Whispering Glades via Starship Melancholy: August 2013

Saturday, August 31, 2013

"I cant believe it’s liquid nitrogen. It’s like the Terminator in my mouth."

“I cant believe it’s liquid nitrogen. It’s like the Terminator in my mouth.”

- And it is delicious.

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Keith Tantlinger, Builder of Cargo Container, Dies at 92

Keith Tantlinger, Builder of Cargo Container, Dies at 92:

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Mr. Tantlinger is credited with creating, in the 1950s, the first commercially viable modern shipping container, which changed the way nations do business.

It never ceases to amaze me, how just about everything that’s produced nowadays, at some point in time, finds its way inside a cargo container. Everything fits inside a container, and if the whole doesn’t, then its parts do. Those steel boxes are perhaps the only truly universal unit of measurement. A couple of weeks ago, I met a cargo ship captain and shared a creme de menthe and sprite (Bulgarian thing) with him. I asked about what he shipped — what was in all those containers that he floats around the world. His answer was something tot eh effect of: “I don’t know, I don’t give a shit about what’s in the containers…they’re containers and they have to move” Containerization is/was a fucking crazy thing. From the side-loading boxcar to the 48’ container well, to Marlon Brando v. the longshore union bosses, from building a better mouse trap to building a better box, and everything else.

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me everyday: well that was stupid

me everyday: well that was stupid

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jheath: The truth via Airlines For America

jheath:

The truth via Airlines For America

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No fucking joke. This is the best obvious advice. I spend most...

No fucking joke. This is the best obvious advice.

I spend most of my work life just making decisions and getting either criticized, back seat driven, or Monday morning quarterbacked by some person who is not the quarterback.

I think that working in a collaborative environment should mean that, sure, collaboration is great at making everybody feel like there part of the team! And that their opinion matters! And yay! Team!

Decision by committee still ends up with one person happy with the few people that support them and everyone else either unhappy or glad that they’re not on the hook as the final decision person. To me, collaboration is about spreading out fault and blame and taking way too long to get there, because for every little stupid opinion by people that either a) don’t matter or b) aren’t impacted by the decision there ends up being more discussion which leads to more opinions from these same people who’s vote shouldn’t matter which should carry no weight.

So because I work in a quasi-collaborative environment yet i am tasked with making endless decisions, nothing I do is right, no decision is the right one, no purchase is ever correct, and no plan is ever the correct one.

Which makes work a minefield.

Lately, when these whiny non-decision makers whine I just say, “yep, I bet that sucked.”

I don’t have to explain my decisions because even if I did, you wouldn’t listen nor would you care to hear the facts leading up to it.

So, suck it, fuckers.

(I think it is safe to say I DO NOT want to go back to work.)

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did-you-kno:

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collectivehistory: Construction workers on the Forth Road...

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Construction workers on the Forth Road Bridge, 1961.

OSHA is for suckers.

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fuckyeahbehindthescenes: The man dressed up as Santa that stabs...

fuckyeahbehindthescenes:

The man dressed up as Santa that stabs Angel’s hand is director Peter Jackson.

Hot Fuzz (2007)

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120memories: The Housemartins “Happy Hour” video featured on...

120memories:

The Housemartins “Happy Hour” video featured on 120 Minutes, 1986

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with Catherine at Earth Sanctuary – View on Path.

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logimar: The most dangerous areas in the World to ship due to...

logimar:

The most dangerous areas in the World to ship due to pirates

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fotojournalismus: Ashington, Northumberland, 1974 Ian Berry

fotojournalismus:

Ashington, Northumberland, 1974

Ian Berry

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I’ve been reading these books since the sixth grade in...

I’ve been reading these books since the sixth grade in 1986. Every time i do they get better.

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slavin: There are of course many notable things about Notre...

