There Are No Rules
edited by Alexander Becker
Setting rules, following rules, bending them, or breaking them?
- Will Turner
You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I'd kill you.
- Jack Sparrow
That's not much incentive for me to fight fair, then, is it?
You decide.
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WOWOW: The Inspiration Edition [Links of the Week]
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High speed links: Inspiration and creativity, assholes (ooooh sorry -- not really), pirates, and chutzpah, again.
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And, sorry, all those romantic notions you have of absinthe spoons, manic episodes and Kerouac-like rambling on a long roll of butcher paper really aren't operative. Creative work is mostly showing up every day and enduring a million tiny failures as you feel your way to something a bit new.
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I'm sure that none of you need to take this test, but you might know someone who does.
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The Pirate's Dilemma tells the story of how youth culture drives innovation and is changing the way the world works. It offers understanding and insight for a time when piracy is just another business model, the remix is our most powerful marketing tool and anyone with a computer is capable of reaching more people than a multi-national corporation.
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Again: Nothing is for free.
The Yiddish Handbook: 40 Words You Should Know
Chutzpah -- Or khutspe. Nerve, extreme arrogance, brazen presumption. In English, chutzpah often connotes courage or confidence, but among Yiddish speakers, it is not a compliment.
Yiddish speakers, on the other hand, get the meaning immediately.
Until next week, stay safe, work hard and don't forget the balancing play hard
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