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Three ideas for someone to steal

Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:29
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Three ideas for someone to steal

Sometimes I cook up ideas to make the world better. Rather than go nuts trying to come up with the money, expertise, and time to execute them and thereby become wealthy enough to hire a house cleaner, I usually just keep them to myself. These ideas rot away in my memory and disappear. How selfish! (Even if, as I suspect, the ideas usually suck.) Now that we are firmly ensconced in the era of share everything, I will do my best to spread these half-assed ideas to the rest of the planet via blogging and tweeting and social networking and human interface 2.0ing. Enjoy.

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How my crazy poodle has taught me to be more assertive

Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:34
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How my crazy poodle has taught me to be more assertive

Cricket is certifiably insane. I have expert confirmation of this fact. Sometimes, when she attacks and bites people or works herself into an aggressive tizzy, it isn’t funny in the least. But when she is under control, as she more or less has been for the past few months, her eccentricities can be amusing, even instructive.

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Gentlemen Broncos
If we politely ignore Nacho Libre, this movie is the true spiritual follow-up to Napoleon Dynamite for Jared Hess, and it accordingly suffers from sequelitis. More

Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy’s final novel scandalized England for its views on divorce, but there’s something more shocking at work in its dreary prose. More

Alice in Wonderland
Or, as the script would have it titled, Um in Underland. Now, I’m a Tim Burton apologist, so I’m inclined to forgive this movie for many faults, but… More

The Invention of Lying
Ricky Gervais is a master of the comedic reaction shot, which means he cast himself perfectly in this brilliant script about the only man in the world who knows how to lie. More

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New California law regulates massage therapy

While the details have yet to be figured out, 500 hours is expected to be the new benchmark

In the popular imagination, a massage is often a luxury in a warm room with soothing music, a sensuous and decadent way to relax. For many people, however, massage is an essential therapy, helping them recover from a serious injury, or preventing the onset of chronic medical issues. Because massage rests in this halfway area between recreation and medicine, its regulation in America has been anything but uniform. Many places keep an eye on the practice solely for its unfortunate use as a cover for prostitution. Others treat the practice more as a health issue, stepping in to make sure massage therapists are qualified and capable of delivering the relief they advertise. California, until this year, had no state-level regulation at all.

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1987 meets 2010
It’s been fantasy baseball drafting time around here. I’ve got all my teams lined up already, and now I’m just biting my nails through Spring Training hoping nobody gets hurt. I’m also reading up, belatedly, on who’s expected to have a breakout year. That’s what initially drew me to MLB’s official fantasy preview. But my jaw hit the floor when I saw the visual treatment, putting every player in an authentic 1987 Topps baseball card. I drool at the thought of these being on sale somewhere. I mean, just look at them. Beautiful.
Digital magazines — just one step left
As a magazine nerd, I find this video from Bonnier endlessly fascinating. I’ve watched it half a dozen times now, and it still makes me gasp at the appropriate moments. Much more intelligent and intuitive than either the iPad demos or the Time Inc. reader previews that have been flying around. It’s quiet, and there’s a lot of Ikea-like stage dressing to make you feel cozy with the idea of digital reading, but hang with it and watch the features unfold. More