TV commercial for exercise equipment, program, &/or
software. When people testify it makes them "feel gr8," they're
referring 2 vanity boost
Glad I'm not a deeply unpopular British politician.
Don't want millions of gleeful munchkins dancing and singing on my grave when
I'm gone.
OK, here my plan. Abduct Kim Jong Eun, replace w/othr
Korean brainwashing specialist PSY (fun fact: name short 4 "psychological
operations")
WashPost article re Wallops Island VA.
Bitcoin. Wealth of choice for trendoids, cypherpunks,
goldbugs, libertarians, privacy zealots, & others who imagine government is
evil.
Dear WashPost Sunday Mag Date Lab editors: If th guy
you're fixing up's fave band is Partridge Family, please reject him w/extreme
prejudice
Looks like beautiful Spring weekend is underway here in
northern Virginia .
Running errands with th missus today. Will linger longer outdoors
Reading about new Robert Pinsky project. Thinkin bout
bizarre incidnt in late 90s when then-US Poet Laureate phoned 2 say I'd givn
him virus
Streaming BBC top 40 radio to see if British mainstream
more interesting than American mainstream. So far, it's not bad.
CNN report on Psy's followup to "Gangnam
Style" dissected "one-hit wonder" theme. That ain't him. He had
buncha hits in S.Korea before this.
Will be working with an instructional designer on a data
strategy course. Will work with video designer on a data-driven marketing
shoot.
"#IBM:
Flash Storage Hits Tipping Point" (http://ubm.io/Yje44L )
JK--TCO-wise, flash is already cheaper than most spinning disks
Just reacquired Grace Slick & The Great Society
"Conspicuous By Its Absence" LP on iTunes. I still have the 2-disc
vinyl, in great condition
Univision. El Gordo y La Flaca. Me gustaria ver una
"La Gorda." Hay muchas mujeres hispanas bonitas y gordas.
VH-1 celebrity profiles. Superficial commentary about
yesteryear celebs I don't really care about by supposed celebs I've never heard
of.
RIP Jonathan Winters. Wonderfully goofy, endearing,
& improvisational comic whose pantomimed petting-cat bit I recall as
"all over the body"
Drafted new blog for #Dataversity:
"Is Privacy a Lost Cause in the Era of #BigData?"
I'm getting more of these as I age. Retirement
communities pitch themselves as "live the life," cuz "die the
death" sends the wrong message.
PRC puts screws on "Django Unchained".
Apparently, slave rebellions send wrong message & kung fu is only approved
cinematc violence in China
Oh cool...spam promises to add 4 inches to my
manhood...I've always wondered what it's like to be 5 foot 10.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Molly's Lips by Vaselines from The Way Of The Vaselines JK--Fluty female vocal
reminds of early 80s Girls at Our Best
@apearson
@mekncl @ConstellationRG All of
which points to something I wish J-schools would realize: many grads become
analysts. Same skills
@apearson
@mekncl @ConstellationRG Now that
my latest blog has published, you can see my argument for point asserted in the
previous tweet
@apearson
@mekncl @ConstellationRG Industry
analyst core function is deep beat "reporter" providng in-depth
analysis bsd on own mkt research
New #IBM
jk blog: "Data Journalism: Big Data, Data Science, & the Art of
Non-Fictional Storytelling" (http://ibm.co/YQfIOV )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
I Walk the Earth by King Biscuit Time from No Style JK--@loserboy played this right after Django
Django. Good juxta
"To get #BigData
buy-in, IT should let go of proof o concept" (http://tek.io/122V8LM ) JK--Argues POCs don't prove
value. IMHO, that's BS.
"'#BigData'
Predicts Who Makes The Best Workers" (http://aol.it/122UJZT )
JK--Really? Ex-cons more effective call-ctr customer-suppt agents?
"How #BigData
& Analytics Transforming In-Store Experience 4 Retailers" (http://bit.ly/122TVUR ) JK--Experience personzn,
targetng, guidance
"Military Intelligence Tries To Tame Data
'Monster'" (http://ubm.io/122Tmug )
JK--Ontologies for semantic disambiguation & entity resolution
Down to the lukewarm remainder of my double-shot of Earl
Grey this grey and rainy morning. Think I'll do a dose of green stuff now.
@mekncl
In other words, the best analyst firms are those that simply stay out of the
analyst's way.
