March 2012
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Did you buy your dumb lotto ticket yet, you dumb...
by Henry Goldman
That’s right, Californians. I’m calling all of us out for getting excited about the $640 million MegaMillions jackpot, myself included, (because, as soon as I finish this post, I will be going down to the corner store to waste 10 bucks on some tickets). According to the LA Times, the chances of winning are 1 in 176 million, meaning you’re definitely not going to win. There, I...
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Adults in Spain: a discussion with expat, Will...
by Henry Goldman and Will Payne
One of the things that personally interests me about the concept of new adulthood in North America, is how it corresponds with new adulthood in other countries. Without diving too far into cliché about how the world is flat and it’s all connected, it’s fair to say that there is more of shared culture, brought about by new media, than ever before. So I wanted to...
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10 things about my 30s I’m looking forward to
by Henry Goldman
I turn 30 this year, and rather then live in denial, or act like I’m depressed about it, I’m choosing to get excited about it. Here’s a few things I’m genuinely excited about.
Friends getting divorced. To all my married friends who see this, I want you to know that I am sincerely happy about your marriages. I thoroughly enjoyed your wedding, think your wife/husband is terrific and...
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Wait, MTV brought 120 Minutes back?
by Henry Goldman
This may not be news to you folks with cable, but to “cordcutters” like me (translation: people who watch tv on the internet), seeing this ad for the “new” 120 Minutes in a music periodical came as a half-shock. I was initially excited that anyone even remembered the only MTV show of my youth that showcased well-curated, independent and emerging bands. And...
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Historical Quote of the Day
“When something considered secret and wonderful is revealed to the world, it becomes a little less wonderful. It’s time to find something new. That’s a legitimate and healthy cycle. But I think we’re still great, and I don’t have blinders on.”
- Michael Stipe, quoted by Spin in 1988, being both self aware and cocky, on the eve of REM signing an 8-figure deal with Warner Brothers Records, amidst...
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Things that are a waste of time: reading TV recaps...
by Henry Goldman
I don’t remember when I started reading recaps of TV shows on blogs, probably within the last couple of years, as they started blowing up. It probably started innocently enough, maybe the day after watching an episode of The Wire I was particularly excited about, when I saw in my Google Reader feed a write-up about said episode. It was probably pretty similar to most “good” TV...
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I'm too old for this shit (but too young to...
by David Larson
I got a job within the first week of moving to New Orleans, and although I only work three days a week, I’m making more money than I’ve ever made. So, I don’t want to complain about my job. It’s on Frenchman Street, we serve some good fare and my co-workers and managers are all nice people. But the hours are insane. I work from 6:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.,...
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An annoying thing people in Portland (and Adrian...
by Henry Goldman
They’re making beer in cans which you have to open with a church key, a la that episode of Mad Men when Don is drinking beer out in his shed.Why, you ask? Does the beer taste beer when the can doesn’t have a pop top? Is it more environmentally friendly?
The answer is no. The reason they are producing a beer that can only be opened with an old a can-opener because it...
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How to be an asshole at the artisan coffee bar
by Henry Goldman
Let me preface this post by saying on the scale between coffee slobs and coffee snobs, I probably land closer on the snob side of the spectrum. I live in San Francisco, home to, like, half a dozen different obnoxiously hip, artisan coffee roasters, and so I’ve been conditioned to enjoy a machiatto with a neat little design in it and to prefer an individually prepared cup of coffee...
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The hangovers are getting worse – what should I...
by Henry Goldman
I remember when I was in my early 20s, drinking with friends in their late 20s would tell me that about how when they turned 28 or so, hangovers got substantially worse. And me, being the typical cocky 25 year old, I would always think to myself, “Yeah, maybe for you. I actually drink, so hangovers aren’t really a thing.” And then, the next morning, when I had a slightly upset...
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How to have a drink at the bar by yourself
by Henry Goldman
There’s no shame in drinking by your self at the bar. I’ve done it often, when traveling or killing time before meeting someone or, I dunno, wallowing in personal despair. However, I admit I used to be self-conscious about what I looked like, goofy Jewish guy nursing a high-life by himself, while people on dates or hanging out with coworkers surrounded me. Maybe everyone sizes...
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A few things I thought about while watching the 21...
by Henry Goldman
That’s right. Going to the Creators Project wasn’t my only cultural experience this weekend. I also went with a couple friends to go see Jonah Hill and Chan-Tate tear it up in the #1 MOVIE IN THE COUNTRY. I’m not going to review the film for you, because if you were interested, you’ve probably already checked in with your favorite aggregation site to find out if it’s got a good...
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We need more contributors! (especially lady ones)
Hey everybody. If you couldn’t tell, yr an adult is supposed to be a collective reflection of the experience of being an adult without feeling like an adult, which, as far as I can tell, is what most adults feel like. Problem is, I’m kinda pulling the whole cart by myself of late folks. I’d love to get more voices here, preferably some female ones, because, as I understand it, ladies can be...
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#THINGRECAP: Vice/Intel’s Creators Project in San...
by Henry Goldman
The Creators Project was a thing that happened in San Francisco over the weekend.
Ok. More specifically, it was one of a handful of international branded “experiences”, produced by Vice’s marketing wing on behalf of Intel, who, I believe, make robots. The mission of the Creator’s Project is ostensibly to “celebrate art and technology”, but more specifically, it’s to make 18-34...
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Can we all agree to NOT be afraid of life?
by Henry Goldman
In this week’s Sunday Review, a couple academics wrote a damning criticism of young(ish) Americans lack of mobility, momentum, and drive, called “The Go Nowhere Generation”. In making a case that our generation has been sissy-fied by a persistently weak economy, the authors cited a handful of statistics about how twentysomethings are 40% less likely to move to another state than...
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Actual creativity happens in a flash and/or while...
by Henry Goldman
One of the things I’ve noticed since I took up blogging, years ago, for a little daily fiction site called the heartbroke daily (oh, you haven’t heard of it? booooo….) was that the best posts tended to come from a flash of inspiration and then almost wrote themselves. The ones where I had to bang my head against the desk, trying to force an idea out, were always...
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My friend's dad wants to show you how to cook
And also, berate you for not being very good with the ladies, like he is apparently. So, that’s a thing. You can follow here.
-hg
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