I made a quick list of some thinks I like and dislike, and I thought, why not share them with the Agora.
Likes:
(1) this electoral mapping tool (check out the historic races)
(2) futurist trend spotting
(3) Billy Collins
(4) "Yer so bad" by Tom Petty
(5) the cold side of the pillow
(6) the Huffington Post
(7) Jeffersonian curiosity
(8) Ira Carmen and public intellectuals
(9) thetodd's consistently rational, warm, and thoughtful commentary and Jaybandit's corner
(10) my "Underdog" glass
Dislikes:
(1) the ban on money transfers that ruined online poker, which has made me a worse player because it is easier to patiently wait for good cards when you're playing 6-8 tables, than in a live game
(2) when people use the verb "did" or "do" to act on a place, such as "we did Cancun" or "Dude, we're gunna do Deleware"
(3) being called "dude"
(4) blog redesigns taking much longer than they should because we have a shortage of design ability [if you want to help, we would really appreciate it -please email urbanagora@gmail.com]
(5) the words "clearly," "precipice," and "turd"
(6) living life in six minute increments
(7) being addicted to my blackberry
(8) when people who aren't significantly better than me at chess get chess related tattoos
(9) my inability to understand why anyone with an IQ over 85 would support Hillary Clinton - doesn't the illogical, dishonest, and exaggerated messaging bother you? I need to figure this out if I want to get better at politics
(10) the merciless shrew who refused to negotiate and charged me $25 for my Underdog glass
Likes:
(1) this electoral mapping tool (check out the historic races)
(2) futurist trend spotting
(3) Billy Collins
(4) "Yer so bad" by Tom Petty
(5) the cold side of the pillow
(6) the Huffington Post
(7) Jeffersonian curiosity
(8) Ira Carmen and public intellectuals
(9) thetodd's consistently rational, warm, and thoughtful commentary and Jaybandit's corner
(10) my "Underdog" glass
Dislikes:
(1) the ban on money transfers that ruined online poker, which has made me a worse player because it is easier to patiently wait for good cards when you're playing 6-8 tables, than in a live game
(2) when people use the verb "did" or "do" to act on a place, such as "we did Cancun" or "Dude, we're gunna do Deleware"
(3) being called "dude"
(4) blog redesigns taking much longer than they should because we have a shortage of design ability [if you want to help, we would really appreciate it -please email urbanagora@gmail.com]
(5) the words "clearly," "precipice," and "turd"
(6) living life in six minute increments
(7) being addicted to my blackberry
(8) when people who aren't significantly better than me at chess get chess related tattoos
(9) my inability to understand why anyone with an IQ over 85 would support Hillary Clinton - doesn't the illogical, dishonest, and exaggerated messaging bother you? I need to figure this out if I want to get better at politics
(10) the merciless shrew who refused to negotiate and charged me $25 for my Underdog glass
Labels: Augur, Random Ramblings
Great post . . . we need more of this (Jay's posts are great as well) instead of ad nauseum political posting/arguing/banter/etc.
I also want to state for the record that I didn't think it was possible to get anything dorkier than a "WSOP 2008!!!!" tattoo . . . until I saw the links to the chess ones. Supremely awesome.
Thanks for the love...I do what I can
Clearly I should continue posting here :)
Clearly, you are on the precipice of over-achieving at this blogger thing.
...and, you're a turd.
Hey Augur, you wanna do lunch with me this weekend?
Oh, Todd, most definitely you should keep posting here.
Tom
But I will take a break for about a week.
'Cause dude, I'm like, totally doing Vegas.