February 2012
82 posts
A lesson from he who taught Teach
falsejim:
The pirates showed their colours and we surrendered. They came aboard, ragged, armed, reeling with drink.
“Good morning,” their leader said. “Please come to the deck and leave your hats in a pile.”
We did. His crew came, one by one, and selected their preferred item.
“A sorry day,” the captain said, “to wake bare headed.”
The Pareto Principle (aka The 80/20 Rule)
moneyisnotimportant:
80% of your income, success, and accomplishments usually comes from 20% of your activities or relationships. Learn to identify what accounts for that 20%, and do more of it. Reduce the time you spend on everything else.
It also works the other way — 80% of your problems usually comes from 20% of your relationships, clients, etc. Learn to identify who those toxic people...
maybebutabsolutelynot:
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
Does this mean we need to discuss Hunger Games?
not unless your want to hear me complain about how much I hated the ending.
Student of Serenity: Rules For Writing →
suckerinsixty:
From Jonathan Franzen:
The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator.
Fiction that isn’t an author’s personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn’t worth writing for anything but money.
Never use the word “then” as a conjunction – we have “and” for this…
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
“look deep into nature and you will understand everything better”
– einstein (via colours-light)
Watchcanarythrift:
Ryan!
“If you want something you’ve never had, then you must be willing to do something...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via modernhepburn)
oh my...oh my...oh my...
theshannonsmith:
theshannonsmith:
malbhill:
damn do i need out of Lubbock…shit!
Welp I think you need to come visit me. I have a new house. Its wonderful. You can stay there and even have my room. Its one block away from Epoch. It has a sun room for early morning coffee. A work shed in the back for projects. Chumon!’
that my good sir, is a great/fantastic plan…
you just tell me when and...
oh my...oh my...oh my...
theshannonsmith:
malbhill:
damn do i need out of Lubbock…shit!
Welp I think you need to come visit me. I have a new house. Its wonderful. You can stay there and even have my room. Its one block away from Epoch. It has a sun room for early morning coffee. A work shed in the back for projects. Chumon!’
that my good sir, is a great/fantastic plan…
you just tell me when and we shall make it...