He should have added to the disclaimer that of course those people are drab and boring and what could we possibly learn from their struggles and the strategies they've adopted to work through them.
― intheblanks, Friday, 16 October 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
omg! I must make a decision instead having it all simultaneously! O, my poor head!
― Blind Lemon Extract (Aimless), Friday, 16 October 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
this is a really good tip for anyone really:
"Now, he said, they make more money working as brokers focused just on properties above $5 million and they also have more control over their schedules."
― scott seward, Friday, 16 October 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
ok, now that I went back and read the full article (I had to stop after a person quoted talked about "crushing it at work"), I can't believe how boring and lacking in any real content that was. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised by that, but there weren't even examples of the so-called "maniacal efficiency," or any, like, strategies for balancing work and life. Make time to play with your kids, have a routine, ok, thanks corporate overlords, thank god we have these founts of wisdom as models for the plebes. It's basically just cheerleading about how rich people are even better at having families than everyone else.
― intheblanks, Friday, 16 October 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
kind of a poky little kitchen they've got, raise your standards millionaires
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 October 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
Her husband, she said, “has a breakfast meeting, I have a call with Europe, my daughter wants to play baby mermaids, my son is starving, our dogs are barking, I need to get out the door for a work meeting and there’s a dinner at night.”
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 October 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/17/wealth-therapy-tackles-woes-of-the-rich-its-really-isolating-to-have-lots-of-money
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 October 2015 05:14 (eight years ago) link
Hmmn I wonder if there is an easy way of solving this have an insane amount of money... Probably not.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 18 October 2015 05:23 (eight years ago) link
not going to click on that obvious bait for hate-clicks, already spent too much of my life doing that.
― intheblanks, Sunday, 18 October 2015 05:49 (eight years ago) link
http://observer.com/2015/10/a-boutique-drop-in-meditation-studio-is-coming-to-new-york/
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
bizarro, lodro rinsler is mentioned in the buddhism thread as a hacky author of buddh-esque pop philosophy.
connections everywhere. namaste
― all my friends are vampires (art), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
also wondering how long i could sneak by w "chief spiritual officer" on my work email sig
― all my friends are vampires (art), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
"chief spiritual officer"
xp!
― nickn, Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
Who wants to give me seed money for a chain of boutique bathrooms? With adjustable mood lighting, touchscreen TVs, wi-fi, curated playlists for your listening pleasure, hand-woven bathroom tissue of the softest, most absorbent cotton, artisanal soaps at the gold-plated sinks and attendants to hand you fluffy hand towels. Options available in both #1 and #2, ranging from $25 for a quick pee to $150 for the deluxe BM.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
BM deluxe - the nickname that never caught on :(
― all my friends are vampires (art), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
Also, all of your waste products will be recycled for compost, so you know you really have a zero footprint.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
With an app so you can find them, of course -- Püper.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
Sorry, I already trademarked that for my Yelp of public bathrooms.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
You know, if you built it on the back of a truck, so the super fancy bathroom comes to you, you'd really have something.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
there's a real gold rush on this shit huh
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 October 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Thursday, October 22, 2015 11:23 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Shitr
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 22 October 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
An uber of mobile bathrooms is almost a pitchable idea actually -- all those times when you're in a big city like NYC and can't find a public restroom or don't want to wait in line for starbucks. Like it obviously wouldn't succeed but I wonder if you could actually convince a VC.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
Shitr and Puper are total 2011 names, if this were launched now it'd be called GottaGo
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
just don't let the marketing go to the people who made those ghastly inescapable ads for the product that you spray in the toilet to seal up smells (?) or whatever that was, with the "posh british lady" giving the pitch.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
DumpTruck
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
lol
― marcos, Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
PottyWagon
― nickn, Thursday, 22 October 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
Lamborweewee
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 October 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
Turdis
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 October 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
(for nurds)
A virtual bonfire of quiddities here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/realestate/escape-from-brooklyn.html?_r=0
In early 2013 there was a now-infamous article in The New York Times that referred to Hastings as “Hipsturbia,” about creative types moving there from Brooklyn. But the reality is Hastings, like every other suburb I’ve seen, is not hip. In some sense hipness is inextricably tied to urbanity and coolness with a certain aloofness. By contrast, the environment here simply seems friendlier. I chatted with our mayor at a party; the clerk at the mom-and-pop pharmacy smiles at me; my children lit up when we bumped into their babysitter in the stands at the high school football game. As a 41-year-old that’s cool to me.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:26 (eight years ago) link
Little pink houses for you and me (starting at $949,000).
