Kim Werker What?

I just heard a quote on the radio from the now-famous Joe the Plumber who said he’ll be voting in the U.S. election for the candidate he thinks will preserve democracy and not institute a socialist state.
I thought I’d throw open a thread here so we can talk about this, mostly because I live in [...]

Nobody.
End of story.
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Last month during KDTV taping, Shannon shot the longest two minutes of YouTube video ever. Wanna see the sort of antics that go on in the green room between segments? Here you go. But the real reason I’m posting this is because—you may not have already known this—Eunny has the most delightfully keen talent for [...]

Last Friday I received a new credit card in the mail, accompanied by a letter explaining that my old card was  compromised and so it was being replaced for security reasons. I appreciated that, and proceeded to spend an hour updating loads of accounts with the new number. And then I discovered a new logo [...]

A few years ago a friend of mine gathered a bunch of us together and started a book club. I’d never belonged to one before, and it was pretty fantastic. We met every few weeks for a couple of years and read some things I loved (East of Eden), liked (Vernon God Little), disliked (The [...]

Editors should rule the world because good ones prevent smart people from looking like idiots.
I live with an engineer. In our house are professional and academic journals that do such painfully awful things to the English language I’ll find myself tempted to phone up a publisher to offer to take a red pen to their [...]

A sign of classic television: Not even the wee detail that Carter was President makes this seem outdated.

Over the last few weeks I’ve watched up-to-the-minute Twitter updates about the world’s financial markets with a sort of morbid excitement. I just love a good shaking-up. Add to that the knocking-down a few notches of greedy rich dudes, and my excitement almost outweighs the morbidity. (Here’s a clear, high-level overview of the recent history [...]

Welcome to my week of stress. The photo shoot for the winter issue starts tomorrow, and preparing for it has taken away from almost all the work I’ve needed to do on the heels* in the wake of my monstrous trip. Yes, this is the sound of me trying very hard not to whine. So [...]

Gary Vaynerchuk at Web 2.0 Expo, NY, on building a personal brand online, but more, in my opinion, on approaching work and life with passion and vigour. [Perfect use of foul language, FYI.]