Manlio Rules

i wish firefox would keep paying attention to most often visited sites…

i was on half.com today, buying quantum of solace, and i decided to browse textbooks and see if there were any cheap design books that i could start reading.

these are the top three results for textbooks>art>design on half.com

well done.

1. you can fit 5 people and luggage for a combined 5 weeks of travel in the trunk of a honda civic
2. people do not like it when i whistle the “tetris” theme as they are trying to achieve the above
3. fast food on the road: best kind
4. Old Navy sells some rockin bathing suits, for cheap!
5. cheap living, thy name is kingston NY
6. the kingston plaza is the most depressing and awesome place on earth
7. all behold the glory of the holidome
8. my gps is wildly inaccurate with street numbers of back roads
9. “i’m pregnant” will get you out of a field sobriety test in new paltz (must be a woman).
10. there is apparently something unique about the september issue of “jugs”
11. holiday inn bar on a friday night? terrible blues band and the people you would expect watching.
12. when you are the last three people at the bar of the holiday inn the day before the wedding, and one of you is crying, it is time to call it a night
13. briehan and alex do not mess around with their workouts
14. indian sprints with 3 people are torture
15. briehan and alex also do not mess around with the food after their workout (alex, i owe you $10)
16. using the special “suit” side of my travel bag actually works!
17. James Temple can find anything, without directions. sometimes he even ignores the directions he has.
18. there are seat belts on school buses now.
19. even if it rains, it’s worth having a ceremony outside. especially if you’re under a tent.
20. Weddings are a lot of fun.
21. i actually can do tequila shots, in a vacuum.
22. take photos early, because you will not want to take photos later
23. the holiday inn in Kingston NY does little to enforce its posted 10PM hot tub closure time. ftw.
24. the path train from jersey city takes longer than you think.
25. boston feels like home.
26. that doesn’t necessarily mean i should go to harvard business school
27. i wish i had hung out more in central square as a youth
28. i still love that amtrak from boston to nyc.
29. many good dumplings can be found on st. mark’s, if you have the right guides.
30. almond bubble tea? fantastic.
31. if you’re an aussie bar, why would have toohey’s new but not toohey’s old?
32. terminator salvation: terrible. really just an atrocity.
33. we may not be better musicians than 3 years ago, but we can still crank out the hits.
34. though they’re not always in key.
35. the lower east side is to be avoided on the weekends.
36. donnybrook? worst bar i’ve ever seen.
37. there’s little that 10 aleve and an ankle brace won’t solve in a pinch.
38. baby entertainment technology has come light years from when we were kids.
39. apparently babies are supposed to sleep 14 hours a day!
40. mo’ stormy? mo’ awesome.
41. NYC is the place in the world where i feel the most like myself.
42. again, this doesn’t mean i should necessarily upend my life to move there.
43. but it doesn’t mean i SHOULDN’T do that either.
44. woman who talked the entire plane ride back as i was trying to sleep? hate you.
45. i really don’t like flying.
46. William Gibson still writes a catchy novel.
47. i need to find a gig that involves at least some time on the east coast. preferably the spring or fall