@mekncl
As far as I'm concerned, the best analyst firms are those that allow best
analysts to build star power & pursue own research agendas
"Big Data Tests and Potential at #IBM"
(http://bit.ly/122PmtF ) JK--Discusses chief use
cases for #bigdata.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Age of Consent by New Order frm Power, Corruption & Lies JK--For me, song
payoff is awesome synth instrumental bridge
@mekncl
Yes. News paywall's value is access to in-depth analyses (if news org provides
that). That's also IT analyst firm core premium.
News paywalls. There are so many free sources of news on
the Internet that you can stay very well informed without ever paying a penny
This wk #IBM
q-hs: http://linkd.in/10UgwBF
http://linkd.in/10UguK7 http://linkd.in/10UgwBG http://linkd.in/10UguK5 http://linkd.in/10UgwBH
Transactional analytics? In-memory accelerates it by an
order of magnitude: (http://lnkd.in/f2_rGh )
Friday's #IBM
quick-hit
Transactional analytics? In-memory accelerates it by an
order of magnitude: http://lnkd.in/f2_rGh
I tend 2 unfollow people on socials who work way too
hard 2 inspire me constantly. If it becomes somebody's programmatic obsession,
it tires
Tired of emails that start with "we'd like to
personally invite you to..." that don't end "...and all expenses
paid." Thanks but no thanks
On ancient "Beany & Cecil" cartoon, did
Dishonest John actually call himself that? (http://bit.ly/16WmZN6 ).
Or was he dishonest w/ self?
"How To Bug Mitch McConnell's Office" (http://ubm.io/16WistZ ) JK--I'm happy for any story
that gives media excuse to show Ashley Judd photo
"Is Social Media Worthy o Text Analytics?" (http://bit.ly/16PN3ve ) JK--Social sentimnt as
trailing (not lead) indic8r o yr ad cmpgn sucking
"Q&A: Impact of #BigData
at Facebook" (http://bit.ly/YO2HoS@hotmail.com&l=50_HTML&u=3706055&mid=1060748&jb=40&Page=1 …) JK--100 PB & rising
"Top Five Reasons You Never Hear Back After
Applying for a Job" (http://bit.ly/YO27Yc )
JK--#6: They were just dicking with you.
"Digital Coupons Find New Use -- Employee
Benefits" (http://bit.ly/YO1TR4 )
JK--HR distributing healthy-living incentives.
New #IBM
jk blog: "Recap of IBM Twitterchat: Enterprise Challenges of Incorporating
#Hadoop"
(http://ibm.co/ZjGFa1 )
"#IBM
Drives Flash Tech...." (http://ibm.co/XuqRUo )
JK--Investing $1B in Flash R&D; opening 12 ctrs o comp; announce GA storage
appliances
@snakeynag
Not a palindrome. A palindrome is a phrase that reads the same forward and
backward, eg "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama "
@snakeynag
Great! Actually, not exactly an anagram. It's "bigdata" backwards,
with the extra "b" at end to incorporate Bee Gees' surname.
Fun fact: #bigdata
was invented by A. Tad Gibb, the geeky brother the Bee Gees never talked about.
Wrote all 5 of next week's #IBM
quick-hits on a single theme: "#Hadoop
uber-alles." Felt like the time to return to & deepen this discussion
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy from Deep JK--1990. Great 90s FM rock radio song.
That dude has a boss voice!
Drafted new #IBM
jk blog: "New blog: "Recap of IBM Twitterchat: Enterprise Challenges
of Incorporating #Hadoop"
Reminds me. Celebrity-pairing last-name juxtas. Tim
McGraw & Faith Hill. McGraw-Hill. Hadnt realized they're country music
publishing phenom
"Burton-Taylor Report Shows 2012 PR Info/Software
Spend Grew 4.41%" (http://bit.ly/Xu5McS )
JK--Dick+Liz active in afterlife, apparently
"Bitcoin mining malware spreading on Skype,
researcher says" (http://bit.ly/Xu4QFf )
JK--Any currency that must be "mined" is inelastic
Bitcoin. I'm still trying to understand why this or any
of the zillions of other Internet currency efforts actually matters.
Spam whose subject line is simply your name. Tell me
something I don't know, for pete's sake. Like some weird trick 4 adding 2-4
inches 2 it
Graph analysis? Drilling down into domains of influence
(http://lnkd.in/fF3du3 ) Thursday's #IBM
quick-hit
Graph analysis? Drilling down into domains of influence:
http://lnkd.in/fF3du3
@HempStevens
What's #Hadoop?
