Your Mom Not Mine

Congratulations to a great team from a Great City.

Something to make you smile on this otherwise dreary, gray February morning.

thedailywhat:

Lights Out: Paul Simon’s “You Can Call me Al,” ably reimagined by smile-mongers Dan Mills, Adam Podd, and Mark Goodell.

[thanks joseph!]

Sarah Jarosz - I Can’t Love You Now

Seriously, how can you not enjoy music like this? Her voice is just fantastic, the instrumentation is perfect. Traditional bluegrass brought to the 21st century. The whole album is 100% recommended.

Sarah Jarosz - Left Home

I am absolutely loving Sarah Jarosz’s album after seeing it on Amazon yesterday. I’ll post another song for you.

Don’t give money to Haiti →

As a professional in fundraising, I’ve learned first hand the struggles that non-profits have spending restricted funds. All too often, programs that have no needs for more funds struggle to use the money given to them, while programs under the same non-profit umbrella struggle to make their ends meet.

It’s human nature to want to believe that in the wake of a major disaster, we can all do our bit to help just by giving generously. And if there’s a silver lining to these tragedies at all, it’s that they significantly increase the total amount of money donated to important charities by individuals around the world. But if a charity is worth supporting, then it’s worth supporting with unrestricted funds. Because the last thing anybody wants to see in a couple of years’ time is an unseemly tussle over what happened to today’s Haiti donations, even as other international tragedies receive much less public attention.

I tell people that if it’s in the news, don’t worry about it. The very definition of “news” is “something that hardly ever happens.” It’s when something isn’t in the news, when it’s so common that it’s no longer news — car crashes, domestic violence — that you should start worrying.

— Stop the panic on air security - Bruce Schneier

My 12 year-old: Wanna hear my impersonation of Pitchfork? ‘This is popular. Let’s give it a bad score.’

— Mike Monteiro

Justin Vernon - Hazelton

I’m really liking this early (pre Bon Iver) Justin Vernon.

I would like to find some more please. Anyone? Anyone?

Mule Deer in Monument, CO:

I’m not much of a nature photographer, but I’m pretty damn proud of this shot.

Every time you sniff and say somebody has “too much free time,” the part of you that used to love making things for pure joy dies a little.

— Merlin Mann