Always love Craigslist Haiku Hotel

https://forums.craigslist.org/?lang=en&cc=us&ID=266531325

My birthday wish, to me (12/01) < frish > 2015-11-30 22:13

Pain free existence
optimum have some money
now until the end 

The purpose of life

My Craigslist Haiku Hotel submission...timestamped for my everlasting satisfaction.  LOL 

The purpose of life (anything else? speculation! < frish > 2015-11-24 22:51

You are what you eat
microbiome controls us
To make more soil

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-11-gut-microbes-brain-full.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter 

https://forums.craigslist.org/?ID=266380163

Of course, there is another view, the bacteria are dependent on us, much like the bacteria within alfalfa plants:

In alfalfa, this transformation of bacteria is called differentiation, which Wang likens to domestication, because it makes the bacteria reliant on their plant host. "They are no longer wild and able to live outside the plant," he says. "I think of it as analogous to domestication of animals by humans." He adds, "Bacteria that can no longer proliferate as free-living individuals are a bit like slaves at that point, living to serve the plant."

From an article somewhere... http://phys.org/news/2015-11-harnessing-peptide-crop-yields-fertilizer.html#jCp

Ants, as models for robots, autonomous swarm mind

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/11/23/Researchers-film-ants-building-bio-bridges-with-their-bodies/3441448315954/

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Frish

Is this good news? Are we designing ourselves out of existence?

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-human-intuition-algorithms-outperforms-teams.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

We are faced daily with choices that are forced upon us.  

To brake before hitting that bumper, for example. 

Our 'intuition' helps us drive defensively (through life). 

Interesting that it is somehow programmatic...

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Frish

2 items 1. The Hush Hush Rules of anonymity 2. My FED rate prediction

1. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the State Department.

2. Janet Yellen Haiku

If they go up / down...  

Interest Rates? Take a Hike!

Either way, I win!

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Frish

Texas teen fatally shoots himself while taking selfie | NewsDaily

http://newsdaily.com/2015/09/texas-teen-fatally-shoots-himself-while-taking-selfie/#doyRqTJLUEe7vl4A.03

Fwd: To you remaining cheerleaders

I think we're a done deal, 21 days to vacate, I'm looking for apts...thanks all, it went for 10K more than original offer...

M

From: Michael (Frish) Frishberg
Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 11:07 PM
Subject: To you remaining cheerleaders
To:

I was in escrow with buyers who didn't qualify, so their real estate AGENT pulled their offer and replaced it with one for herself, she's buying it all cash no contingencies, and, another bidder is potentially happening as well.

Tomorrow will tell the tale.  Or.....not.

I'm still 60 days out from 'action' by Wells, if one of these goes it will happen in 30 max...

Have a nice week.  I have a client meeting in 9 hours.  Good night.

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Frish

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Frish

To you remaining cheerleaders

I was in escrow with buyers who didn't qualify, so their real estate AGENT pulled their offer and replaced it with one for herself, she's buying it all cash no contingencies, and, another bidder is potentially happening as well.

Tomorrow will tell the tale.  Or.....not.

I'm still 60 days out from 'action' by Wells, if one of these goes it will happen in 30 max...

Have a nice week.  I have a client meeting in 9 hours.  Good night.

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Frish

Hi Jim...sorry about the fish...(and the rest...)

The team's global analysis indicates that humans typically exploit adult fish populations at 14 times the rate of marine predators.

http://phys.org/news/2015-08-unique-ecology-human-predators.html

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Frish

Materials Science at the font of nature, shrimp shells

http://phys.org/news/2015-07-advanced-composites-deep-sea-shrimp.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

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Frish

Brains

Ideal

http://phys.org/news/2015-07-human-brain-ideal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Less than Ideal

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-midlife-alzheimer-biomarkers-dementia.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Mechanical Analog of Ideal

http://phys.org/news/2015-07-memcomputer-prototype.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

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Frish

For guys with time on their hands

http://www.braincorporation.com/

Program your own robot!

The Merkini - after a Merkin

Dear Merkin Fans, here's a new one...

http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/01/kim-kardashian-bravely-pioneers-the-merkini.html?mid=outbrainrc

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Frish

Well, ants not termites, but...I'm sure you'll be enthralled!

http://phys.org/news/2015-06-saharan-silver-ants-electromagnetic-extremely.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter

Wowser, adaptive heating/cooling depending on mechanical methods, that's CHEAP if you can get the gradients right...

Fwd: Had to share

Hey there, dog lovers, thought you'd enjoy this example of what a dog would say if they could text you...

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Frish

CATTLE DECAPITATION To Release The Anthropocene Extinction This August (Oops, it's just the name of the band...)

Subject was in one of my news feeds, so I thought that cattle beheadings were going to trigger human extinction...THIS AUGUST...lol

http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=15632

Here's the list of songs...I LOVE Apex Blashpemy (it's like a quadruple entendre..)

The Anthropocene Extinction Track Listing:

• "Manufactured Extinct"
• "The Prophets of Loss"
• "Plagueborne"
• "Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)"
• "Circo Inhumanitas"
• "The Burden Of Seven Billion"
• "Mammals In Babylon"
• "Mutual Assured Destruction"
• "Not Suitable For Life"
• "Apex Blasphemy"
• "Ave Exitium"
• "Pacific Grim"

What goes in Inglewood already happened in Inglewood...

From a resume received just now!

05/2013 - 01/2013 Starbucks Inglewood, CA

(Perhaps decaf?)