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There are of course many notable things about Notre Dame and lots to marvel at but what strikes me always when I am there is how long it took to build it. Around 200 years. About 10 generations, about as long as the United States has been around, about 2.5 times as long as the Soviet Union was around. The idea of undertaking a project at that magnitude in the 12th c. makes me reflect on how we’ve lost that capacity these days, to engage in projects that will outlive us and 10 generations to come. Without a religious lens to see all this through, this is the one I use, a profound wonder at how - every once in a while - humanity will amaze itself. (at notre dame)

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missbhavens: mcroosa: Mommy teaching babby easier water...

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mcroosa:

Mommy teaching babby easier water drinking way because drinking water is hard experience u get it in your nose. Jesus how she puts her paw on his head in the second one. Such concern and love.

I die.

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Physicists To Test If Universe Is A Computer Simulation

Physicists To Test If Universe Is A Computer Simulation:

Physicists have devised a new experiment to test if the universe is a computer. A philosophical thought experiment has long held that it is more likely than not that we’re living inside a machine.

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zeteticat: One could get used to this.

zeteticat:

One could get used to this.

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Rehearsal dinner here on the Puget Sound.

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michaelikesit: (via Everything Wrong With America In One Simple...

michaelikesit:

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Fucked. This country is fucked.

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We have arrived at The Inn at Langley on Whidbey Island.

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My cute wife is cute!

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Ferry Power!

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mannytoodope: I ruined my sister’s selfie. Yes! Great...

mannytoodope:

I ruined my sister’s selfie.

Yes! Great photobomb!

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Get ready for endless ferry jokes.

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dewster: It’s August, Costco. Calm your tits. Be the first on...

dewster:

It’s August, Costco. Calm your tits.

Be the first on your block to purchase this shitty, half-trash, Chinese made snowman to properly celebrate an over-hyped holiday that you put all of your emotional stock into for no other reason than you believe that you have to.

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Over 50% of Food Stamp Recipients Live in the Suburbs

Over 50% of Food Stamp Recipients Live in the Suburbs:

Meet the new geography of poverty

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"There is a long history of asking African-Americans to endure racism silently; it’s characterized as..."

“There is a long history of asking African-Americans to endure racism silently; it’s characterized as grace, as strength. Chappelle’s Connecticut audience, made up of largely young White males, demanded a shuck and jive. Men who seemed to have missed the fine satire of the Chappelle show demanded he do characters who, out of the context of the show look more like more racist tropes, than mockery of America’s belief in them.”

- Dave Chappelle Didn’t Meltdown - Entertainment & Culture - EBONY (via dc-via-chicago)

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Secret Aardvark habanero hot sauce.

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Glo’s Coffee Shop for breakfast/lunch.

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Give me this house and this car. 17th and Republican street,...

Give me this house and this car.

17th and Republican street, Seattle.

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636benjamin: did-you-kno: Source They needed science to...

636benjamin:

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They needed science to figure that out?

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At the Singles apartment building. Wrong arm out, but you get...

At the Singles apartment building. Wrong arm out, but you get the idea.

If that movie was a kid, that kid would be a 21 year old senior in college.

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"In a new interview with SPIN, Reznor once again addressed major labeldom and, more specifically,..."

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In a new interview with SPIN, Reznor once again addressed major labeldom and, more specifically, what he perceives the value of his music to be:

“Nine Inch Nails feels bigger than it ever has… Is it because we’re on Columbia? Is it scarcity? I don’t know, but it doesn’t feel bigger in the sense that we’ve desperately adopted some new clothing style. It feels organic, and it feels good not to be worrying about whether or not we shipped vinyl to the cool record store in Prague. I know that what we’re doing flies in the face of the Kickstarter Amanda-Palmer-Start-a-Revolution thing, which is fine for her, but I’m not super-comfortable with the idea of Ziggy Stardust shaking his cup for scraps. I’m not saying offering things for free or pay-what-you-can is wrong. I’m saying my personal feeling is that my album’s not a dime. It’s not a buck. I made it as well as I could, and it costs 10 bucks, or go fuck yourself.”

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- Trent Reznor speaks on value of music: “It costs 10 bucks, or go fuck yourself.” | Consequence of Sound (via schlomo)

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