Well, "Hemp," it's a controlled substance. But yr name indic8s you're
probably hip 2 all that. Keep it on th QT
Front door bell rings. In our neighborhood, it's usually
someone wanting to trim our trees. I like my trees as they are. Tall &
imposing.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
What New York Couples Fight About (feat. Kurt Wagner) by Morcheeba from
Charango JK--Skye & Kurt on coolest duet ever
"Monetization"? Why do you want to render
something into that particular French impressionist? Why not
Pierre-AugusteRenoirization?
Whew! Too pooped to #Hadoop!
#bigdatamgmt
A9: #Hadoop
is "advanced" analytics, meaning predictive, statistical, machine
learning, etc.
#bigdatamgmt
A9: #Hadoop
analytics are any on unstructured data: social, machine, geospatial, event,
clickstream, etc. Tons of NLP needed
#bigdatamgmt
A8: Users need to know many use cases for #hadoop,
much overlap with other #bigdata
platforms. Many ways 2 skin #bigdata
cat
@IBM_DB2
@katsnelson A7: I disagree. Silo is issue
now, given that customers have deployed #Hadoop
tactically, not as strategic architecture
#bigdatamgmt
A7: Must understand the fit-for-purpose profiles of #Hadoop
& other #bigdata
platforms to deploy each optimally, avoid siloing
#bigdatamgmt
A2: My article #Hadoop:
Nucleus of the Next-Generation Big Data Warehouse http://bit.ly/XstLt3
#bigdatamgmt
A5: My article: Hadoop Cluster Management http://bit.ly/XstJkX
#bigdatamgmt
A7: Ensure #Hadoop
doesn't become another data silo by standardizing on core vendor platform &
evolving from a nucleus deploy
#bigdatamgmt
A6: #Hadoop
complexity can be daunting mgt challenge. "Appliantization" of Hadoop
helps streamline to crisp core Apache distro
#bigdatamgmt
A6: Manage #Hadoop
clusters. Big issue is enhance skills o DBAs, or hire outside? If outside,
skills in short supply. Expensive
#bigdatamgmt
A6: Hybrid #bigdata
deploys require common mgt tools, common metadata, common virtualization layer,
etc. Tall order to fill.
#bigdatamgmt
A6: Big challenge is in managing "hybrid" #bigdata
deploys that involve #Hadoop
plus, say, EDW, in-mem, & NoSQL, in unified way
#bigdatamgmt
A6: Tuning queries on your #Hadoop
clusters is a challenge. You may need to select an optimal db layer--Hbase,
say, vs. HDFS
#bigdatamgmt
A6: To extent U have #hadoop
cluster built from expert integrated systems with comprehensive mgmt tooling,
you're on right path
#bigdatamgmt
A6: Greatest challenges in managing #hadoop
cluster include managing software, hardware, databases, & data with unified
tooling
#bigdatamgmt
A5: #Hadoop
compliance requires assess degree to which data in clusters more or less
security/privacy-sensitive than EDW data
RT @gourleymslc:
#BigDataMgmt
Data Explorer is key tech to find, navigate and visualize all data" -
discussing #BigData
use cases...
#bigdatamgmt
A5: Ensuring #Hadoop
compliance with security/regs demands regular audits, which require
auditing/assessment tools
#bigdatamgmt
A5: #Hadoop
compliance with security/reg policies? Start by involving chief info security
& compliance officers in planning
#bigdatamgmt
A4: Governance not required for, say, #hadoop
customer sentiment data, which is ephemeral, and is aggregated 4 patterns/trends
#bigdatamgmt
A4: Governance of #Hadoop
MapReduce models (version, access etc.) important for #datascience
center o excellence best practice.
#bigdatamgmt
A4: But #Hadoop
can process structured/SoR data--customer, finance, etc. If it does, the usual
governance/security applies
#bigdatamgmt
A4: EDW is where system-of-record (governance-heavy) data still largely
resides. #hadoop
is where non-SoR data explored/prepped
#bigdatamgmt
A4: Not much gov needed--YET--for #Hadoop
data, which NOT YET used for reference data. Social, location, event, etc is
gov-lite
#bigdatamgmt
A3: #Hadoop
needs a complementary SQL access/abstraction layer to support easy development
for today's DB app developers.
