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We rarely/never saw things like this pre-YouTube. My intent today is to watch for my own moments. [via Planet Nelson]

My favorite nuggets from a piece by WSJ Deputy Managing Editor Alan Murray:

“Corporations are bureaucracies and managers are bureaucrats. Their fundamental tendency is toward self-perpetuation. They are, almost by definition, resistant to change. They were designed and tasked, not with reinforcing market forces, but with supplanting and even resisting the market.”

“The big companies failed, not necessarily because they didn’t see the coming innovations, but because they failed to adequately invest in those innovations. To avoid this problem, the people who control large pools of capital need to act more like venture capitalists, and less like corporate finance departments. They need to make lots of bets, not just a few big ones, and they need to be willing to cut their losses.”

“The new model will have to instill in workers the kind of drive and creativity and innovative spirit more commonly found among entrepreneurs. It will have to push power and decision-making down the organization as much as possible, rather than leave it concentrated at the top. Traditional bureaucratic structures will have to be replaced with something more like ad-hoc teams of peers, who come together to tackle individual projects, and then disband.”

Mr. Murry’s new book is “The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management.”

Scott Adams concludes an interesting post on stress with a lovely take on reality:

“…we’re a simulated (programmed) world left behind by advanced humanoids that shed their bodies billions of years ago. Our simulated world is the closest they could come to immortality. They were romantics, much like ourselves, and couldn’t stand the thought of being separated from their loved ones for eternity. So in our programmed little world, when we feel a special connection to another, it’s because we knew that person when we were real, and the program allows us to feel it again as if new. Thus, when you meet your soul mate, it is a reunion of sorts. And it will happen over and over, in each subsequent life the program provides for you.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Pz0_JH7I4

Why shouldn’t we have the option of signing a little form that says: ONLY FIRST CLASS MAIL IN MY BOX?

I don’t have a motorcycle but this would be fun for wearing around town. Other styles include cracked walnut, water mellon and … brain matter?

Damn! Not one of these clever suitcase stickers will fit my little satchel. If they did, you can bet I’d put down the $25 for all four (choose from baggies filled with cocaine, cash or adult toys).

Ah, but will it still be funny when the TSA goons take you into that little room for a cavity search? Yes. Yes it will.

By way of @greatdismal

WWII Sea Forts – Red Sands, originally uploaded by Beamtwenty3.

World War 2 sea forts – Red Sands off the North Kent coast near Herne Bay/Whitstable UK. More info

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When I find something interesting, I share it here.

“I have made many discoveries in this life of mine, but the most significant occurred 12 years ago, when I realized I was an asshole. We’re all assholes, really. It’s just that some of us know it, and those who do are in for a much easier ride.” — Terry Heaton

I highly recommend the new flavor at Cold Stone Creamery: Window Pane Acid. It is far out.