Short Layoff, Long Comeback - New York Times - You can acquire and maintain cardiovascular fitness with many activities, but if you want to keep your ability to row, or run, or swim, you have to do that exact activity.
Clive Thompson on the Age of Microcelebrity: Why Everyone’s a Little Brad Pitt - "Every time [...]
Insight Center - What Great Managers Do - Portfolio.com - a little insight on how to manage your staff
Natasha: Fiction: The New Yorker - new fiction by Vladimir Nabokov (author of Lolita) that has never been published in English
Ten Books on Investing Recommended by Warren Buffett | Business Pundit - if he recommends them, I'm [...]
From the genius’s mouth - Nov. 15, 2007 - "Learn to live cheaply. Learn to live like an animal. One thing we had going for us is we all spent a lot of time in grad school, and long periods of grad school teach you how to live well on a low budget. That's good [...]
Stop throwing your business cards in your shirt pocket. It’s both tacky and leaves a funny impression when you hand a tattered-cornered business card. My choice is the Plastica Card Case. It’s felt gives you a feeling of re-used materials and looks extremely classy when you’re networking.
How To Use a Baseball Scorecard | The Art of Manliness - change the way you watch the game
Composing a Revolution - Re-inventing classical music
The Man Date - a nod to the man date
Yale Outsmarts the Market : NPR - One man who consistently beats the S&P.
Interview with Tobias Wong - "If there's something I [...]
More business lessons from the coffee and donut guy (kottke.org) - interesting way to do business
Liars Poker Update - Author Michael Lewis updates us a bit on his book Liar's Poker (very excellent).
Career Gear - a charity that takes your old suits and donates them to men who have job interviews. Great idea!
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Slate’s special issue on procrastination. - read it … if you're not too lazy
Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too - A very interesting piece about why Zappos might be one of the better companies out there
Fashion Grudge Match - Thom Brown vs. Tom Ford. I side with Brown.