#bigdatamgmt
A3; #Hadoop
requires data science skillsets in its developers. And, as range of MapReduce
models grows, needs model governance
#bigdatamgmt
A3: #Hadoop
requires complementary model/algorithm libraries--MapReduce etc.--to enable
fast modeling & development
#bigdatamgmt
A3: #Hadoop
also requires complementary connectors to EDWs, in-memory dbs, and other #bigdata
platforms
#bigdatamgmt
A3: #Hadoop
requires complementary tools/skills in modeling, visualization, discovery,
integration, performance optimization
#bigdatamgmt
A2: The use-case overlaps between #Hadoop
and EDW are extensive and growing. But Hdp not yet suitable for governance/DQ
& MDM.
#bigdatamgmt
A2: Over time, EDW natively incorporating support for more #Hadoop
techs, especially MapReduce and HDFS.
#bigdatamgmt
A2: #Hadoop
complementing today's EDW, serving as ETL& sandboxing layer. Hadoop
gradually moving into EDW use cases, eg, BI
#bigdatamgmt
#Hadoop
is complementing today's EDW, serving as ETL and sandboxing layer. Hadoop
gradually moving into EDW use cases, eg, BI
#bigdatamgmt
Many orgs using #hadoop
for hi-performance unstructured ETL. Some now using for next-gen BI.
#bigdatamgmt
A1: #hadoop
supports the full range of advanced analytics, from structured/data mining to
unstructured/text analytics.
#bigdatamgmt
A1: #Hadoop
is for any massively scalable advanced analytics & data integration over
unstructured content with in-db execution
@IBMbigdata
#bigdatamgmt
A1: Core use cases 4 #hadoop
include #bigdata
refining/staging, exploration/sandboxing, & unstructured analytics
@IBMbigdata
Glad to be here on #bigdatamgmt.
Enterprise
challenges of incorporating #Hadoop.
First question?
Today's #Hadoop
tweetchat: reading list, possible questions & instructions: http://ibm.co/XD8L59 #bigdatamgmt
Starts in 7 minutes.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Good Guys (Don't Wear White) by Minor Threat from Complete Discography JK--I
prefer Standells original.
"Universe Grows Like a Giant Brain" (http://bit.ly/XD8kYj ) JK--Cosmic background
radiation's just God's brain on caffeine.
In just a half-hour, join me & others for #IBM
tweetchat on #Hadoop
enterprise challenges. Use hashtag #bigdatamgmt.
Be there. Aloha.
"Lev #bigdata
4 big bizval" (http://bit.ly/16QOLut @techtarget.com&utm_source=ERU&src=5120535)
JK--Good smatter o numbers on its humongosity
"Does data center co-location make sense for #BigData?"
(http://tek.io/16QOdET ) JK--Good discuss o co-lo in
yr big-data deployment strategy
"Honey, that’s just yr genome talking" (http://bit.ly/16QMVtp ) JK--I'm as queasy w/
concocted concept of "mental genome" as I am w/ "meme"
"APIs Start to Set the #BigData
Pace" (http://bit.ly/YcLJwH )
JK--Huh? What standard big data APIs? Article never says.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Black Cab by Jens Lekman from You're So Silent, Jens JK--"Oh no goddamn, I
missed the last tram...goddamn goddamn"
Queryable big-data archive? You have options: http://lnkd.in/DJYtzw
Eric Clapton says songwriting never his strong suit.
This from a classic rocker who penned or co-wrote much of his material. False
modesty.
RT @WSJpodcasts
"A New Bingo Crowd" (http://bit.ly/16Q6Atz )
JK--Apparently it's "hip" cuz 90s rocker Billy Corgan gets into it.
Big whoop.
VH-1 showing a double-Latina-bombshell movie: Cruz &
Hayek. Watching at the club on mute. Visuals alone are sufficient.
Need data scientists to do longitudinal analysis of
whether the trend in "next big things" is for them to get
progressively bigger over time
Drafted next #IBM
blog: "Data Journalism: #BigData,
Data Science, & the Art of Non-Fictional Storytelling"
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Forecast Fascist Future by of Montreal
from The Sunlandic Twins JK--Group specializes in too-clever-by-half indie-pop
Ron Johnson misunderstood his mission. That's simply the
company's name, not its target market valuation.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac from Tusk JK--I love the bold insanity of following
"Rumours" mega-smash with this oddity.
"Has the Internet Come of Age?" (http://bit.ly/YaR1c8 ) JK--I stopped reading
midway thru 1st sentence. Internet is NOT 21 years old. 1992?
