June 2012
“One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid...”
– Bertrand Russell
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it doesn’t matter how hard you try
the pieces must fall where they will
every effort you make
will give and take
only the pieces being given and taken
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if you can read this, and you don't think you are...
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that moment when you want to wake up from the...
“JPMorgan has been operating a hedge fund with... →
arielnietzsche:
“Essentially, JPMorgan has been operating a hedge fund with federal insured deposits within a bank.” ~Mark Williams, a professor of finance at Boston University
So – now … news is coming out that JP Morgan Chase’s proprietary trading losses could total $9 BILLION on a series of trades that were supposed to “minimize risk” at the bank. Yeah … got it. We’ve written about the...
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i think it might be possible that my entire life has been, and will continue to be a single choice. repeated in a billion different ways. phrased ever so slightly differently each time, and if i could just catch the exact question, i might be surprised to find i already have the answer.
“Isn’t it a beauty? This thing we call cosmos, universe, the screaming All,...”
– Sapiens ad Aequilibrium
“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to...”
– Dita Von Teese (via lucifelle)
“Stand up and speak when you see wrong, figure out what’s going on, and fix...”
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“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and...”
– Edward Gibbon
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sans-nuage replied to your post: nope… no go on the Job. oh well… all for the best…
i’m sorry it didn’t work out for you. :(
thanks for the thought, but after today, i’ve decided that i don’t want the set salary if it means taking on the drudgery and soul-numbing crap that goes with restaurant management.
as a waiter, i at least have the ability to communicate with customers.
...
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hybrid-machine replied to your post: nope… no go on the Job. oh well… all for the best…
Keep pursuing what you truly enjoy
At this point i’m having to enjoy the things i am required to pursue.
unfortunately, the world wants money so it can keep running around in circles. if i had my way, i’d be blogging and writing all the time, but the money is not regular enough. at least...
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nope… no go on the Job. oh well… all for the best really, management has too much stress and pressure without enough compensation. plus, the travel would have been a big nuisance.
back to normal waitering work. *sigh*
Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live... →
mikefoley2:
This may seem like something out of a science fiction movie: researchers have designed microparticles that can be injected directly into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate your body, even if you can’t breathe anymore. It’s one of the best medical breakthroughs in recent years, and one that could save millions of lives every year.
The invention, developed by a team at Boston...
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heyminkus replied to your post: got a job interview in 2 hrs…. as a restaurant…
Good luck!
thanks :) gonna need all the luck i can get, since i haven’t got the right qualifications for the job. I’m just going to wing it, and hope my personality gets me there.
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got a job interview in 2 hrs…. as a restaurant manager. it’s still part of an industry i loathe, but the set pay would be a blessing.
“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
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“Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can’t make up...”
– Seth Hoffman (HOUSE MD)
Texas college hacks government drone →
circatree:
There are a lot of cool things you can do with $1,000, but scientists at an Austin, Texas college have come across one that is often overlooked: for less than a grand, how’d you like to hijack a US government drone?
A group of researchers led by Professor Todd Humphreys from the University of Texas at Austin Radionavigation Laboratory recently succeeded in raising the eyebrows of the...
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“Men often stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry...”
– Winston Churchill (via mystery-zone)
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“Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince)
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“we don’t need money. there are other ways. billions of other ways, that we will...”
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“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love...”
– (via mysticmementos)
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