ps 1) rich people
― iatee, Monday, 5 July 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
tbf I looked and milo was right - there are a bunch of non-hipstery companies that make good quality axes for similar prices (although for all I know, those are just fetish items for more conservative well-to-do folks). I guess if the axe is really of comparable quality and you're not just paying for the chic, I can't completely begrudge it the pastel stripes.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Monday, 5 July 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
they would make for a good l&o murder weapon tbh
― fraps rule everything around me (s1ocki), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Ripped from the headlines of the NYT style section!
― sinister chemical wisdom (Jenny), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
http://nymag.com/news/media/67010/
feels right for this thread
― max, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 01:17 (thirteen years ago) link
fell asleep just reading the headline. wake me up when d-brooks gets his septum pierced.
― stuff that's what it is (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"When we married in 2001, my husband and I thought about having children someday. It was very important to us, though, that we first be financially stable enough to support them and give them plenty of parenting time. We were aware of our biological clocks -- who isn't? But before we knew it, we'd been happily married for eight years. I was 30, he was 32, and we still were not ready to be parents. Knowing that time was running out, we resigned ourselves to the fact that we probably would not have children."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070204597.html?hpid=newswell
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"that's cold", said the embryo.
― an outlet to express the dark invocations of (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
hey eephus there is this thread too... quiddities and agonies of the ruling class, DC edition - a rolling washington post thread
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
In a world of loud voices and extreme positions, David Brooks manages to be both irrelevant and absolutely essential.
this is classic
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
in my head i'm reading that in the movie trailer guy voice btw
Essential Irrelevance: The Collected Writings of David Brooks
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
It's actually a great sort of faint praise quote except I don't think it's meant that way.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
no way am i actually going to read that article though
At some point in my research, it occurred to me: My husband and I could create embryos, freeze them and, essentially, donate them to our future selves.
wow, you are a genius - good luck trying to keep up with the demands of a baby when you're 45 years old
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe some people have the energy to do it, but just thinking about it makes me cringe.
― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the back injuries alone will cost thousands
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
there have also been suggestions that babies conceived through IVF could ultimately face health risks, so good job endangering the health of your potential child to make him/her more convenient to your lifestyle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163580/IVF-babies-health-alert-Test-tube-children-30-cent-likely-defects-warns-watchdog.html
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
eep can you imagine? first ivf, then abortion - this is why they hate our freedoms
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Adoption looks better and better to me as time passes.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
think you're a bit over the age limit ned
― postcards from the (ledge), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
if you adopt at age 17 they'll be out of the house within a year - slam-dunk
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
n/a actually i wouldn't reeeeally take the daily mail as scripture on this issue. or on any issue, actually.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- Brilliant!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
One day I might find a home I can call my own.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 10:45 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah there is definitely debate on the topic but it seems like the uncertainty would be enough to discourage casual usage of IVF (ie for situations other than fertility problems)
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
$200 design objects and young professionals not having babies - I think this thread has been turned inward on ILX.
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
who do i have to fuck to get some IVF treatment around here??
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
“If someone says something like ‘Let’s go walk the High Line and look for people with mullets,’ you think, ‘I’ll have a better chance of having fun with this person doing this activity than the person who just says ‘Let’s go walk the High Line.’ ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/fashion/04date.html
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Often, there are more men than women on dating sites.
The site is free, though to send unlimited messages to potential paramours there is a fee (the best deal is $48 for six months). Upon joining, you are asked to rate a series of date ideas, which helps the site’s algorithm determine your matches. Next, you are shown a list of members and their date suggestions. You can then send a member a message or conduct a search.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Hipster tools for Londoners, not custom, just plain/Shakeresque: http://www.labourandwait.co.uk/
― Vuvuzilla (suzy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
some of those are actually reasonably priced but gaaaaah the whole tone there reminds me of Arabella Weir on Posh Nosh talking about her fucking strainer or whatever and saying "simple but it's lasted almost 200 years - this one was given to me by lady marchmont"
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
LOLTRUE^^^^^ I prefer the Dover Street Market branch, but then, I would.
― Vuvuzilla (suzy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/fish_hard.jpg
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/realestate/04habi.html
CREEPY ALERT
― I DIED, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Mr. Chung settled on a $649,000 condominium on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens
but when it comes to furnishing:
Mr. Chung had about $5,000.
o_O
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Well he certainly saved money by already having the cigar box banjo on hand.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
lonely guy, thinking baout furnishings
― like a ◴ ◷ ◶ (dyao), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
looks like he received his design and furnishing advice from urban outfitters
― sweaty palms, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked the finishing touch
On a metal shelf, tied with lavender satin ribbon, sits a large gift-wrapped box that contained a Hermès umbrella she gave him for his birthday.
― like a ◴ ◷ ◶ (dyao), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
As any fule no if you want a quality Axe you go to Granfors Bruks
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/business/economy/07generation.html
The daily routine seldom varied. Mr. Nicholson, 24, a graduate of Colgate University, winner of a dean’s award for academic excellence, spent his mornings searching corporate Web sites for suitable job openings. When he found one, he mailed off a résumé and cover letter — four or five a week, week after week.Over the last five months, only one job materialized. After several interviews, the Hanover Insurance Group in nearby Worcester offered to hire him as an associate claims adjuster, at $40,000 a year. But even before the formal offer, Mr. Nicholson had decided not to take the job.
Over the last five months, only one job materialized. After several interviews, the Hanover Insurance Group in nearby Worcester offered to hire him as an associate claims adjuster, at $40,000 a year. But even before the formal offer, Mr. Nicholson had decided not to take the job.
Rather than waste early years in dead-end work, he reasoned, he would hold out for a corporate position that would draw on his college training and put him, as he sees it, on the bottom rungs of a career ladder.
― s.clover, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Last para should be quoted too.
― s.clover, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
So, the axes.... this is a slightly altered version of the TGI Fridays aesthetic, right?
― elan, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh! and that guy pays $2000/month rent!
xxpost
f that guy
“Going it alone,” “earning enough to be self-supporting” — these are awkward concepts for Scott Nicholson and his friends. Of the 20 college classmates with whom he keeps up, 12 are working, but only half are in jobs they “really like.” Three are entering law school this fall after frustrating experiences in the work force, “and five are looking for work just as I am,” he said.
“I’m sitting with the manager, and he asked me how I had gotten interested in insurance. I mentioned Dave’s job in reinsurance, and the manager’s response was, ‘Oh, that is about 15 steps above the position you are interviewing for,’ ” Scott said, his eyes widening and his voice emotional.
― s.clover, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Spoiled rotten
― elan, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
tbf he doesn't pay $2000 a month rent, the whole apartment is $2000 a month, and it sounds like his parents put him there partially as a favor to the brother who couldn't find someone to share the lease.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link