i need an NYC sublet, STAT! avail. asap, 6 months, under 2K. cat-friendly. (while i’m at it, any tough guys wanna help me move?).
also need ideas for a bridal shower i am hosting later this month. easy, inexpensive & fun.
tips, ideas? plse post or send to helpcol@gmail.com
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“Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” – Chinese Proverb
i am enamoured with the Obama camp’s brilliant approach to communications. They are DOIN’ IT RIGHT! It gets me excited to see how advanced they are — the GOVERNMENT LEADING THE CHARGE? When does that happen? Yesterday they announced a new initative “Your Seat at the Table” focused on creating transparency.
If more institutions took this approach, we’d see a shift in the face of leadership.
As a young woman in corporate America, it’s frustrating to watch the extent of the old boy’s club. The silos, the closed doors, the mediocrity and/or corruption of senior executives and corporate Boards of Directors who are supposed to provide governance and oversight, but who are so rich, out-of-touch, and complacent that they let huge pernicious trends go unchecked. The result, as we are experiencing right now, is crisis.
Let some other people in the room. People who have a view from the ground. Who have nothing to lose or protect so they’ll speak the truth.
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the wire premiered on hbo in june 2002. back then i was too occupied with six feet under and the sopranos to take on another series. and then the critical acclaim for the wire grew so vociferous that i became annoyed and decided not to watch. enough friends over enough years persisted in wearing me down … and i’ve finally taken it up via netflix and itunes. i’ve completed seasons one and two (watching semi compulsively) and am hooked.
the characters, the stories, the words, the intricacies. wow. it’s the kind of show that makes you think twice when you see people − especially cops, politicians and union guys − out in the world. makes you wonder what kind of wild mess they are caught up in.
in one of the episodes i was devouring last night, bunk showed up in sweatpants and i thought for a moment he might be the same actor who plays stanley on the office.
okay — not so close. this morning as i was walking up hudson street to the e train, a man dipped his shoulder in like a football player and rammed into me on the sidewalk. the space was more narrow than usual due to the christmas trees lined up for sale. the impact didn’t knock me down, but it turned me around. he had scabs and bruises on his face and was clearly a junkie of some kind. he shouted out “whore!” he was not a bit like the wire’s kindhearted, amiable crackhead, bubbles.
by the way, i prefer my crackheads to be of the fictional variety, and agree that now is not the time to cut back on nyc cops.
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Tagged: NYC cops, The Wire
Plaxident (adverb) Plax·ci·dent (’Plak-se -’dent) ─ An act of stupidity that costs you $35 million.
H/T to Bro Bri who saw it here.
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It’s Monday Morning, folks and my style be wilder, than a kamikaze pilot. Don’t try it, I’m about to start more than a friggin riot.
“You Know My Steez” by Gang Starr
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heading out at 7 am manana to visit with bro kev & his GF tara in SF. will be there til sunday. hooray! i need a getaway from the ugly. except from y’all, who R all so purty. love and blessings to all!
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image below sent to me by miss laurs, inspired (i think) by my latest internet suitor, courtesy of graphjam.
i was thinking more about the overalls dude and wuz reminded of the article from this week’s nytimes mag. excerpt:
II. FACEBOOK OVERALLS
Jack Hitt, NYTimes contributing writer: Let me give you a scenario. I’m the somewhat desperate C.E.O. of a company called Jack’s Overalls. We manufacture functional clothes, and in the era of corporate farming, our market is fading. My younger vice presidents are telling me that we need to try new media. So I’m turning to you: Why should I even consider these emerging media? Can’t I just spend my money on old-school, 30-second spots on prime-time television?
LARS BASTHOLM, chief creative officer at AKQA: Well, we do have a ton of different new media and new ways to use them. But before we get there, I would suggest that first, you take a step backward and ask yourself, How do I make my brand relevant? Overalls are a staple of Americana, a cultural icon. The question is, How can you make overalls relevant to people today, and how can you use these different media channels to accomplish that?
BENJAMIN PALMER, the C.E.O. of the Barbarian Group: Your customers in the past have been farmers. Overalls are a commodity.
ROBERT RASMUSSEN, the executive creative director of the Nike account at R/GA: Very functional. And your market is shrinking.
Palmer: So you have to create a new market. Farming may be going away, but what’s on the rise? Right now your overalls are made with special pockets and holders for farming tools. Maybe we retool them for urban farmers, as it were, and their specialized gear. You have special pockets for your iPhone and your BlackBerry, and a pocket for your headphones, another for your wallet, your subway card, your keys.
the article itself is old news … all the stuff they’re saying media companies should do to build brands, they’re already doing (and have been since the late 90’s). the trend will increasingly disintermediate advertising agencies … who needs ‘em if you have the right media partners … and within the next 5 years you’ll see brands going directly to the media companies who will, in turn, continue to grow their boutique agency-like capabilities.
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a feel good song for feel weird times. diana ross & the supremes “some day we’ll be together”. their last TV appearance in 1970.
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occasionally, and sometimes frequently, you receive odd missives and photos from strange men you don’t know. like steve, who today asked me to brunch and sent me this:
i mean, really?
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