Random Ramblings: Likes and Dislikes

by Augur • Mar 17th, 2008 at 9:20 pm • 7 comments

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

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  1. Comment by illinikc33 on 17 March 2008 at 9:59 pm:

    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.

  2. Comment by JayBandit on 17 March 2008 at 10:34 pm:

    Thanks for the love…I do what I can

  3. Comment by thetodd on 18 March 2008 at 5:08 am:

    Clearly I should continue posting here :)

  4. Comment by Anonymous on 18 March 2008 at 10:37 am:

    Clearly, you are on the precipice of over-achieving at this blogger thing.

    …and, you’re a turd.

  5. Comment by Billy Joe Mills on 18 March 2008 at 11:03 am:

    Hey Augur, you wanna do lunch with me this weekend?

  6. Comment by tet on 18 March 2008 at 11:07 am:

    Oh, Todd, most definitely you should keep posting here.

    Tom

  7. Comment by thetodd on 18 March 2008 at 11:33 am:

    But I will take a break for about a week.

    ‘Cause dude, I’m like, totally doing Vegas.

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