Jason Terhorst

The Modern Father: Lifehacker articles I'm currently drafting

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:29:52 -0500

The Modern Father: Lifehacker articles I'm currently drafting:

themodernfather:

Maximize your money to get more things

Rotate your television to have better viewing angles from any seat in the room

Be more productive at work by finishing more tasks

Use parts from an Ikea desk to build an affordable DIY flat-topped productivity station

Five easy steps to making a five…

Dead.

Video

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:13:28 -0500

"Once the Devil was walking along with one of his cohorts. They saw a man ahead of them pick up..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:02:46 -0600

“Once the Devil was walking along with one of his cohorts. They saw a man ahead of them pick up something shiny. “What did he find?” asked the cohort. “A piece of the truth,” the Devil replied. “Doesn’t it bother you that he found a piece of the truth?” asked the cohort. “No,” said the Devil, “I will see to it that he makes a religion out of it.””

- Klyne Snodgrass, Between Two Truths (via andrewtgates)

The Eddy Eddyto Story: Eddy & Cherie's Story

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:33:05 -0600

The Eddy Eddyto Story: Eddy & Cherie's Story:

eddyeddyto:

Eddy Eddyto came to America several years ago to seek asylum after being attacked by Muslim extremists. Unfortunately, upon renewing his Visa he was directed to a fraudulent immigration attorney who misled him and eventually stole his life savings…

areasofmyexpertise: Never forget.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:49:50 -0600

areasofmyexpertise:

Never forget.

"It did occur to me that diabetes could take out a lot of foot tattoos, so that’s good."

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:42:12 -0600

“It did occur to me that diabetes could take out a lot of foot tattoos, so that’s good.”

- Merlin during After Dark episode #48 at 15:44.

And that is why I have Audio Hijack Pro set to record 5by5 for 3 hours every Tuesday afternoon starting at 3pm Eastern Time. Sure, you could listen to the podcast when it comes out, and after its edited, and has been entered into an RSS feed or an “iTunes” subscription, but I want the full raw uncensored stuff.

I can’t, nor would I attempt to, explain why I found that particular sentence hilarious, and I suspect that if you were to listen to that episode of After Dark you would most likely find it not to be hilarious, especially if your mom lost her favorite tattoo to diabetes, or if a foot tattoo killed your family, but here’s what I will unashamedly admit: I was listening to Back To Work and after the show I was listening to the back-and-forth between them, and enjoyed it, but when I heard that line, I literally did that laugh where you — and by you, I mean me — spit and sputter and laugh all at the same time, and then I missed about the next 5 minutes of what they said because I found it to be so damn funny.

My point isn’t “FIND THIS FUNNY BECAUSE I FOUND IT FUNNY” my point is “I hope something made you laugh today.”

I’m going to a meeting tonight where I have to talk about some fairly “heavy” stuff (which is related to the reason I haven’t posted a Favorite Part in almost a week), and a laugh was extremely welcome today.

(via tj)

U.S. Tax Rates are among the lowest in the world

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:57:15 -0500

We’re not paying enough (and letting the rich escape paying their fair share), so why is anyone surprised that balancing the budget is so hard?

Note that countries like Sweden provide free secondary education (college/university) for all of their students, as well as national healthcare. If you ask me, we need to start forcing that issue. No more subsidies for corporations - all money goes to programs for human citizens, not companies, to benefit.

kellyoxford:

Clients From Hell: Ultra-strange encounter with a client at the supermarket

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:01:28 -0500

Clients From Hell: Ultra-strange encounter with a client at the supermarket:

clientsfromhell:

Client: “Aren’t you supposed to be designing my brochure?”

Me: “It’s Sunday morning. I’m just buying milk because I ran out.”

Client: “Oh, you did? Well, what should we do then if we run out of time for the project, huh? Just leave the last two pages blank and write ‘sorry, ran out of milk’…

Yeah, I guess church leaves a lot of people feeling that way…

merlin: Well, that’s new. Witches! Witches changed my phone!...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:58:06 -0500

merlin:

Well, that’s new.

Witches! Witches changed my phone! WITCHES!!!

"If I die, I want you to use this password to get into my account and tweet “So this is what it’s..."

Fri, 13 May 2011 13:20:24 -0500

““If I die, I want you to use this password to get into my account and tweet “So this is what it’s like being a ghost”.””

