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I'm Sam, 31, I live close to DC. I like arty stuff, pop culture, good food. I wish I had more time to read. I wish I traveled more. I need to drink more wine. I don't get to listen to enough music. I'm trying to catch up.

Some amateurish pictures I've taken myself are here .

Collecting interesting articles here .

I rarely get personal.

But I like email (probably a generational thing): sam88mph at gmail

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9 November 09

Reblogged: karenh

Posted: 8:01 AM
Languedoc Roussillon: Full-Bodied Red Wines for Cool Autumn Days.

From here

Languedoc Roussillon: Full-Bodied Red Wines for Cool Autumn Days.

From here

Tags: wine
8 November 09
Baked Persimmon.

From here

Baked Persimmon.

From here

Tags: food
Posted: 5:51 PM
Winter White Salad.

From Not Without Salt

Winter White Salad.

From Not Without Salt

Tags: food
Posted: 4:37 PM
rickkanelives:


are2:

Vasquez: There right on us.
Hicks: [Waiting for the Aliens] Remember, short controlled bursts.
Hudson: 9 meters, 7, 6.
Ripley: That can’t be, that’s inside the room. Hudson: It’s reading right man, look.
Hicks: Then, “you’re” not reading it right.
Hudson: 5 meters, man. 4, what the hell?

 another favorite movie of mine! :)

rickkanelives:

are2:

Vasquez: There right on us.

Hicks: [Waiting for the Aliens] Remember, short controlled bursts.

Hudson: 9 meters, 7, 6.

Ripley: That can’t be, that’s inside the room. Hudson: It’s reading right man, look.

Hicks: Then, “you’re” not reading it right.

Hudson: 5 meters, man. 4, what the hell?

 another favorite movie of mine! :)

Reblogged: rickkanelives

Tags: pop
Posted: 8:02 AM
sarawood:

sandra juto.

sarawood:

sandra juto.

Reblogged: sarawood

7 November 09
Tags: interesting
Posted: 10:05 AM
there is a tendency to prize a few standout individuals while ignoring how much they draw on their surrounding systems for support. For instance, many companies, sports teams, and entertainment businesses hire a star when they want to quickly improve the organization’s results. More often than not, however, newly transplanted stars fail to deliver, because they’re separated from the people, structures, and norms that helped make them great in the first place. In one study, professors from Harvard Business School tracked more than 1,000 acclaimed equity analysts over a decade and monitored how their performance changed when they switched firms. The dour conclusion of the research: “When a company hires a star, the star’s performance plunges, there is a sharp decline in the functioning of the group or team the person works with, and the company’s market value falls.

Reblogged: slantback

Tags: interesting
Posted: 9:03 AM

Reblogged: constantwanderlust

Posted: 8:02 AM

Reblogged: rickkanelives

6 November 09
Delicata Squash Stuffed with Orzo in a Sage Brown Butter Sauce.

From here

Delicata Squash Stuffed with Orzo in a Sage Brown Butter Sauce.

From here

Tags: food
Posted: 5:27 PM
lainemarie:


liquidnight:

Scott Belcastro - Playing With My Own Shadow

lainemarie:

liquidnight:

Scott Belcastro - Playing With My Own Shadow

Reblogged: lainemarie

Posted: 4:27 PM
(via goldenfiddle)

Reblogged: goldenfiddle

Tags: books
Posted: 3:27 PM
lainemarie:


margaretsix:

Peacock Chat by Tschahri

lainemarie:

margaretsix:

Peacock Chat by Tschahri

Reblogged: lainemarie

Posted: 2:27 PM
Tags: interesting
Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh