"Swin found humans vastly unimpressive. There was no limit to their ability to disappoint."
— Arkansas, John Brandon
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Alcatraz Island and the strait of the Golden Gate, between 1898-1905. [LoC] (via barretta)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/ee0604ae84e9cff487bd495ec093f5b8/tumblr_mm75jcVSEx1qbqklto1_500.jpg)
"You may get screwed, but you have no choice but to hold your breath and roll the dice. This is the part at which you excel, the point where you have to register fear only with your brain and not let it invade your guts. You do the same thing with frustration and discouragement; they can never really touch you. You can acknowledge injustice and the absurdity of life while never getting weighed down by these things."
— Arkansas, John Brandon
"Maybe he could be like them: kept happy because of low-stress work that occupied their minds, tired out their bodies, and gave them something to complain about. Their evening beers were all they needed."
— John Brandon, Arkansas
i thought i disdained sheryl sandberg’s ideas but actually i think “lean in” is really inspiring
I had no interest in reading Lean In, because I had seen Sheryl Sandberg’s TedTalk and figured I got her point but just didn’t like it.
And that point was: women should not scale back their ambition because they might have kids someday. Instead, women should lean in to their careers, because they don’t know if/when they’ll have kids and also, the world needs more female leaders.
It all seemed annoyingly preachy, as if Michael Phelps were telling us to train harder at the 400 i.m. without asking, “Hey, do you want to swim?”
Okay, now I need to read this book.
“If what a bookstore offers matters to you, then shop at a bookstore. If you feel that the experience of reading a book is valuable, then read a book. This is how we change the world: We grab hold of it. We change ourselves.”
Ingredients for a successful sick day: 10 glasses of water, 9 hours in a comfy bed, 8 handfuls of powerberries from Trader Joe’s (basically glorified Raisinets masquerading as health food), 7 hours of guilty-pleasure TV/books/Internet, 6 work emails (optional), 5 stretch breaks, 4 texts with boyfriend, 3 naps, 2 cats, 1 popular new novel, 0 guilt.
