those “let’s all feel old” lists on Buzzfeed etc never really shock me anymore, but THIS?! good god. Ross’s kid is EIGHTEEN ?!?!
What Meredith is reading/saying/doing/watching/buying. Because you know you were wondering.
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Well you’re in the right place; a new blog for everyone’s favorite office nice guy, Bob Benson. He’ll be here, waiting with a smile and two cups of coffee.
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My blog has been cranky lately, so here is an adorable dachshund in ducky feetie pajamas.
Reblogging this to balance out the whiny post-grad rant from yesterday.
i just have to
kbye:
Biden endorses chocolate bullets. (http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/14/biden-endorses-chocolate-bullets/)
you are a good boy.
Why 30 Is Not The New 20
First, I told Emma to forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. By get identity capital, I mean do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that’s an investment in who you might want to be next. I didn’t know the future of Emma’s career, and no one knows the future of work, but I do know this: Identity capital begets identity capital. So now is the time for that cross-country job, that internship, that startup you want to try. I’m not discounting twentysomething exploration here, but I am discounting exploration that’s not supposed to count, which, by the way, is not exploration. That’s procrastination. I told Emma to explore work and make it count.
Second, I told Emma that the urban tribe is overrated. Best friends are great for giving rides to the airport, but twentysomethings who huddle together with like-minded peers limit who they know, what they know, how they think, how they speak, and where they work. That new piece of capital, that new person to date almost always comes from outside the inner circle. New things come from what are called our weak ties, our friends of friends of friends.So yes, half of twentysomethings are un- or under-employed. But half aren’t, and weak tiesare how you get yourself into that group. Half of new jobs are never posted, so reaching out to your neighbor’s boss is how you get that un-posted job. It’s not cheating. It’s the science of how information spreads.
So here’s an idea worth spreading to every twentysomething you know. It’s as simple as what I learned to say to Alex. It’s what I now have the privilege of saying to twentysomethings like Emma every single day: Thirty is not the new 20, so claim your adulthood, get some identity capital, use your weak ties, pick your family. Don’t be defined by what you didn’t know or didn’t do. You’re deciding your life right now. Thank you.
so I think I’m ready to invest in these Warby Parkers. Thoughts? Do you still love yours? How do they hold up over time? First new pair of glasses since 2008!
“Being late, or failing to do something I said I would do, makes me sweaty and nauseous. So I meet the deadlines I make, and don’t make plans if I think I can’t stick to them. Because I make sure to follow through on my own word, it frustrates me when others can’t follow through on theirs.”
BON IVER vs MIGUEL
ABX - Adornocene (Bon Iver vs Miguel)
Download: direct via Raptorhideout | Soundcloud
love.
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This past year marked the 25th Anniversary of the Graphics Interchange Format. From its humble beginnings at Netscape, to its current prominence in today’s Tumblr-driven culture, the GIF has come a long way, bb.
All this week, in honor of the Lifetime Achievement Award GIF inventor Steve Wilhite is receiving at this year’s Webbys we will be celebrating GIF WEEK. It’s like shark week but way, way better.
And FYI, it’s pronounced “jiff.” And that’s according to the guy who invented it. If you have any problems with that, take it up with this guy.
I’ll be cold and buried before I recognize the soft G.
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