Things Jim Likes

Parks, Green Spaces Protect Your Health

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:03:07 -0600

Parks, Green Spaces Protect Your Health:

“There is more evidence that living near parks, woods, or other green spaces may improve your mental and physical health.”

Methods from Madness: Baking Day and Sleepy Fairies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:39 -0600

Methods from Madness: Baking Day and Sleepy Fairies:

I find the methods and rhythms of other single parents to be very interesting. I have always found the writer of “BlueBirdBaby” to be particularly interesting since we share very similar views on raising children and the values we’d like to impart to those we are responsible for.

Thought I’m not sure this particular method would be one I’d choose to employ to ease a difficult child, I’m sure there are plenty of moms and dads out there who might find it interesting, either in whole, or in part, for their own daily rhythms.

How do you keep the pace in your world? What serves as your metronome to sanity?

SMS corollary: the evolution of dating and the hookup

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:23:55 -0600

SMS corollary: the evolution of dating and the hookup:

They “use their cellphones to disaggregate, slice up, and repackage their emotional and physical needs, servicing each with a different partner, and hoping to come out ahead.”

“Everyone is on somebody’s back-burner, and everybody has a back-burner of their own, which they maintain with open-ended texts.”

“Etiquette is all about obstacles and restraint. But technology, especially cellphone and texting technology, dissolves obstacles. Suitors now contact each other in an instantaneous, frictionless sphere separated from larger social institutions and commitments.”

“Texting and the utilitarian mind-set are naturally corrosive toward poetry and imagination.”

“Today there are fewer norms that guide in that way. Today’s technology seems to threaten the sort of recurring and stable reciprocity that is the building block of trust.”

(via Eleiva)

Depression vs Despair: Kierkegaard on the Couch

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:52:45 -0600

Depression vs Despair: Kierkegaard on the Couch:

A nicely written essay on the differences between depression and despair.

“Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.”

“Too much of the expansive factor, of infinitude, and you have the dreamer who cannot make anything concrete. Too much of the limiting element, and you have the narrow minded individual who cannot imagine anything more serious in life than bottom lines and spread sheets.”

“… despair is not correlated with any particular set of emotions but is instead marked by a desire to get rid of the self, or put another way, by an unwillingness to become who you fundamentally are.”

Gone are the days of the snooze button

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:54:03 -0500

Gone are the days of the snooze button:

“we both laughed at the ridiculousness of it. Because as bad as it might sound, it’s just so incredibly awesome.”

And that, for me, is pretty much parenthood.

Dooce has nailed parenthood on the head with this one.

There are so many things in life that, when you tell the story, they might seem pretty damn terrible to the listener. But, in reality, it’s the best thing ever. And that’s how it is.

Said another way, parenthood is like sunrises… times a billion. There are a million annoying things that have to happen to get there and see it happen. But, once you do, it’s all worth it and you can’t imagine not doing it again and again and again.

HTC Working on Android 2.0 Phones

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:57:38 -0500

HTC Working on Android 2.0 Phones:

The rumors are flying. Motorola supposedly as “the Droid” out on Verizon Wireless on November 6th. HTC also has the Droid Eris (or some variant there of) supposedly coming out on Verizon.

I don’t care who builds the next Android 2.0 phone as long as it works on a GSM network, has a better camera, faster processor, and more RAM than the HTC Dream / G1 does. A real headphone jack would be nice too. And, if I’m making wishlists, make it lighter and keep the real keyboard. Thanks!

"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the..."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:42:19 -0500

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”

- Ayn Rand

"We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by..."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:30:36 -0500

“We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of our intentions. It’s the great, deep secret of humanity that in the end none of our lives look the way we thought they would. As much as we wish to believe otherwise, most of life is a reaction to circumstances.”

- Richard Paul Evans

Photo

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:05:27 -0500

Some burner would have a blast eating bacon and sipping champage...

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:34:56 -0500

Some burner would have a blast eating bacon and sipping champage on top of this. (via JoshGard)

Wake N Bacon!

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:35:53 -0500

Wake N Bacon!

I’m on a BIKE! (via seagull)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:35:07 -0500

I’m on a BIKE! (via seagull)

How To Irrigate Your Nasal Passages | The Dos (and Don’ts)...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:01:12 -0500

How To Irrigate Your Nasal Passages | The Dos (and Don’ts) of Neti Pot usage.

Stick it out until the end, it’s worth it.

Lost Vegas: Living Below the Strip

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:41:42 -0500

Lost Vegas: Living Below the Strip

"I know from the moment my wife got pregnant that whatever was in her belly was going to fuck one..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:26:52 -0500

“I know from the moment my wife got pregnant that whatever was in her belly was going to fuck one day. And I knew it was a 50-50 chance it was going to be a girl. We’ve been trying to raise our kid as a lesbian, ‘cause men kinda suck, but she seems to like boys. What can I do? I was fucking by the time I was 12. Maybe she will be too. She’s genetically mine so she’s predisposed to act in the ways that I acted. I figure that my job as a parent, as a father, has always been to love her mother like crazy, so that when she jumps into relationships, or picks somebody to fuck, she’ll be like “I’m not going to fuck an idiot. I’m going to fuck somebody who treats me like a goddamn queen and writes on the Internet about how much he enjoys fucking me.””

- Q&A: Kevin Smith | Vanity Fair (via seagull)

Canon Gets Smart: Lowering MP on new G11

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:29:17 -0500

Canon Gets Smart: Lowering MP on new G11:

Could this be a sign of the end of the silly megapixel race that was actually leading to worse quality images and more storage requirements? I sure hope so.

Hey Alan, Alan, Alan, Al, Alan, Alan… They sharks are...

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:15:35 -0500

Hey Alan, Alan, Alan, Al, Alan, Alan…

They sharks are the best part.

Why I Don’t Use Twitter

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:16:30 -0500

Why I Don’t Use Twitter :

Valid points from a non-tweeter.

How to bake cheeseburger cupcakes

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:43:47 -0500

How to bake cheeseburger cupcakes

Awwwwwww. The most saddest kitty ever. (via ryanjpointer)

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:20:16 -0500

Awwwwwww. The most saddest kitty ever.

(via ryanjpointer)