a few reMarks

I keep a Google notebook full of copy and pastings, and I just realized I had this little gem saved away, from roughly a year and a half ago. I am going to post it here for posterity, and for any to chime in and add comments. However, unsure if anyone is still around to read this.


Mark: what are your thoughts on male caprees
me: i think i've only seen then on european soccer players
superstar european soccer players
so you know they got the balls to do it
i've always thought of them as a female only domain
Mark: well there is an article about how more designers are shortening the hem on their pants in the wsj this morning
like brooks brothers is doing it to their high end suits
me: well there is the Thom Browne style
Mark: so there is no break just touches the top of the shoe
me: ultra conservative
and his pants are damn near high-waters
and people are digging that
Mark: yeah thats the article
me: i suppose for those of the lankier persuation, that would work out well
like you
Mark: idk man i don tthik i would ever rock it
Sent at 8:52 AM on Thursday
me: i mean, i like where the pants are cut soo close that it just touches the top of your shoe, producing no break
and you get to flash some sock when you sit down
but when standing you are showing off ankle completely, that's a bit much for me
Sent at 8:54 AM on Thursday
Mark: agreed
i mean being a tall skinny guy i have spent most of my life battling for non high water pants
apparently you cant be thin and have long legs
Sent at 8:56 AM on Thursday
me: well i think that's what some fashion designers decided to go with
just straight in your face
Mark: as we slowly write another blog post haha

The Research Digest Blog reported on a fascinating study that ones name and initials can influence our success and failure.  As it turns out our initials my subconsciously influence our decisions in such away that the outcome of our actions will in some way reflect our initials.  The report states that it is our underlying like of out initials that results in this "implicit egotism".  The article goes on to show some interesting examples:

First off, an analysis of strike outs (failing to hit the ball three times in a row) in American baseball from 1913 to 2006 showed that players whose first or last names began with K suffered significantly more strikeouts than other players. Why? Because in baseball scoring, K is used to denote a strikeout - "For players with this initial, the explicitly negative performance outcome may feel implicitly less aversive," the researchers said.
Next, an analysis of 15 years of MBA students' grades at a large American University showed that students with the initials C or D achieved significantly lower grades than students whose initials were unrelated to grade scores, and students with the initials A or B.

The article is a pretty interesting read I recommend you check it out.   So apparently now we have to think of what rhymes with your child's names and also what his/her initials are.  I think I will just name my kid something like Amazing or maybe Brilliant...