“Think about how you’d feel if a guy sat down at your lunch table one afternoon when you were interviewing an applicant for a vice-president’s position and tried to sell the two of you a car, and wouldn’t go away.” – @Man. I don’t read Doc as much as I used to. Which means that …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Alt View
“What if we eventually realize that, like the alt weeklies, these are things we do because they should be done, because it’s fun, to make our little community a better place … not because they’re going to be great businesses.” – Derek Powazek
“Nearly all the text is rubbish, but no-one now knows which parts are true.”
“This ‘Kubb’ entry was rescued from Wikipedia on 25th September 2006, in its most extreme and most untrue state. The article was subject to a sustained assault over a five-month period by contributors who were reacting against the censorious approach of one Wikipedia official. Gradually they changed the text, added fictitious names and events, and …
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Attention & Ambition
That’s a lot of Wood 2012
Dobbie from Des Moines Kubb was in town tonight for the Minnesota Kubb Tuesday night friendlies. Jamie and I played a couple of very fun games with him while testing out the latest Planet Kubb Scoresheet. All told, 14 players were honing their wood tossing skills this evening. Despite the flesh wound, we all fared …
A Tachyon Walks into a Bar
or out. I can never tell which.
Knocking Wood 2012
The U.S. National Kubb Championship is this weekend. 260 people making that satisfying thwunk, thwunk sound together. Peace on earth. Can’t wait.
Finding The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
“I’m interested in the small worlds, the small worlds that make life worth living.” – Keith Kahn-Harris Brilliant project. Just brilliant. “I will travel to a number of places to investigate experts and champions in small fields in small countries. As the title of the book suggests, I will start with a chapter on water …
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First Answer the Question for Yourself
“It was terribly frustrating because I remember I started with, ‘Who am I? Why am I here?’ and I never got back to that because there was never an opportunity for me to explain my life to people” – Admiral James Bond Stockdale
Unfinished
“but I was still hoping I had a little fire in the belly, and maybe a little gas left in the tank to make something more of myself, before I ended up with just a broken spirit and a comfortable life. and so here I am: still standing in the arena, in hand-to-hand combat with …