Month: September 2013

Another searing collection of activist art. 27 Male Survivors Of Sexual Assault Quoting The People Who Attacked Them From Grace Brown's Project Unbreakable – an online platform that strives to "increase awareness of the issues surrounding sexual assault." Trigger warning for sexual assault.

I haven't listened to it yet but I know I'll love it. And you will to. #001: Our UnAdventure Begins! Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed For Episode 1- our UnAdventure begins with the most valuable thing an entrepreneur can have- and ends on Jug Mountain. Just the podcast ride you've been […]

"Walmart started aggressively cutting staff during the recession. Over the past five years- its total American workforce dropped by 120-000- even as the company opened more than 500 new U.S. stores. The result is longer check-out lines- backlogged inventory- and poor customer service — not to mention employee protests all over the country. Now- amid […]

I remember Rocco making similar analysis of Rent years ago – on the chosen poverty of the conspicuously starving artists: "It doesn't help that they routinely come across as callous to actual working and poor people in their neighborhood. The poor- beleaguered waiter at the Life Cafe's a prime example: Mark seems to think that […]

"Mostly- I am just over Candlestick Park. I don't know when things changed- but the games just aren't fun anymore. The fans are too drunk. They're too rowdy. And they're too angry. I'm all for making noise and having fun; it's a football game after all. But when a girl in pigtails and knee-high socks […]

"A 700-square-foot 1-bedroom- for $3-995 a month. That's the most expensive Lower Haight 1-bedroom currently available on Craigslist." Haight and Fillmore Apartments Now Available After two years' worth of renovations- the apartments at the fire-damaged building at Haight and Fillmore are now available for rent.

"Startups are speculative- and this is gambling. You shouldn't invest anything you're not comfortable kissing goodbye. Treat it as casino money." http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2013/09/23/youd-like-to-be-an-angel-investor-heres-how-you-can- Most deals get done in informal settings. Now- I'm inviting you to join me. (Photo: Russell Yip) On September 23- 2013 (that's today)- the world of startup financing changes forever. It's a truly […]

Andy nails it to the wall as usual: A terrible sales strategy You: Found a cool product and filled out a web form to get more information. Salesperson: Emails you- asking to set up a phone call. You: "I don't even know what it costs or what it does. Can you send … Continue reading

Searing art. 27 Survivors Of Sexual Assault Quoting The People Who Attacked Them Project Unbreakable is an online photography project that aims to "encourage the act of healing through art." Trigger warning for sexual assault.

Some of his best friends are Gaelic. Romney announces that adopted black grandson has Gaelic name meaning 'black' | The Raw Story On Twitter- former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced the adoption of his "22nd grandchild-" Kieran James Romney- who is the second twenty-second grandchild he's acquired in two months.