revolutionize medical care and patient communication. (via curiositycounts)
May 2011
8 posts
