October 2011
178 posts
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs →
by Mona Simpson
Steve was like a girl in the amount of time he spent talking about love. Love was his supreme virtue, his god of gods. […]
He believed that love happened all the time, everywhere. In that most important way, Steve was never ironic, never cynical, never pessimistic. I try to learn from that, still.
What's your number? →
The world’s population is expected to hit seven billion in the next few weeks. After growing very slowly for most of human history, the number of people on Earth has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Where do you fit into this story of human life?
amiga, companheira, irmã e admiradora →
Em meu nome e de todos os integrantes do governo, junto-me neste momento ao carinho e à torcida de todo o povo brasileiro pela rápida recuperação do presidente Lula.
Graças aos exames preventivos, a descoberta do tumor foi feita em estágio que permite seu tratamento e cura. Como todos sabem, passei pelo mesmo tipo de tratamento, com a competente equipe médica do Hospital Sírio Libanês, que me...
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
– Dalai Lama (via girlwithoutwings)
“Ler no ônibus faz mal?” e outros mitos comuns →
Senna Is The Best Loved Documentary Of The Year –... →
There was a much longer version of the film. There was a lot more material that we’d seen, much of it about “that weekend”. There is no denying it. Anyone that knows anything about formula one, any one that remembers, “that weekend” was a cursed weekend. “That weekend” is a movie in itself. You could easily just make a movie about that, but if you did, you would only see Senna looking unhappy,...
Thank Joss Whedon's Wife For His Shakespeare Film →
“As we were finishing The Avengers in New York, my wife and I were planning our vacation for our 20th anniversary. And she said, ‘Let’s not take the vacation. Make a movie instead.’ I was like, ‘I’m not even sure if I can adapt the script, cast the movie, and prep it in a month.’ And she was like, ‘Well, that’s your vacation time, so you do it.’ And so I did.”
Não é mais Caco, é Kermit o Sapo →
CrisDias
Depois de Guerra nas Estrelas virar Star Wars, depois de o Super-Homem virar Superman, daSininho virar Tinkerbell, do Ursinho Puff virar Pooh e tantas outras destruições da minha infância chegou a vez de Caco o Sapo, dos Muppets, virar oficialmente Kermit, seu nome gringo e um nome que não significa nada. Pelo menos fizeram um videozinho safado explicando.
Revenge Of The Sith devastates the kids as Anakin... →
In which a silly space opera brings my whole family to genuine tears
“Dad, I think it’s sad that Anakin’s a bad guy.” “Did you just wake up to tell me that?” “Yeah. I hope he gets better.”
We Can All Become Job Creators →
Starbucks is going to create a mechanism that will allow us citizens to do what the government and the banks won’t: lend money to small businesses. This mechanism is scheduled to be rolled out on Nov. 1. This time, Schultz is not tilting at windmills. […]
Here’s the idea they came up with: Americans themselves would start lending to small businesses, with Starbucks serving as the...
‘Morte não será comemorada’ →
“Acho que a Líbia está passando por um processo de transformação democrática. Agora, isso não significa que a gente comemore a morte de qualquer líder que seja. O fato de ela [a Líbia] estar em um processo democrático é algo que todo mundo deve, acho que não é comemorar a palavra, mas apoiar, incentivar e, de fato, o que queremos é que os países tenham a capacidade de, internamente, viver em paz...
