Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
This, via Perry, is bang on:
What scofflaws need now, and what the majority of our population will wish for in the future, probably at the point where the government finally does try to seize every handgun or require every citizen be fingerprinted and have his or her DNA sequenced and recorded in a permanent database, […]
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Posted on February 20th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
I just read An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins who suffers from manic-depressive illness (aka bipolar disorder, which Jamison finds something of an unhelpful misnomer). Being an award-winning and highly-respected medical professional - and having tenure - helped free her to write candidly about her disorder, her […]
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Posted on February 20th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
One of my favourite blogs right now is The Happiness Project. It’s the kind of blog I really need to sit down and digest - not just skim and then mark as read in my RSS reader - and I’m treating myself to a catch-up session with what Gretchen’s been writing. As always, a rewarding […]
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Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
Perfectionism is the highest order of self-abuse.
Source unknown; thanks to Ashley Judd for this one.
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Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
It’s the fastest five minutes I’ve ever spent on YouTube, interestingly, and really cheered me up. I’d love to show this (via Guido) to all of the people who love to tell me how there’s nothing especially interesting or earth-shattering about what we are now doing online. Oh, really?
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Posted on February 2nd, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
Canada is the official Enemy of Fun, whereas Cuba is just the Enemy of Progress.
“Rooted to its traditions and customs” as in “bugger all has happened for the last fifty years”. Say what you like about communism, at least it avoids disfiguring the landscape with a lot of mucky economic development. Well, muck they can […]
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Posted on January 18th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
Not surprisingly, I like what Alice Bachini-Smith says here:
[I]f you think (as I do) that parenting is a job, a different thing from “the personal relationship you have with those people who happen to be your kids” (although they are related- it’s easier to guide and facilitate someone better when you know them intimately well), […]
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Posted on December 19th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Oh, man. I just got to minute 31 of Perry’s conversation with Brian, at which point they start to debate whether Antoine and I met at a Samizdata party or at one of Brian’s Friday’s (the last-Friday-of-the-month talk that Brian hosted at his place every month for years). For the - embarrassing, sad - record, […]
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Posted on November 20th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Brian Micklethwait has done the world a favour and blogged a little of his career counselling wisdom. I know a few people who have sought Brian’s help on career matters, and all have sung his praises. (I think it helps that he’s not afraid to call bullshit, but is also encouraging of enthusiasm. The combination […]
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Posted on November 1st, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
It’s a shame that Kylie Minogue had to get cancer to see what kind of man she’s got, but - if my experience is anything to go on - the signs are usually there anyway:
[Olivier] is the most honourable man I have ever met. He’s surprising. On particularly dark days I’d be lying on the […]
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Posted on October 24th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
I’m away all day tomorrow in Paris, getting my hair did and having a play date with Amy Alkon, so I’ll leave you with this video…which I wouldn’t watch, actually; the sound is all you need, and the visuals kind of ruin things. (Two years ago, when I used to spend all day working at […]
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Posted on October 24th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
When he was in London this summer, I had the pleasure of throwing a party for Ben Casnocha, the teenage entrepreneur, author, and blogger. Ben’s now taking his gap year travels to Japan, China, and India, and writes from Shanghai:
Once in Shanghai I made my way to a blog reader’s house. It was one of […]
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Posted on October 18th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Good to be back in the UK. Lots to process, including the sick feeling I got this morning at Heathrow when I spotted three guys hovered together beside the baggage carousel, hunched over their Crackberries, thumbs a blur, mainlining connectivity. I was riveted by the sight of them, and the pang of recognition of myself […]
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Posted on October 2nd, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
When I was in LA, my friend Robert Avrech and I headed straight for our regular hangout: Pico Kosher Deli. PKD was Robert’s late son Ariel’s favourite place to eat, and with pastrami sandwiches five inches thick and the best coleslaw in the world, I can see why. I’m always the only gentile in the […]
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