Marketing Gold

http://www.dosmith.com/english/products.html

That's the product page.

Over the top marketing job obtained for this website...

http://www.a1meat.com/index.html

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Frish

A really good idea, that's also very funny

Minister of Research, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka

Reiner Mangold, Head of Sustainable Product Development at AUDI AG

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-04-sunfire-audi-en-route-synthetic.html#jCp

how many bad jokes in that one line at the start of the article...??  Give a number, first one who is closest wins!

To a young salesperson

To a former print buyer, now life insurance agent:

I feel like "mentoring" you today, since I totally know where you are...I'm sharing the following, you are more than welcome to ignore me, or call when something's in the way.

I've been on the phone, either in sales or real new product marketing (IBM, HP, SUN, My own software firm, and more) since 1979. (Current job, 10 years, and we're doing packaging (retail boxes) far more than commercial printing...)

Let me share some observations, they are worth what you paid for them and may be obvious trivial or otherwise.  They are occurring to me as I type, so they are not in any particular order.

When on the phone HANG UP LAST (what if they had "oh, and one more thing..." but you were gone already!)  This isn't hard to do, make it a habit.

On the phone, and face to face, say everything while smiling.

ALWAYS LEAVE PHONEMAIL... I've called people for MONTHS before reaching them, and, when I do, they think they know me already...since they've heard me so often

REFERRALS SELL BETTER THAN ALMOST ANYTHING

     Making clients happy, solving a problem, get's you to the next one.  I'm really bad at asking for referrals.

Send on-topic emails to your list once a month, minimum.

Know your products, but don't be quick to share!  Find out what they need for a long time before letting them know how to fulfill that need.

Sales is not about pitching, it's about listening.  You can't solve a problem until you know "What's the problem?"  If a prospect has a problem you can't fix, you can always help them by suggesting someone who can.  Sales is about helping people, period.("You learn nothing while speaking"  is the other way to say this!)

THEY NEED YOU MORE THAN YOU NEED THEM. Consider from my business' view point - When someone purchases printing from me, they are dependent on me 100%, yet they only represent 4% of my business.  The perspective that works is you realizing they are dependent on you to get them the right solution, 100%.

ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS = How does that sound to you? demands an answer beyond yes/no but, 'wouldn't you agree'  shuts off the conversation 

You are establishing a channel for your products currently, but, your best customers are those who bought before, so, you should be considering other services/products you can offer your audience, now and later... 

There's more, but hey, gotta run and all the best!

Frish

Progress

2015 first popover batch, half burned and half raw...

Jesus

Jesus

159306 trade show booty

The result of 7.5 hours of show booth browsing today.  Two more days to go.
This is the swag, had over 40 contacts along the way.
The foreground includes several dozen pens, a stress ball in the shape of a chocolate chip cookie (my vote for best item), a rubix cube with only 4 squares on a side and two yo-yos among other things. The center section includes food items such as coconut milk and puffed sorghum which I thought was a pretty funny thing and in the background we see 30++ bags festooned with many brand names.

So...I registered for the show...

My badge said: Michael Frishberg.

I asked if it could be Frish Frishberg.

Even better, I said, just a big Frish would be best...

Tonight's dinner

Under melted cheese
onion jalapeño nest
A hamburger hides

End of an era

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/atq/4906633544.html

I have a buyer arriving momentarily, he's the 78 collector for Amoeba Records...

Should be fun anyway...even if he can't afford them! 

Fluid Assembly Furniture from Self-Assembly Lab, MIT on Vimeo

http://player.vimeo.com/video/112761863?byline=0&portrait=0

In case you needed inspiration for Valentine's Day...

20 Sensible Valentine's wishes, all the best with yours!

Honest Valentines day cards.

ENTJ

Meyers Briggs Result

"The Executive"

Ho Ho Ho

If abortion is murder...

BRIDGE CHAT

hylfy was from the People's Republic of China, and had his comedic bone removed.

He bid and made 7 Clubs, so I was congratulating him on the hand.

is that all p? (meaning, there is nothing else, this was when the hand was already decided, he just had yet to finish it, I was trying to be funny, with the WOW and well done partner (wdp)) 

Perhaps "WOW" means something entirely different in Chinese? 

Anyway there were no good Chinese google translations for "fuck u r mm" so that's baffling.

(Xie Xie is thank you in Mandarin.  Only someone crazy would respond to his chat with thanks. It's best to look crazy in a knife fight.)  

The "nice" part was as facetious as can be, or, congratulating him again on the hand, ambiguity is our friend.

We played for several more hands and kicked butt, he was good.

And we parted friends.  

My pacifistic tendencies continue to serve.

Your illness, my muse

JS

I'm making illness

Coughing, hacking, sneezing, ache

my muse for tonight

When am I grateful?

Not the morning,  how passe.

For me, it's at night.

I go to bed naked

and assess each part of me

toe to tip to top

As I register

each organelle and feature

let them drop away

And, if by the end

each part of me is floaty

Nice senselessly numb

Then i know I'm good

and fall asleep easily

curious about dawn

Can't think of worse fate

to lead painful existence

I'll settle for numb

DNA origami could lead to nano 'transformers' for biomedical applications

DNA origami could lead to nano 'transformers' for biomedical applications
http://phys.org/news/2015-01-dna-origami-nano-biomedical-applications.html

9 out of 10 doctors agree: "It could lead to unforeseen circumstances".

Frish