June 2010
50 posts
“Women’s friendships are face to face: They talk, cry together, share secrets....”
– Jeffrey Zaslow
“The things you love are as stupid as the things you hate and are easily...”
“Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do...”
– Paul Buchheit
“Women write about food, sure. Gael Greene and Ruth Reichl are in the living...”
– Why I Quit Cooking: Women in the Kitchen
“Next time a world cup takes place in England, let’s just let those...”
“If England win, you expect a lot of drinking,” said the barman before the...”
– The view from England after the United States and England play to a 1-1 tie
“Discipline is remembering what you want”
– David Campbell (founder of Saks Fifth Avenue)
“Do not use twenty words when five will do. Do not try to make friends. Do not...”
“Broadway is one of those fonts that you only know about because Microsoft...”
– Broadway
“Some of Michael Arrington’s stuff I think is an example of the worst kind...”
– Clay Shirky: What I Read
Jack Bauer is no more →
The real-time format was partly to blame, of course: it eventually turned the series into little more than a string of preposterous deadlines. Sometimes it felt like watching an adaptation of a…
Turkey's Central Role in Israeli Flotilla Crisis →
Turkey could invoke Article V of the NATO charter, which states that an attack on one member nation is an attack on all. This means that if Turkey escorts another flotilla, and Israel again raids it,…
The Other Side of Grilling →
Let’s get one thing clear. There is a fine line between grilling and BBQ’ing. As a Southerner, I fall into a pretty passionate culture regarding these two distinctions. For those raised in the South, grilling out typically refers to cooking items over direct heat on a grill, ex. grilled steaks, chicken, hamburgers, etc. BBQ is a whole different ballgame. It’s a lifestyle of love, patience, smoke,...
How Nando's conquered Britain →
So is that Nando’s secret? That it isn’t your usual takeaway joint? Does that explain its popularity? Ask the PR team – which consists of just two people, one of whom is on maternity leave – and you’ll be guided to the chain’s “family feel”. This is Nando’s professed USP. Yes, it prides itself on its spicy chicken, but it’s the friendly atmosphere,...
