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The Man with the Mac Has Left the Building

 

 

Even if you've never owned an Apple product, Steve Jobs's vision of a different world changed your life — over and over and over again. President Obama summed it up beautifully:  “There may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.”

RIP Sir Steven. The world will be a less interesting place without your light inspiring us.

 

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.

They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

 Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

 

Lauren Hutton Has Always Been Totally Bad-Ass

In the course of her interview with Michael Kors for the September issue of Interview magazine, Lauren Hutton shares the story of how she was sexually harassed by a bunch of Mad Men at a 1965 casting call:

KORS: I know you’re not a  television person at all, Lauren, but have you ever seen Mad Men?

HUTTON: Yes!

KORS: What’s your reaction? It’s set around when you started modeling.

HUTTON: It’s like when I very first started going to ad agencies and things in ’65. They’ve done a very good job of capturing that moment with that show. Everyone was that square. And that male-dominant madness . . . I remember one time going on an appointment at an agency and I went into this conference room, and there were 35 or 40 men and 2 women lined up all around this long table. So I walk in and one of the guys says, “We need to see your legs.” And I just flipped. I was just furious that they would take a person and bring them into a situation with all these people and everybody is staring at you. It was something that I found so deeply offensive. So I jumped up on the table, which was a very fine, expensive table . . .

KORS: A serious conference table.

HUTTON: And I had high heels on, and I jumped up and said, “Sure, I’ll show you my legs.” And I strolled up and down with my heels along the table. I mean, they told me to wear heels beforehand, so I was already mad going in. I walked up and down their conference table showing them my legs and they’re all gasping in silence, and I’m smiling a real smile, looking side to side at each of these guys. Then I jump off and I said, “Will that be all?” and split. [both laugh] I actually got the job, but turned it down because it was for cigarettes.

via Jezebel

This is What Feminism's All About

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How to Torment a Telemarketer

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I hardly ever answer my home phone anymore. Gave it up years ago, like a bad habit.

Ninety percent of the calls I get at that number are from telemarketers. This is how I  know that the National Do Not Call Registry is a big joke. And leading up to an election (like the past six weeks) at least 20 percent of the telemarketing calls to my home number are pre-recorded campaign pitches. Yes, I'm on a first-name basis with all of my senators and congressional reps, plus a couple of big-name celebrities. I'm all a-flutter.

So my home phone is basically reserved for outgoing calls. I assign special ring tones to my friends' numbers — they all have my cell number anyway — and when my home phone rings with a regular tone I know to ignore it. 

But I'm thinking of changing my ways. 

This awesome, short video demonstrates how to drive telemarketers absolutely insane using only a simple, three-letter word. No profanity or yelling involved (fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your point of view).

This is the most productive minute and 20 seconds I've spent in the past month. Gotta go — my phone's ringing! 

UPDATE:  Naughty, naughty YouTubers who violate copyrights get their videos pulled! As they should. Click here to watch this fun and informative clip.

 

 

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Photo Credit: Should I Take the Call or Not? by Chris Pirillo under a Creative Commons license.