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World Hunger is not about Production Capacity
Eric Holt Gimenez, of Food First (The Institute for Food and Development Policy) put it eloquently in a conversation earlier last year: “In 2008 more food was grown than ever before in history. In 2008 more people were obese than ever before in history. In 2008 more profit was made by food companies than ever before in history. And in 2008 more people went hungry than ever before in...
December 2009
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In which direction are we heading?
OBAMAS WOULD LIKE TO NEUTER CHRISTMAS
In yesterday’s New York Times, there was an article about White House social secretary Desirée Rogers. In it, reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote: “When former social secretaries gave a luncheon to welcome Ms. Rogers earlier this year, one participant said, she surprised them by suggesting the Obamas were planning a ‘non-religious Christmas….’”
This same...
November 2009
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Washington Post Neologism Contest
Neologism Contest
Once again, we (The Post) publish the winning submissions to the yearly neologism contest in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words.
The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat...
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on the side of the truck is the company’s name- “Save a Tree”
October 2009
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startups: please boycott 2009 New York Venture...
jasoncalacanis:
Another scam…. be one of the top 50 innovators… if you pay $1,500!!! what a scam! please boycott pay for play forums! best j ————— Forwarded message ————— From: Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:54 PM Subject: Fwd: VC Funding To: Forwarded conversation Subject: VC Funding ———————————— From: Adam Negnewitzky Date: Are you actively seeking funding? If so, let me know if you’d...
August 2009
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July 2009
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Crossing the Generational Divide
Earlier today I received a Tweet on the Andrew Zuckerman book Wisdom. Check it out, amazing stuff- http://www.wisdombook.org. I can’t wait to get my copy. Thanks to Steffan Antonas (Twitter- @SteffanAntonas Blog-http://blog.steffanantonas.com) for his Tweet.
Anyway, it really started me thinking about the act of communicating with those both younger and older than your peer group.
For...
I recently found this piece that I wrote in late...
Lonely Up Here
It is lonely up here.
At first I was upset when they came on the scene. There were always comparisons. They took over the title. But over the years I gradually realized that it wasn’t really that important. What was important was that they belonged; they became a part of us. Their existence was defined with such elegance and grace. The scene was complete.
Now, as I look to...
great meeting earlier tonight
June 2009
108 posts
RT @Zee A list of top tech/web conferences you should be attending. http://tnw.to/Tt
RT @boxee watching @davezatz and @bjdraw discuss Boxee on TechVi http://bit.ly/VvWck
OSCARS- Best picture nominees to now include not 5 but 10 films- http://tinyurl.com/l4yacm
MAde my famous meatballs for dinner tonight, per request, they are soaking now…
Sharks in Danger of Extinction- http://tinyurl.com/n4pzyv
RT @TechCrunch Ad Optimizer AdMeld Raises $8 Million, Opens UK Operations http://tcrn.ch/4XV by @arrington
looking forward to hearing how Boxee meeting in SF last night went…
what do we think about video advetisements on websites that you can’t “shut up”, #fail
SOn’s friend text’s me that he is playing baseball and thirty, i was driving by and dropped off h2o and gatorade, the world is changing!
Who dresses Phil Mickelson? #fail