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Comment on The worst parking I’ve ever seen by mark larson | More bad parking/driving

mark larson | More bad parking/driving — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:50:02 +0000

[…] make it up if I tried. I saw this tonight. Only about 30 feet separates this from the worst parking I’ve ever seen incident earlier this year. There must be some sort of psycho-electro-magnetic field in this […]

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:03:53 +0000

Oh, the link! Right. Heh. It would probably help if I put that in…

Comment on by Jen

Jen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:10:27 +0000

Um…does this post contain some nutritious blend of hyperlinks that I can’t see?

Comment on Weekly muxtape, never edition by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:31:50 +0000

Sweet. Will check out when Sibelius lets go of my speakers this evening.

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:26:20 +0000

I didn’t even try to resist. Probably set a new record for link succumbtion when I saw that one…

Comment on by Tim

Tim — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:11:58 +0000

See, this is good, because I can see this post, click the link, and then exercise my ENORMOUS, JORDAN-LIKE WILLPOWER to keep myself from listening to the whole thing.

Which is good. I need to get my reps in.

Comment on Weekly muxtape, never edition by Tim

Tim — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:04:18 +0000

If you haven’t already heard it, dig this cover of “There Is a Light that Never Goes Out”.

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:52:48 +0000

Yeah! Give ol’ TJ a shout-out. I wonder if some PhD has made an anthology or a history of cut/paste/remix books?

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:48:07 +0000

Hmmm. I wonder if each knows the other is out there? Maybe they can meet up at the next ROFLCon.

Comment on by Jen

Jen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:37:00 +0000

N.B. — Both Halo Kid and Star Wars Kid are Canadian.

“One must have a mind of winter…”

Comment on by Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:07:30 +0000

I gotta work this into the book somehow…

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:39:35 +0000

Hello, old friend! You know you’re always welcome here.

Comment on by Kate Allman

Kate Allman — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:05:02 +0000

Mark! I stumbled across this as I was trying to find a picture of you. (Have I ever told you how much I love you?). Anyway, instead of just finding a picture (which I did), I also found this beautiful blog of yours! I love how you love music so much. Keep writing. I love this.

Comment on Weekly muxtape, citrus edition by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:10:37 +0000

Cool. Will do.

Comment on Weekly muxtape, citrus edition by Jen

Jen — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:51:47 +0000

Check out “Limon en la cabeza” by Gecko Turner…

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:39:44 +0000

Awesome. I’ll definitely grab it from you.

Comment on by Chris

Chris — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:38:44 +0000

I have a copy of The Art of Practicing

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:43:29 +0000

Hey Comet! Yes, I was Whistler in ‘05 and ‘07… and probably again somewhere in ‘09. I’ve got my AT pics here if you’re feeling nostalgic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marklarson/sets/72157600553114109/

If you have your hike photos up anywhere, I’d love to see them.

Comment on by Dave

Dave — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:39:07 +0000

Ah you’re right, it’s a northern VA, WV, MD thing. Were you Whistler on the AT last year? I think we met on BPL but not in “real life”, I was a few weeks behind on the trail. My trail name was Comet.

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:49:31 +0000

It looks like the JFK is up near Maryland, Dave. I’m down here in Atlanta. I think it makes sense to stay local for my first ultra disaster :)

But yes, the trails are calling. They are indeed calling.

Comment on by Dave

Dave — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:00:43 +0000

I ran my first road marathon earlier this year, since then I have hit the trails preparing for a 50K. Aren’t you near the JFK50 ultra? Part of it is on the AT…it’s calling you!

Comment on The Back of the Napkin (review: 3.5/5) by mark larson |

mark larson | — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:16:26 +0000

[…] Roam has shared the “Napkin Tools” from his book. (I wrote a wee review of The Back of the Napkin a while ago). New offerings in PDF format include the Visual Thinking Codex, the SQVID, and the […]

Comment on by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:18:24 +0000

Man, whatever happened to him?

Comment on by Jen

Jen — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:53:14 +0000

Which would be why Chevy Chase dropped out of the place where Dave Barry went to college.

Comment on In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:18:45 +0000

I don’t think I’ll ever read OD now. I know another friend who’s been working on it for about a year now…

Comment on In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) by Kevin Bleier

Kevin Bleier — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:33:37 +0000

Appreciate the review here, Mark. Glad you didn’t tackle The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which is probably 200% more bloated than this one (which I thought was more readable … but I didn’t finish this one either).

And I really want to like Michael Pollan too … love the ideas, but would also agree that you can read his articles or find him in radio discussions.

Even more frustrating for me (as a science teacher) is trying to find selections for students to read to get across his basic points. Holy crap … I tried last year with the above-mentioned book, and I think I had 10 pages with 2-3 lines per page underlined for them to read, then skip on to the next selection.

Yeesh.

Comment on In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:28:42 +0000

Hopefully I didn’t totally scare you away from it. Maybe skim the last 50 pages in the library?

Comment on In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) by Seth

Seth — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:07:40 +0000

I was very close to purchase after seeing Pollan’s talk on YouTube and a recent NightLine appearance. Thanks for steering me in the opposite direction.

Comment on In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) by Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:22:14 +0000

Dude, the Pareto-analysis is Shazam!

(Thinking Big Thoughts . . .)

Comment on In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) by Mark Larson

Mark Larson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:39:00 +0000

Maybe there’s a Pareto thing at work here: 80% of the information-value comes from maybe 20% of the book (the parts that make a good article).

But when it comes to financial returns on your ideas, 80% will come from the book and the attention (speaking, consulting, etc.) it generates. It’s a matter of taking that 20% and making it hefty enough for a hardback…

(Thanks for catching the typo!)