Sam Purtill

A school library at last for Buckingham a few excerpts from the...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:59:41 -0700

a few excerpts from the article:

“Erickson said much of the credit for getting the library together goes to Oates and semi-retired Spanish teacher Carol Buchanan.”

“It’s so cool, so rewarding when a student returns a book and says, ‘This book changed my life,’” Oates said.

“The irony of all this is that the part of my job that I don’t get paid for is the part I love the most,” Oates said. “It really is cool.”

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Mrs. Oates was my favorite teacher in high school; she’s been able to set up a library despite the lack of funding. I also count her as the person responsible for my love of reading and I’m sure there are many more former students of hers that would say the same. I’m proud of what she is doing at Buckingham!

hungoverowls: “Look, I’m sorry for blowing up earlier. It’s...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:07:19 -0700

hungoverowls:

“Look, I’m sorry for blowing up earlier. It’s just…I can feel tequila…in my face.”

tequila = death

Colin Powell’s 13 Rules of Life

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:27:41 -0700

It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
Get mad, and then get over it.
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
It can be done!
Be careful what you choose. You may get it.
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
Check small things.
Share credit.
Remain calm. Be kind.
Have a vision. Be demanding.
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

haukurhomm: akkeri (via icanread) THE TRUTH

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:31:48 -0700

haukurhomm:

akkeri

(via icanread)

THE TRUTH

"People who sleep eight or nine hours, look what they miss!” declares Martha, immodestly. They..."

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:15:49 -0700

““People who sleep eight or nine hours, look what they miss!” declares Martha, immodestly. They miss the Martha Stewart show, and gain the world of dreams, Martha. A more than fair bargain, is it not?”

- America Is Not Getting Any Sleep

henrytsai: In this Sports Illustrated photo series of athletes...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:09:24 -0700

henrytsai:

In this Sports Illustrated photo series of athletes in their college dorms, Robin and Brook Lopez sit on Stanford beds that I bet they don’t miss. If the twin extra longs felt small to me, they probably felt small to seven footers. Other Stanford appearances in the series include Michelle Wie and Summer Sanders.

See the rest of the pictures here.

oh god. the stanford beds are SHORT.

chillin’ with my new THE AMERICAN SCENE shirt. saw them...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:07:00 -0700

chillin’ with my new THE AMERICAN SCENE shirt. saw them play their first show in san francisco show tonight and couldn’t have been more proud of my older brother up there, a true gangstar. EDIT: yes. that’s a pink punching bag in the background. it’s emasculating.

weheart: (via mentalscabs) Tumblr nail art! Appropriate for...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:35:17 -0700

weheart:

(via mentalscabs)

Tumblr nail art! Appropriate for blogging fingers.

This. Owns.

I just finished a How To guide called Gmail with Multiple...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:49:17 -0700

I just finished a How To guide called Gmail with Multiple Inboxes and Superstars. Try this before declaring email bankruptcy; it has saved me on several occasions. Enjoy!!

If I’m ever feeling down, I’m watching this video

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:50:11 -0700

If I’m ever feeling down, I’m watching this video

charlesvincent: stickers im thinking this is siiiiiiick (via...

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:44:34 -0700

charlesvincent:

stickers im thinking

this is siiiiiiick (via my older brother’s band)

GPOY-freezing-in-san-francisco-all-summer edition

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:29:17 -0700

GPOY-freezing-in-san-francisco-all-summer edition

jacob: Cool, 1080p video on the web…. oh look, 10% off...

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:57:09 -0700

jacob:

Cool, 1080p video on the web…. oh look, 10% off bookmarks!

charlesvincent: thedailywhat: /BRAAAAAAAAHMM. [reddit.] LOL...

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:41:51 -0700

charlesvincent:

thedailywhat:

/BRAAAAAAAAHMM.

[reddit.]

LOL

I’ve walked over this bridge dozens of times, first time...

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:36:34 -0700

I’ve walked over this bridge dozens of times, first time I’ve ever seen it drawn… On 4th Street.

how could you vote no on something like this? glad someone got...

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:09:42 -0700

how could you vote no on something like this? glad someone got up and yelled at them.

G.M.’s Electric Lemon

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:49:52 -0700

‘making the bailout work at all costs’…

Quantifying just how much taxpayer money will have been wasted on the hastily developed Volt is no easy feat. Start with the $50 billion bailout (without which none of this would have been necessary), add $240 million in Energy Department grants doled out to G.M. last summer, $150 million in federal money to the Volt’s Korean battery supplier, up to $1.5 billion in tax breaks for purchasers and other consumer incentives, and some significant portion of the $14 billion loan G.M. got in 2008 for “retooling” its plants, and you’ve got some idea of how much taxpayer cash is built into every Volt.

In the end, making the bailout work — whatever the cost — is the only good reason for buying a Volt. The car is not just an environmental hair shirt (a charge leveled at the Prius early in its existence), it is an act of political self-denial as well.

Article in the Times

Central Park chillums

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:02:03 -0700

Central Park chillums

They told us how to simplify our lives, but we complicated them again. It is the paradox of the...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:58:07 -0700

They told us how to simplify our lives, but we complicated them again. It is the paradox of the designer-as-revolutionary. He can give us the tools for easier living, but if we buy too many, or the wrong ones, it is still just stuff.

Easier Living, by Design (via @nytimes)

Economics Behaving Badly

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:26:30 -0700

Economics Behaving Badly:

Read this a few days back and haven’t stopped thinking about it… think I’m going to try an econ class in the fall. #yee