Since I feel shafted that “rocket surgery” took off unattributed, I propose the following terms:
My resume is finally ready for the web. However, I’m interested in your opinion and criticism, so please contact me with your thoughts.
Also, for your time-wasting pleasure, I give you: Faker Baker BS3 . Anyone’s who’s ever used B&T knows this screen all too well. Now, all you have to do is point your browser to brad.hawidu.com/bt and you’ll instantly look busy! For you pros out there, the color is #47768e.
Anodizing consumer electronics varying shades of pink does not make them any more romantic as gifts. This is even true for iPods.
Here’s the range:
Note the lack of cell phones and other gizmos on the list. There may be instances when the above guidelines do not apply, but giving a Magenta Blackberry Pearl seems a little messed-up on such an occasion.
I’ve seen some similar articles to this one – about how the super-rich are electing to donate their fortunes rather than give the money to their heirs.
I’m torn on this issue: not that I care if the children of the super-rich are only somewhat-rich, but rather the outflow of all the money.
In the short term, charitable donations sent to third-world nations are actually more bang-for-your-philanthropic-buck. It costs less to affect dramatic change for more people. In the long term, though, developing nations creates international competition. In that sense, donating abroad will make it tougher for a rich person’s child to amass the same wealth as his/her parents.
The alternative would be to donate domestically. Given that our standard of living is currently higher than much of the world, charity can often be ‘inefficient’. It is patriotic, though, there certainly are noble causes, and it is less likely to harm our economy.
So, to all my super-rich readers: please give your charitable donations some serious consideration. Thanks.
‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read. -Mark Twain
My uncle wanted How to talk about books you haven’t read / Bayard, Pierre [W:A:G](SB/HB ), so I checked it out for the semester through school. Gave it a lil’ skim before sending it off to him. It’s actually really interesting (not the content of the book itself [rather dry] but the overarching concept) to think about the sheer volume of content that will go unread. How many times have you checked out a book only to return it with nary a skim-through? How many cocktail party conversations are a biblio-centric whose-is-bigger competition based on lies?
You’re skimming this article right now. AREN’T YOU!?!?
This principle can influence your own behavior, how your librarian finds information for you, and especially how a writer effectively sends his/her message. BTW, skimming is an art form that you should have mastered early in high school, but can continually practice; especially for books written by Frenchies (damned frenchmen!).
It’s one of the most shielded non-secrets in everyday life: everyone discussing books and citing papers, though everyone knows that not a lot of reading is really occuring. It almost makes me feel better about being a non-reading librarian. Can we all just agree that being really well-read is a lot like being really buff — there’s a certain point where it’s no longer useful, and you’re just showing off.
This is a call to all the writers out there — write for your audience.
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