Fish in a barrel

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There’s some confusion here.

Of course it’s easy to shoot fish in a barrel.

The difficult part, the part no one talks about, is getting the fish into the barrel in the first place.

– Seth Godin

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Burnout

Posted by on Mar 28, 2019 in Abso-effing-lutely, Ipso Fabulous | No Comments

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“That’s why I didn’t recognize what I was going through was burnout. I was conceiving of it as an illness like the flu. You get it, you collapse for a weekend, or you go on vacation and you cure it. Instead, it’s this thing when the joy is sapped, not only out of your work, but out of other things too, because everything is flattened into one long to-do list, and nothing feels like fulfillment. Nothing feels cathartic, it’s just one damn thing after another.”

Anne Helen Petersen talking about “Errand Paralysis”

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Full-size volkswagen built with LEGOS

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400,000 pieces of LEGO were used to build this full-size volkswagen, including the folding tables, a sink, coffee set, gas stove, and artwork. there’s even a couple of toothbrushes and what looks like a tube of toothpaste.

Built by LEGO certified master model maker Rene Hoffmeister and Pascal Lenhardbuil.

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One Breath Around The World

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You better sit down for this one… absolutely breathtaking.

A new (12 min) short film by Guillaume Néry.

Rose Gold is dead…

Posted by on Jan 20, 2019 in Abso-effing-lutely, Ipso Fabulous | No Comments

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…and Pantone’s Color of the Year killed it.

Meet Living Coral. It’s the color of resistance, of tech company rebrands, and of 1960s Americana–a familiar and energizing hue that you’re about to see everywhere.

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How to make paper airplanes

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Seriously. How cool is this. Grab some paper, a few friends and let’s do this!

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