Posts Tagged ‘culture’

Rabbit, Rabbit

 
dangerouslycutebunny
 

It’s the first day of the month – did you remember to say Rabbit, Rabbit before you got out of bed for good luck?

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Posted on 02/01/12
 

Gong Hey Fat Choy: It’s the Year of the Dragon

 
2012 dragon
 

General buzz is that 2012 is going to be a big year, with everyone from economists to astrologers gushing about signs that point to a year filled with good luck and new opportunities for prosperity and happiness. We might have the Dragon to thank for that.

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Posted on 01/23/12
 

The Fortune Cloud

 
Shanghai Tang fortune cloud jewelry
 

Have I told you how much I love Shanghai Tang? No? Well, I do. A lot.

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Posted on 01/22/12
 

Adsurdism Ad Hilaritas

 
Steven Meisel for W
 

As someone who loves to mock the dreck churned frequently by the ad wizards in Madison Avenue (or their West Coast compatriots), I was giggling with glee at this article in today’s New York Times about photographer Steven Meisel’s series of images for the November issue of W magazine, poking clever fun at both the advertising and fashion industries.

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Posted on 11/06/11
 

Remembering Steve Jobs

 
Steve Jobs
 

I don’t think I can say anything today better than I did when I wrote The Amazing Mr. Jobs back in August. As the true weight of the loss of such an amazing, inspiring, world-changing visionary begins to settle, there are a number of people who have managed to put these feelings into very eloquent words.

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Posted on 10/05/11
 

Are we human, or are we dancer?

 
 

Must we choose?

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Posted on 10/04/11
 

The Amazing Mr. Jobs

 
 

When Steve Jobs announced yesterday that he would be stepping down as Apple’s chief executive, it was, for many of us, as if a god had stepped down from Mount Olympus, a hero had laid down his shield and sword and walked off the battlefield.

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Posted on 08/25/11