"3 data trends to look for" (http://tek.io/YaQuqB ) JK--Disappearing cloud data
center. Open-source data-center designs. Data-centric apps
"Baseball Meets Internet Of Things?" (http://ubm.io/YaP2Vo ) JK--Umps should only make
judgment calls on gray areas where sensors disagree
"Dont Confuse #BigData
w/ Storage" (http://ubm.io/YaOw9U )
JK--Dont need 2 store much of it. Profile it continually. Purge what don't need
"No experience necessary, just polymaths" (http://bit.ly/YaO4bC ) JK--Experience? Employers
rarely realized how fast I teach myself stuff
Science fiction treats mind-reading as some sort of
magic key to predicting behavior. But people's thoughts are as confused as
their muscles
"#IBM
To Open Cloud Lab For Wall Street Clients" (http://ibm.co/ZkxYeP ) JK--CoE 2 showcase
kernel-bsd virtual machine SW 4 Linux & Windows
Good coffee in right setting produces an anti-idle
time-dilation experience. You don't notice time passing till you notice you've
produced
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Timeless Melody by The La's JK--1990. Great one. Surprised I don't recall it
from then. But not surprised. Radio sux
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Blonde on Blonde by Nada Surf from Let Go JK--If I had a desert-island disc of
rainy-day songs, this'd be first on it
Tangents are essential to mental balance. Staring
directly into exact same topic repeatedly almost assures you of going
conceptually blind
Whenever the word "juggernaut" enters the
biz-tech discussion, I envision some monstrous computer with tank treads &
death rays a-blazin'
"Staggering Revelations About #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/12DdVzG ) JK--Almost half of cloud
data driven by entertainment in 2020
Every enterprise roadmap for #bigdata
in the cloud should include these 4 key steps http://bit.ly/ZeQfLv
by @jameskobielus
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Oh Yoko by John Lennon JK--I wonder how many times he cut himself calling her
name in the middle of a shave.
New #IBMDataManagement
jk article: "Going Cloud with Your #BigData:
A Structured Approach" (http://bit.ly/ZePLFh )
Healthcare analytics? Obamacare makes decision-support
tools imperative: (http://lnkd.in/GGT664 )
Tuesday's #IBM
quick-hit
Healthcare analytics? Obamacare makes decision-support
tools imperative: http://lnkd.in/GGT664
Annette Funicello was slightly before my time,
crushwise. Equivalent 4 me will be when elder Brady girl, Maureen McCormick,
meets her maker.
Listening to Sixpence None The Richer "Kiss Me.
I'll say this about Margaret Thatcher. She was
consistent. She consistently spoke as if clenching every last muscle http://bit.ly/ZdvQq4
My next #IBM
blog will be called "Data Journalism: #BigData,
Data Science, & the Art of Non-Fictional Storytelling"
RT @kexpplaylist:
Colour Yr Lights In by The Besnard Lakes from Until In Excess, Imperceptible UF
JK--Cool stadium-like atmospherics on this
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Sleeping Where I Fall by Chelsea Light Moving JK--Great SonicYouth-y guitar
rave from ex-SonicYouthie Thurston Moore
@bcwright1217
They got that rude push from their own people: Solidarnosc , Berlin
Catch me et al this Wed Apr 10, 12noon-1pm (EDT) #IBM
tweetchat "Enterprise Challenges of Incorporating #Hadoop."
Use hashtag #bigdatamgmt
RIP Annette Funicello. Teen/TV/screen idol of the late
50s & early 60s. America 's
boys paid close attention to her career, um, development.
@bcwright1217
Not really. Communism fell apart under its own internal weaknesses.
NYT "Legend of Margaret Thatcher" (http://nyti.ms/YGEelu ) JK--Privatized govt
responsibilities. Raised taxes. Barely made dent in spending
"Society next big challenge: infinite data" (http://bit.ly/10z9gep ) JK--Don't buy this
"infinite" jazz. Just say neverending sensor streams
"Is #BigData
the Tail Wagging Data Economy Dog?" (http://bit.ly/ZvfA9X )
JK--Only if U throw Fido th Trustworthy Data Pooch a V-shaped bone
"Visualization as Process Not Output" (http://bit.ly/Zvf387 ) JK--Excellent
discussion/illustration o iterative pictorial/analytic thinking
Iron Lady inspired more popsongs thn any othr British PM--mostly
anti- eg, Sinead O'Connor "Black Boys on Mopeds" (http://bit.ly/ZvdxTv )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Twin Peaks Theme by Angelo Badalamenti JK--Note to self: must stream this
show...have never seen a single episode
"#BigData
storage options" (http://bit.ly/ZvaFps )
JK--Philip Howard ponders HDFS alternatives.
