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The price is wrong, bitch!

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:32:24 -0700

The price is wrong, bitch!

Good morning Mia!

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:02:14 -0700

Good morning Mia!

The Stanford Daily Op-ed: Stop the Wall Street recruitment

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:26:55 -0700

The Stanford Daily Op-ed: Stop the Wall Street recruitment:

Insightful op-ed written by two students at Stanford. Especially since 15% of their classmates will end up working in the financial services industry. This touches on many major issues with our education system, especially the focus/purpose of higher education in America.

"I think if anything, we could be headed toward a social entrepreneurial bubble if we’re not in one..."

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:17:09 -0700

“I think if anything, we could be headed toward a social entrepreneurial bubble if we’re not in one already. It’s not easier than traditional business. It’s harder. No one changes the world in a drive-by, no one tweets their way to climate change.”

- Andrew Zolli, PopTech’s Executive Director and Curator (via poptech)

Hope for a Cure

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:11:08 -0600

Hope for a Cure

kirklove: Never be able to look at Europe again without seeing...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:40:56 -0600

kirklove:

Never be able to look at Europe again without seeing this. Thanks a lot Canv.as

Video

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:56:28 -0600

First Google.org-funded geothermal mapping report confirms vast coast-to-coast clean energy source

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:50:23 -0600

First Google.org-funded geothermal mapping report confirms vast coast-to-coast clean energy source:

New research from SMU’s Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power – 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today.

Dylan Ratigan Blows Up on MSNBC

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:58:10 -0600

portercapital:

Dylan was the primary reason I watched CNBC. Since he left I seldom watch it. However, this is why I watched him. He cares and voices his opinion regardless of the consequences and often times he’s right.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Thanks, Global Warming! Sweden To Build World’s Wildest Indoor Ski Park

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:37:45 -0600

Thanks, Global Warming! Sweden To Build World’s Wildest Indoor Ski Park

Fast Company: Make Your Move

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:08:27 -0600

Fast Company: Make Your Move

The Start-Up of You

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:16:03 -0600

The Start-Up of You

Just 58.2% of American Adults Are Employed - The Atlantic

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:49:00 -0600

Just 58.2% of American Adults Are Employed - The Atlantic

"Entrepreneurship: the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources currently controlled."

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:27:46 -0600

“Entrepreneurship: the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources currently controlled.”

- Howard Stevens

"First, we must stop providing a first-rate education in science and technology to foreign students –..."

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:26:31 -0600

“First, we must stop providing a first-rate education in science and technology to foreign students – and then forcing them to leave.”

- word

Mayor Bloomberg Calls for Immediate Immigration Reform

(via fred-wilson)

Carter Cast on the "Drama of Comparative Living"

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:46:57 -0600

Carter Cast on the "Drama of Comparative Living"

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Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:39:10 -0600

"Ya know what an unheated warehouse is good for? Keeping beer cold. Cheers."

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:00:47 -0700

“Ya know what an unheated warehouse is good for? Keeping beer cold. Cheers.”

Video

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:48:47 -0700

Tattoos and Boots

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:59:19 -0700

I went and got my haircut the other day at Floyd’s 99 Barbershop on 16th St. in Denver. Every girl that worked there (only one male barber was working) had multiple tattoos, three or four had military boots on and one was dressed in all black totally gothed out. The walls were covered with all kinds of rock band posters and album covers, and really loud music was playing, all while Sports Center was on mute on all the flat screen TVs. It felt like a weird mix between a tattoo shop, a sports bar and a record store. I got a great haircut, shampoo and shoulder massage for only $22!

When I was sitting in the chair, facing out waiting for the shampoo, the clientele struck me. Go to a tattoo shop, you see people that already have tattoos, getting more tattoos. Go to a sports bar, you’ll see fat guys drinking and eating wearing their team’s gear. Go to a record store, you’ll see hippies trying to hang on to those eclectic sounds MP3 files just can’t offer, or maybe some young people will be there trying to be hippies (or you won’t even find a record store). You may think I saw a group of tattoo covered, fat people in Broncos jerseys wearing Birkenstocks. Wrong. The overwhelming majority of the clients at Floyd’s were conservatively dressed, middle aged white males wearing Polos and sweaters. I even saw some loafers. 40 year old family men, accountants, lawyers, golfers.

We’ve all had dreams to live like rock stars or pro athletes. The guys at Floyd’s don’t go to punk concerts or get tattoos. They don’t go to Vegas on the weekends, order bottles and trash hotel suites (thanks Drew!). What they can do is go listen to loud music while an “alternative” girl in tight black jeans gives them a head massage during their lunch break. For 30 minutes, they can say “fuck the man, I don’t care.” They find a brief moment of freedom in the tattoos and boots that are Floyd’s 99. Taking breaks from the daily grind is invigorating. Floyd’s isn’t changing people’s lives, but at least they’re giving people a break and letting them have some fun. I wish more businesses/services/activities were like this. Just think, what if dentists were more like Floyd’s?