It’s always funny to read a not-so-nice article about Ben Rothlisberger. He went to my high school, I didn’t really know him, but I know some of the guys interviewed. My favorite line,

He was a good kid. That’s why I think a lot of this is going down now, because he never lived like any of us in high school, having fun, doing this and that.

As previously mentioned, the Monocle Mediterraneo. It’s as beautiful as I imagined it would be. Anyone want to grab me a copy?

I’m going to have to give deep double clutch extraction a try.

pour half the water you typically use into your coffee machine and let the maker do its thing. Once the brewer stops dripping (and, say, you’ve made toast), add the second half of the water. This will extract more flavor out of your bean in a way that will seriously please you, without changing a thing.

Style is not easy, but it is worth while.

Kevin Kelly put this amazing list of the best magazine articles ever together. I think it should be turned into an iPad app so that you will always have some short(er) form journalism to read.

Here’s a great list of why intelligent people fail. I think I’ll keep this close by as motivation when I seem to be struggling with a project.

1. Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it. Motivation may be external (for example, social approval) or internal (satisfaction from a job well-done, for instance). External sources tend to be transient, while internal sources tend to produce more consistent performance.

One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am – a reluctant enthusiast….a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive.

Edward Abbey

Looks like the girl on the cover of Vampire Weekend’s Contra wasn’t too happy they used her photo – she’s suing them.

If I’d written that book, it would be called Drink, Swear, Fart.