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Notes made on the way to the grave by Melissa Kirsch, author of The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything.

Apr 29

» 'I think too much of design is too dumb'

An interview with one of my favorite designers, Tord Boontje.

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Apr 15

One of my (semi-secret) favorite songs ever.

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» Obama's Pronunciation of ‘Divisive'

This has been irking me. I too loved the speech, and I totally agree with everything this post says. I know I’m a dork that I’m still thinking about a word in a speech from 100 news cycles ago.

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Apr 08

“ Mr. Jagger and company are mischievous bohemian whippersnappers churning up variations on their elders’ musical bedrock.

— I loved Shine A Light. Stunning, inspiring, exciting.

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I find this very alluring. Thankfully, it’s priced prohibitively.

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Apr 02

“ Oxygen viewers have not settled into adult growth patterns.

— Lauren Zalaznick, now president of Oxygen, in the NYT.

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Mar 30

“ Now my life’s a nightmare of efficiency.

— Old 97’s, Adelaide

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Mar 11

I know I’m not alone in adoring this. It’s too amazing for words.

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Feb 25

» Testosterone

One of the best This American Life episodes ever was rebroadcast this weekend. Riveting.

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Feb 20

“ Op-Ed cannot harbor any aspirations about being encyclopedic. For this reason, important subjects, issues and ideas will go uncovered. Op-Ed will inevitably be subjective and idiosyncratic.

— Another post-it floating around on my desk. From the NYT editorial board, explaining their ethos a few years ago. It helped.

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Feb 19

» There is something so charming about this.

Click, click.

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Feb 03

“ Accepting the explanation that he didn’t see her is possible only for people who can imagine being at a party and not noticing when the boyfriend who dumped you last week is standing 3 feet away.

— Gail Collins on The Alleged Snub

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Feb 01

“ Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived at Ms. Spears’s mansion about 11 p.m. Wednesday night, and were reportedly told to refer to her as “the package.

— AP

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Jan 26

“ Those of us who live in New York found it rather peculiar that Giuliani was a front-runner at all, given his deeply mixed record running the city. Now, the idea that Florida might take him out of the race is somewhat disappointing. There’s still so much about him we haven’t yet had a chance to share with the national electorate. Did we ever mention the time he tried to stop the city elections because he didn’t think that New York could get along without him?

— Gail Collins, NYT

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Jan 24

» Socializr

What’s with leaving out a letter in your Web 2.0 application name? Following up on the previous post, this seems like a slightly better alternative to Evite which is mentioned in the Wired piece. I like when people say things suck and then offer solutions.

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