1. 7 Things For 1/3/12, And…

    Peedi Crakk

    1) The 20 Unhappiest People You Meet In The Comments Sections Of Year-End Lists.

    And of course, the comments are (unintentionally?) great.

    2) The Education Of Walter Iooss Jr.

    If you don’t know who Walter Iooss Jr. is: click & click. Yeah, that guy. The story has a lot of great anecdotes about many athletes, including Michael Jordan:

    Jordan on the centers he played with in 1998

    “You know what I have to play with? Twenty-one feet of shit.”

    Iooss on travelling with those ‘98 Bulls

    “I traveled with the Bulls for 20 games or so in 1998. Their bus windows were blacked out, so the bus looked like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey, just this black blob on four wheels, and people were running, like the apes in the movie, just wanting to touch it.”

    On the power of being in Jordan’s entourage

    “Truly, being with Michael was like traveling with Jesus. All the rules went out the window. Whatever I wanted, I could shoot. I’d go to some spot I knew no photographer should be, and someone would say, “Hey! You can’t stand here.”

    I’d say, “I’m with Michael.”

    They’d say, “O.K.”“

    3) My Last Death Threat In 2011.

    James Altucher whispers sweet numbers into our ears, and tells us that we won’t all starve in 2012.

    4) BEHIND THE VIDEO: Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg – “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1993) w/ Nu Vue Films’ Dwight Patillo.

    Surely you’ve seen and heard about Snoop’s camera shyness in the early Death Row days, but I never heard it described in this way:

    “He kind of introduced himself to the world [the way] you would meet a complete stranger. He let ‘em in slowly, like it was a relationship between people as opposed to, “This is how I’m gonna be when I’m seen on camera.””

    5) Lessons From Serial Fabulist Stephen Glass On How Not To Reboot A Career.

    I only heard about Stephen Glass in the last six months, but the story of a guy that incorporated a lot of fiction into his reporting, got caught, and then tried to get a job as a lawyer continues to be interesting.

    6) Jason Taylor’s Final Locker Room Speech Was Actually Pretty Touching.

    I’m a Bills fan, but even I can appreciate this.

    7) 2012.

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