February 2012

Trying to think of another cultural phenomenon as baffling as discerning comedy fans’ near-universal adoration of Parks and Recreation.

My First Time (@ Shake Shack w/ 11 others) 4sq.com/yv5kRM

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Hank Williams (84), The Louvin Brothers (49) & Loretta Lynn (38) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Has any television character ever been as handsome as Don Draper and done as much vomiting?

Hey everyone, @ChamberMonster needs a good laugh. Please tell her a funny joke.

Do monkeys have to brush and floss constantly to keep their teeth from falling out? Fuck evolution.

I have owned LetterMpress from the beginning, but this is the first time I actually dug into it. Fun!

Inspired by Daniel Markovitz’s Harvard Business Review article “To-Do Lists Don’t Work”, I have been “living in my calendar” for a few weeks now. While I’m still a long way from becoming as productive as I’d like to be, I’m definitely getting more done, and I’m also getting a clearer sense of my capabilities (read: my ideal productive self may as well have been born on Krypton).

In a nutshell, my (evolving) process works like… See more →

Okay, Ken Burns’ Civil War, let’s go. If anything can make a man out of me, it is you.

My @thepastrybox post for this month describes my new, simple time management system: the-pastry-box-project.net/rob-weychert/2…

If you require a payment method for me to access a free trial of your service, I will bid you good day.

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Tuatara (43), Hank Williams (39) & Console (22) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

“Wait, don’t I have another book on ornament? Oh yeah. I do.” instagr.am/p/HMqO96BM0e/

Every so often, I pull a brush through the beard because it seems like I should. No matter what else happens that day, it is not a good day.

Wide awake thanks to an insanely loud 4 a.m. dance party outside my window, wondering if it’s really that hard to be a decent human being.

My neighborhood bodega stopped carrying the bread I like, and the alternative loaf is much smaller. Now I know how Nigel Tufnel felt.

Finally upgraded to a @dribbble Pro account. No idea why it took me this long. dribbble.com/robweychert

In case anyone thought there was any justice, I just saw J.D. Williams (aka Preston “Bodie” Broadus) in a FedEx commercial.

Oh yeah. Asparagus.

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Beatles (46), Deerhoof (39) & The Clash (38) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

My new iPad wallpaper, courtesy of @pdoughbrie:

Words with Friends is fun, but its growing pile of Zynga bullshit baggage has me just about ready to move on.

Listening to The Moth’s Chicago Grand Slam. It’s really weird to hear Peter Sagal swearing.

In case you were wondering, my favorite Turbonegro lyric is still, “So c’mon, gimme a kiss. But don’t gimme no lip.”

For the record, “anyways” makes me twitch.

Some say it’s “anyway” in writing and “anyways” in speech. Huh? Anyway, the dictionary says “anyways” is a nonstandard form of “anyway”.

Poll: anyway or anyways?

If you’re making a video to put on YouTube and you want to add some music to it, don’t. Your music is almost certainly terrible.

Even if Björk’s work doesn’t connect with you, it is impossible not to admire her. nytimes.com/2012/02/06/arts/m…

The whole point of scheduling my grocery shopping to coincide with the Super Bowl was that other people would not also do that.

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sunny Day Real Estate (40), Whiskeytown (40) & D.R.I. (35) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

A Guy Fawkes mask can only undermine your message.

Whatever great things you may have accomplished in your life, you were not responsible for the breakfast burrito I just made.

One man, forty-four arrests, zero convictions (until now). Who sucks more at their job: the criminal or the law? philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761…

“All your music is on Spotify,” says an e-mail I received from @Spotify, who has chosen to begin our relationship with a bald-faced lie.

This video of a washing machine self-destructing really is kind of beautiful, and @jkottke’s commentary is spot-on. kottke.org/12/02/through-destruct…