"How to Keep your Data Scientists Happy" (http://bit.ly/Zv9KFM ) JK--Collaborative env,
discovery-driven analytics, ongoing education
"#BigData
Revolution, Part 1" (http://bit.ly/Zv8Gl7 )
JK--Discusses current vogue 4 "datafication" of everything not nailed
down.
Obama's comment on Kamala Harris made me wonder what
would have happened in 2008 if McCain had blurted out his real reason 4
choosing Palin
Useless to worry what everything's amounting to. The
mountains aren't amounting to anything either. They uplift, only to erode.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Girl From th North Country by Bob Dylan (w/Johnny Cash) from Nashville Skyline
JK--Only duet I can recall Dylan doing
"No humor zone: Things U should never say 2 TSA agent"
(http://bit.ly/12Azc9I ) JK--Never discuss the bomb
Guns & Roses show U once attended
RIP Margaret Thatcher. Sorry, but my first thought was
Monty Python's "naughty bits" ref to her pre-PM years.
"Is Google’s new Blink browser engine good or
evil?" (http://bit.ly/12AvKf8 )
JK--Should have brwsr engine called "Boink" optimized for porn
"Apple’s massive Jobs-designed future HQ project is
$2B over budget" (http://bit.ly/12AvdK4 )
JK--Jobs designed it 2 B insanely over budget
New #IBM
jk #DataInformed
article "An Integrated Systems Approach: 6 Imperatives for #BigData
Analytics Platform" (http://bit.ly/12AtdBA )
Privacy and #bigdata?
Rat's nest of stubborn issues (http://lnkd.in/TznEjY )
Monday's #IBM
quick-hit
Privacy and big data? Rat's nest of stubborn issues: http://lnkd.in/TznEjY
Dumb to call Social Security an "entitlement."
No one has a "title" to an asset that they can put up as collateral
when getting a loan.
Often hear about Wall St quants & their number
crunching but w/ all that liquidity sloshing around dont the numbers get too
soggy 2 crunch?
Carol Burnett. She has always been consistently funny in
an unapologetically take-charge way that somehow avoids being mean, pushy, or
edgy.
I was asking my bro if he followed Steve Martin's advice
to communicate with the French by screaming at them in French-accented English.
Pork found in Ikea's moose lasagna. What's disturbing
about this story is that they eat actually eat moose lasagna in Europe .
Hey colleges, treat your sports coaches as professors.
Would it be OK if Poli Sci profs physically & verbally assaulted students?
WSJ article about making of Rascals 1967 hit "Groovin'."
Clears up mystery lyric. "You & me endlessly." Not about menage a
trois w/ "Leslie"
Sylvia Plath. Enough with the hyperanalysis of the
suicidal writer. The poetry was mostly a drag. "The Bell Jar" was OK
but not enlightening
Vicarious USA sport songwriters: Jack
Norworth never went 2 baseball game, penned "Take Me Out To The Ball
Game." Brian Wilson never surfed
Reassuring to see that Jeffy has continued his late
dad's practice of keeping "Family Circus" unfunny. It would be better
if Barfy wrote it
I always give Egidia wide berth when she wants to shop
at local Asian supermarkets. I go elsewhere. She loads up. We rendezvous at
Panera
Saturday afternoon. Lunchtime crowd at Panera in
Merrifield. Teenage soccer teams & their coaches. Everybody having a good
time. I sip Coke
RT @TheSecondMedia
"5 'Mad Men'-Era Developmts Still in Use Today" (http://dlvr.it/3BcG7z ) JK--When did entire 1960s
acquire this nickname?
Curious whether Obama had his staff check out all
states' attorney general bathing suit pics before rendering his official
decision.
"Lean in"? You mean "be more
assertive." Just assert your core point more directly.
Finally, it feels like Spring again.
Halle-freakin-lujah! Just in time for the weekend. Gonna go to the silver
springs, or Silver Spring .
Yes, I do stuff for a reason.
I initially ramped up my Twitter usage when Forrester
put draconian restrictions on analyst blogging. Now I'm primarily a blogger
again.