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:27 (eight years ago) link
a grand prewar two-bedroom, which, after years of saving, we had barely managed to purchase for just under $700,000
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:31 (eight years ago) link
Hastings does seem like a pretty nice town though if you can actually afford a $900,000 house, agree not "hip" but has a record store and some brooklynish farm-to-table type restaurants, and a very idyllicly situated downtown that is right on the river. Better than living in some BMW-strewn Long Island wasteland. When we had brunch there my perceptive three-year-old exclaimed "This is the Berkshires!"
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link
Luckily, just as we had counted on, there was intense interest and a bidding war. Ultimately, the apartment sold for several hundred thousand over our asking price of $949,000, and in a bit of kismet, for the exact same price as our new home in Hastings.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
hastings is a pretty nice town in the way that thousands of others (with or without river views) throughout america are. at the very least there are few 'loud' people
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:36 (eight years ago) link
anyway, moving to the suburbs is an understandable choice but good lord save us from the insanely wealthy ppl insisting that they're still cool
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:42 (eight years ago) link
the quote made me think of
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Gb%2B7TzrEL.jpg
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Saturday, 31 October 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
is ''gutfeld'' like ''cher'' and ''madonna''?
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 31 October 2015 03:04 (eight years ago) link
drunkenly tweeted at the fucker : /
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 October 2015 03:55 (eight years ago) link
lol at gutfeld?
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Saturday, 31 October 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
i think gutfeld is the first boss you want to beat in megaman as he gives you the gutgun
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 31 October 2015 05:19 (eight years ago) link
http://davidzweig.com/invisiblesbook/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/invisiblesbook.png
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 31 October 2015 06:15 (eight years ago) link
Aside from being laughably expensive, Hastings sounds like a nice place to live. "I get to be an adult and still enjoy the perks of proximity to New York" shouldn't require so much hand-wringing.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 31 October 2015 06:18 (eight years ago) link
the OG Hastings:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/10/1336644662757/Old-Town-Hastings-008.jpg
about an hour from Central London on the train
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 31 October 2015 10:09 (eight years ago) link
actually the OG OG Hastings got washed away by the sea about 200 years ago iirc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 31 October 2015 14:07 (eight years ago) link
"My wife and I both work in creative fields — I’m a writer and she is a marketing executive at a fragrance company"
Since when is being a Marketing Executive a creative field??!?!?
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 31 October 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Well, since when is writing business books a creative field? Let's face it, the term has been debased beyond repair at least since people started thinking of Don Draper as an artist.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 31 October 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
Fair cop that book looks shitty.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 31 October 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
accurate:
David Brooklyn 4 hours agoOh, good. Another horrible article from the Times' real estate section. I'll paraphrase it so you don't have to read the whole thing:
"We had a noisy downstairs neighbor in Brooklyn so we desperately went searching for a new home, though with our modest budget of just over a million dollars (we are, after all, 'creatives'), we just couldn't find anything worthwhile, so we bravely ventured north to Hastings-on-Hudson, where we were shocked to find other people just like us, fellow victims of gentrification who had also been pushed out of Brooklyn, and together we've created a little ex-urbanite utopia where our kids can frolic and we still get to eat artisanal jam on gluten-free toast. I may have lost some of my street cred, but now we get to hang out with the town's mayor at parties! Whew."
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Sunday, 1 November 2015 02:48 (eight years ago) link