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Author Archives: Lisa

Sessilee Lopez?

Either way, what beauty. Sartorialist

Unretouched Modeling

French Marie Claire’s April issue contains no retouching of its models. You can read more about it here, here, and here (May 2009). And you can view two slideshows of unretouched models here and here (August 2009).

Aniston & Butler

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler recently did a photo shoot (entitled “Speed Trap”) for W Magazine. You can view some of the photographs here and get a behind the scenes look here.

Hemorrhoids

According to a blog post I just read, “about half of the population has hemorrhoids by age 50.” The author doesn’t cite a source, so I’m a bit skeptical. Nonetheless, I thought it was an insightful piece. “Nobody wants to talk about the hemorrhoids because it’s embarrassing, but it will be a lot more embarrassing [...]

Intentional Man Of Mystery

I’ll admit it, I’m a Matt Damon fan. And I just came across an interesting GQ profile of the man from August 2007 by Lisa Depaulo. “Our first meeting, in Madrid, was a bust. You could say it was a test of wills and Matt Damon won. Perhaps we should have taken it as an [...]

John Mayer Playboy Interview

John Mayer recently had a candid conversation (interview) with Playboy Magazine. ““Given the type of news coverage he gets, it may surprise you to learn that John Mayer is also a musician. His major-label debut, Room for Squares, came out in 2001, and within two years he was rewarded with his first Grammy win, followed [...]

Why Americans Don’t Like Jazz

Dyske Suematsu offers an interesting perspective on the music tastes of Americans. He parses the way Americans listen to music, as oppose to, say, the Japanese. “The current market share of Jazz in America is mere 3 percent. That includes all the great ones like John Coltrane and the terrible ones like Kenny G (OK, [...]

The Devil’s Casino

A new book is coming out at the end of this month (March 29, 2010) about the infamous investment bank, Lehman Brothers. It’s called The Devil’s Casino, and it’s authored by contributing editor of Vanity Fair, Vicky Ward. And while several books have been written about the rise and fall of investment banks — many [...]

Kanye West On Creativity

I know, I know, Kanye West was a jerk for interrupting Taylor Swift’s 2009 MTV Video Music Award’s speech for Best Female Video (“You Belong With Me”). But if you can’t separate the art from the artist, you won’t enjoy much. With that said, Kanye recently penned a blog post which he entitled, “Creativity.” To [...]

Savannah Wyatt

As you may know, Joon Report also covers “the arts.” It’s an area that necessitates distinct, but careful, attention. At times, there may just be photographs. Sometimes words and stories. And perhaps other times there will be something that’s different from photographs, words, and stories. But today, this is what I have to share.

This Too Shall Pass

The band, OK Go, creators of the “Dancing on Treadmills” video for its song, “Here It Goes Again,” have captured the minds of many with its latest performance. The song is, “This Too Shall Pass,” off of its third (and latest) studio album, “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.” You can find out more [...]

Coffee Shop

Tonight, I went to a coffee shop to get away from my apartment. I wanted to work on some things, but I really just wanted to try out a different environment. I haven’t been to one in awhile, but I was pleasantly surprised. This particular one was rather active. There were many people.

Ryan Leslie

Ryan Leslie is here. But you may not know who he is. Back in 1992, at the age of 14, Ryan was attending public school in Stockton, California. But because his parents worked as Salvation Army officers they were required to move frequently. And they were expecting to move again soon. But Ryan didn’t want [...]

Start And…

Whenever possible, I drive at night when there’s the least amount of traffic. I love driving at a constant pace — be it 25, 35, 65, or 85. I loathe traffic, especially start and stop traffic. It’s inconsistent. Maybe it’s a control issue. I don’t know.

Night On The Town

Both are gliding through space now They cross paths Brush off each other Smiling Looking into each other’s eyes Both not for too long, a few seconds at most They talk, meet, and dance Order a drink and keep moving Over the course of the night They’ll be away from each other Sometimes long periods [...]

Is It Possible To Be Happy?

A user over at Reddit.com, who goes by Privatepyle82, submitted a question to Reddit’s “AskReddit” section. Privatepyle82′s Question: “Is it possible to be happy?”

Paperless

I have too much stuff. I probably have a lot less than most. But to me, it’s still too much. I have a couple of electronic devices. And what comes with an electronic device? A manual.

Wise Finance

In college, I earned a finance degree. During my four years there I was lectured and tested on many different types of investments, investment strategies, jargon, etc. To this day, I’m not sure how much of it I really understand. I didn’t agree with a lot of it, but perhaps that’s out of ignorance. Though, [...]

Four Worthwhile Reads

Economist.com: Small business takes a hit Economist.com: Banks and Small Businesses — For want of a loan Economist.com: Asset markets: The danger of the bounce Harpers.org: The Church Of Warren Buffett (via Scribd)

David Heinemeier Hansson: Secret To Making Money Online

David’s talk from Startup School ’08: Share and annotate your videos with Omnisio!

The Superinvestors Of Graham-And-Doddsville

The Superinvestors Of Graham-And-Doddsville was a talk that Warren Buffett gave in 1984 at Columbia University. From tilsonfunds.com: This article is an edited transcript of a talk given at Columbia University in 1984 commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Security Analysis, written by Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd. This specialized volume first introduced the ideas [...]

Looking Back

Warren Buffett warned of the dangers of derivatives back in 2003. To read what he said back then click here.

Two Articles Worth Reading

“Google’s Eric Schmidt On The Economy” here. “In Detroit, Entrepreneurs See Opportunity In Hard Times” here.