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Chef Jacques Pepin & his New Year Resolutions

gavin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:24:26 +0000

Wonderful piece from the WSJ where they ask a bunch of folks for resolutions. Here are a few from Jacque Pepin, one of my favorites.

I really want to finish a stone wall that I have around the boule court [Mr. Pepin is an avid player of petanque, similar to bocce ball]. I have done a lot of stonework around the house, including in the bathrooms.

I have two paintings I want to finish. One is a bunch of flowers, in acrylic. The other is an abstract painting that started as watercolor but I’m doing acrylic on top of it. I’ve been wanting to finish them for months.

And this coming from a great chef and cookbook author. That’s what I call prioritization.

Currently listening: Arcade Fire, The Suburbs

gavin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:34:49 +0000

“The bulk of The Suburbs focuses on this quiet desperation borne of compounding the pain of wasting your time as an adult by romanticizing the wasted time of your youth.”

Pitchfork even gave it an 8.6.

AT&T & Apple: Suits, not lawsuits

gavin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:05:33 +0000

When an AT&T representative suggested to one of Jobs’ deputies that the Apple CEO wear a suit to meet with AT&T’s board of directors, he was told, “We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even own suits.”

Bad Connection: Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown