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popculturebrain: Did ‘Matilda’s PR Marketing team jump the gun...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:20:20 -0400

Did ‘Matilda’s PR Marketing team jump the gun and forget to finish the ad? -@Tapeworthy via Bobby Finger

Amazing. Though the missing quotes are actually phenomenal.

Ah. I’m going to miss lunch on the Library...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:05:00 -0400

Ah. I’m going to miss lunch on the Library Terrace

lestarspeaks:

So noble. So regal. The lion looks pretty good, too.

Follow my adventure today @WundermanNYC

percolatehq: Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Teamed Up...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:58:53 -0400

percolatehq:

Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Teamed Up With Prada To Direct Its Latest Branded Fashion Film

“When you ask Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola to create a short film, you know what you’re in for and, yet, have no idea what to expect. Prada teamed up with the legendary directing pair on a short film ‘celebrating’ the launch of the brand’s new fragrance, Candy L’Eau.”

(via Watch this short film for Prada by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola | Marketing magazine)

I love this so hard

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (at...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:05:18 -0500

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (at Greenpoint)

Photo

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:43:01 -0500

sarapocock: Oh, Sally. All you wanted was a nice evening out...

Tue, 01 May 2012 19:16:38 -0400

sarapocock:

Oh, Sally. All you wanted was a nice evening out with your dad and his cool, sophisticated friends. Roger is the WORST date.

amazing

Time: Proof Copy Editors Are the Smartest People in Any Newsroom

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:20:51 -0400

Time: Proof Copy Editors Are the Smartest People in Any Newsroom :

Check out my friend Dan!

timemagazine:

We watched our deputy copy chief Dan Adkison play – and win! – Wednesday’s episode of Jeopardy. Dan, who’s been saving us from typos and other errors for three years, disappeared for a taping of the show in December and has kept the outcome to himself since. “It’s been hard to keep it a…

The FACTS about the cost of birth control

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:32:40 -0500

The FACTS about the cost of birth control:

think-progress:

Oral contraceptives, or “the pill,” can cost $1,210 per year without health insurance.

Women of reproductive age spend 68 percent more on out-of-pocket health care costs than do men, in part because of contraceptive costs.

Surveys show that nearly one in four women with household incomes of less than $75,000 have put off a doctor’s visit for birth control to save money in the past year.

Twenty-nine percent of women report that they have tried to save money by using their method inconsistently.

More than half of young adult women say they have not used their method as directed because it was cost-prohibitive.

Nearly half of women ages 18–34 with household incomes less than $75,000 report they need to delay or limit their childbearing because of economic hardships they’ve experienced in recent years.

Lay off the Social Media Experts | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:24:32 -0500

Lay off the Social Media Experts | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.:

rickwebb:

I mean “lay off” as in “lay off, man, quit harshing my gig” and not “fire.” It’s a double entendre, designed to rope in the skeptical reader. Wink wink.

I wonder, actually, if this whole “social media experts are dumb” thing is some sort of tech cultural self resentment complex. It’s a thing I do, and it’s easy for me, so it’s worthless and anyone that does that for a living is dumb or evil.

But you know what? Love yourself! That thing you know, it’s really hard! It really is! It’s a skill. There are people that don’t have it. It’s okay to be good at it!

Sometimes, at just the right time, you see something awesome. Like this.

Macchiato earlier today. Not bad. (Taken with Instagram at...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:09:28 -0500

Macchiato earlier today. Not bad. (Taken with Instagram at Toby’s Estate Coffee)

superamit: Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:24:06 -0500

superamit:

Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me.

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE

8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers.

Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months.

Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC.

Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth.

9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia!

Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time.

TODAY

… After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor!

You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.)

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.

First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.

Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.

Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.

This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.

AFTER THE TRANSPLANT

Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering:

My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick.

Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life.

Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo.

Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young.

THE GREAT NEWS

I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan.

I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Thank you.

Your ingenuity and imagination will get results (Taken with...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:56:00 -0500

Your ingenuity and imagination will get results (Taken with Instagram at Zemoga)

Drinks (Taken with Instagram at Brooklyn Winery)

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:20:40 -0500

Drinks (Taken with Instagram at Brooklyn Winery)

Cocktail and coasters (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:03:21 -0500

Cocktail and coasters (Taken with instagram)

Watch, earrings, necklace (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:45:57 -0500

Watch, earrings, necklace (Taken with instagram)

Soft scrambled eggs, chives, smoked salmon, goat cheese a la...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:33:55 -0500

Soft scrambled eggs, chives, smoked salmon, goat cheese a la @jonjcphillips (Taken with instagram)

Boyfriend (Taken with Instagram at Beadel)

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:48:43 -0500

Boyfriend (Taken with Instagram at Beadel)

Coach scooter. The girl rider had a matching helmet. The boy a...

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:43:34 -0500

Coach scooter. The girl rider had a matching helmet. The boy a white&orange one. (Taken with Instagram at Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop)

No wasted days friends. No more wasted days.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:00:05 -0500

No wasted days friends. No more wasted days.

Love this

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:11:06 -0500

Love this