- (via clientsfromhell)

Drunk?

Fri, 13 May 2011 12:22:40 -0500

clientsfromhell:

Actual email correspondence with a client:

Client: “can not find the viedo.l…. ’ Unbranded pleases send link and I would like to down load all videos how….Thank You??”

Me: “Sam, I understood each word individually in your email, but not together. What are you looking for?”

Client: “okie no thanks. Monday?”

"Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall; don’t be happy when they stumble. For the Lord will be..."

Mon, 02 May 2011 09:55:27 -0500

“

Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall;
don’t be happy when they stumble.

For the Lord will be displeased with you
and will turn his anger away from them.

Don’t fret because of evildoers;
don’t envy the wicked.

For evil people have no future;
the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

”

- Proverbs 24:17-20 (via rogieking)

Why hasn't Obama gotten results liberals like?

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:31:20 -0500

Why hasn't Obama gotten results liberals like?:

I suspect that Obama will be able to move more aggressively in his second term, when re-election isn’t on his plate. That is, assuming that the Republicans haven’t taken a larger chunk of Congress.

nullarysources:

Glenn Greenwald:

When has Obama ever done any of that? When does he offer stirring, impassioned defenses of the Democrats’ vision on anything, or attempt to transform (rather than dutifully follow) how Americans think about anything? It’s not that he lacks the ability to do that. Americans responded to him as an inspirational figure and his skills of oratory are as effective as any politician in our lifetime. It’s that he evinces no interest in it. He doesn’t try because those aren’t his goals. It’s not that he or the office of the Presidency are powerless to engender other outcomes; it’s that he doesn’t use the power he has to achieve them because, quite obviously, achieving them is not his priority or even desire.

Interesting theory. I’m not sure I’m completely sold — at this point I think it’s more a little of column “GOP obstructionism”, a little of column “not much motivation for / interest in implementing liberal/progressive policies”.

I do definitely buy into the idea that there’s little political motive for implementing such policies. The Obama halo effect is pretty strong, just as it was with Clinton, and as a politician focused on re-election, Obama’s going to do his best to court folks not already in his camp.

However, the idea that Obama simply has no or little interest in implementing programs and policies that were effectively campaign promises is a little too cynical for my tastes. What seems like a more reasonable conclusion to me is the following: while Obama would certainly like to implement these programs and have defense cuts and spend badly needed billions on infrastructure, STEM education and the like, his political calculus is (quite a bit) more complicated. In this exercise, I imagine he views his first term as a mixed bag, but something he’s ultimately proud of.

Unfortunately, my rating of Obama’s first term is a bit more negative. However, while I’m not sold on supporting Obama in the Democratic primary coming in 2012 in principle, I don’t really think there’s a reasonable chance of anyone better emerging. But we shall see, as the election machine slowly grinds into motion yet again (groan).

"Marx said religion is the opiate of the masses. Of course, now we know that opium is the opiate of..."

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:46:34 -0500

“Marx said religion is the opiate of the masses. Of course, now we know that opium is the opiate of the masses, but that’s beside the point.”

- Dr. Geoffrey Murphy (via elysesimone)

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend..."

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:58:44 -0600

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition — and then admit that we just don’t want to do it.”

- Stephen Colbert (via rogieking)

What Your 16-Hour Workday Says About You!

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:52:58 -0600

jessiechar:

You’re a really hard worker

Your time is poorly managed

You don’t know what to do with your life

Your boss knows you’re gullible

At least 40% of your diet consists of pre-packaged food

You send out work emails at inappropriate hours

You have no perspective on life

You don’t sleep enough for proper brain function

You have very little self-respect

Your salary should be higher, but isn’t

You drink either too much or not enough

"I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would..."

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:25:15 -0500

“I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
— Mitch Hedburg”

- (via Logan Leger) (via shpigford)

Chicago needs to do this. heyamberrae: i’m going all right for...

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:55:05 -0500

Chicago needs to do this.

heyamberrae:

i’m going all right for a long long time.

meghanmctavish:

I’m starting on the left and turning right.

How Do We Get Oil?

Fri, 14 May 2010 09:12:54 -0500

fakescience:

Awesome video: "Designing with Forces"

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:14:10 -0500

Awesome video: "Designing with Forces"