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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>the journal of john ratcliffe-lee.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-525031-4");pageTracker._initData();pageTracker._trackPageview();</description><title>everyday observations of regular people</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @jratlee)</generator><link>http://jratlee.com/</link><item><title> Sexy Beijing: Lost in Translation</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3U5u3D2L9Q"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S3U5u3D2L9Q" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://smashingtelly.com/2008/07/02/sexy-beijing-lost-in-translation/" target="_blank"&gt; Sexy Beijing: Lost in Translation&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/40717607</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/40717607</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:42:01 -0400</pubDate><category>video</category><category>china</category><category>lol</category><category>english language</category><category>names</category><category>culture</category></item><item><title>swissmiss: if you can’t explain it..</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/MDEAIiiwNau44sycw2ZEzzxC_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2008/06/if-you-cant-exp.html" target="_blank"&gt;swissmiss: if you can’t explain it..&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/40366188</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/40366188</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:20:56 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>logic</category><category>communication</category><category>understanding</category></item><item><title>"FUCK ART, EAT VEGETABLES"</title><description>“FUCK ART, EAT VEGETABLES” - some grafifiti I saw once in a burnt out fruit shop (via...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/40343781</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/40343781</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:54:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>hasketsbasket:On the left, Sega’s Spider-Man the videogame. ...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Z5MEUu7iOatu7q7se8wkmAcF_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hasketsbasket.tumblr.com/post/40343059/on-the-left-segas-spider-man-the-videogame-on" target="_blank"&gt;hasketsbasket&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the left, Sega’s &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Spider-Man the videogame&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.  On the right, Data East’s &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Captain America And The Avengers&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These both were licensed Marvel games that came out in 1991, so why couldn’t they have agreed on the sound Hawkeye’s bow makes when he shoots arrows?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/40343367</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/40343367</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:49:36 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>anarchaia:Jean-Francois De Witte</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/1lgR7c8CDas9cl2bYQLzrqxn_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://anarchaia.tumblr.com/post/40216254" target="_blank"&gt;anarchaia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://haha.nu/creative/jean-francois-de-witte-photography/" target="_blank"&gt;Jean-Francois De Witte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/40331841</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/40331841</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:24:32 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>meat</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>"Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting."</title><description>“Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/40251919</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/40251919</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:01:46 -0400</pubDate><category>quote</category><category>give</category><category>take. life</category></item><item><title>"…and if there was ever a time for my [sic] to put my emphasis on the things I can touch and..."</title><description>“…and if there was ever a time for my [sic] to put my emphasis on the things I can touch...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/40077037</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/40077037</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:06:16 -0400</pubDate><category>quote</category><category>life</category><category>unplugging</category></item><item><title>"But, we also tend to radically underestimate the impact of the dozens of small events in our lives..."</title><description>“But, we also tend to radically underestimate the impact of the dozens of small events in our...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/39726247</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/39726247</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:29:31 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>God accused of selling cocaine near Tampa church</title><description>God accused of selling cocaine near Tampa church: this might be the high-point for whomever the AP...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/39646145</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/39646145</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:16:00 -0400</pubDate><category>link</category><category>god</category><category>copywriting</category><category>news</category><category>lol</category></item><item><title>(via milhouse)thinking and saying this a lot more lately.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/DihuHpYM3akxvmo568D40bbL_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://milhouse.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;milhouse&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;thinking and saying this a lot more lately.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/39551403</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/39551403</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:38:17 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>rejection</category><category>life</category><category>lolbearz</category></item><item><title>"When you force people through mild social anxiety, they thank you for it later."</title><description>“When you force people through mild social anxiety, they thank you for it later.” - Seth...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/39394661</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/39394661</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:30:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Communication Nation: How Obama reinvented campaign financea...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/MDEAIiiwNagpjotbmge48vH5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-obama-reinvented-campaign-finance.html" target="_blank"&gt;Communication Nation: How Obama reinvented campaign finance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;a fantastic infographic from dave.  please click-through and download the PDF for a closer look.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/39194784</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/39194784</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:11:55 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>infographics</category><category>design</category><category>communication</category><category>obama</category><category>money</category><category>finance</category></item><item><title>tlc:My first time at Texas Stadium…was for a PRSA luncheon....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Wgo2nMsWTafetsyt6r66j5th_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tracycalabrese.com/post/39074655/my-first-time-at-texas-stadium-was-for-a-prsa" target="_blank"&gt;tlc&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;My first time at Texas Stadium…was for a PRSA luncheon. Lame.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;tracy is probably right on the money w/ this one but i’m still jealous she got to go.  i’m a huge cowboys fan (and atlanta braves - go figure, i live in metro nyc and the only teams i like are the devils &amp; nets).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;if PRSA had a luncheon in Giants Stadium (literally right across the street from my office), i’d be underwhelmed.  but back to america’s team.  i was a HUGE Deion “Neon” Sanders fan as a kid and even though i got lots of “front runner” flack for it, i settled with the cowboys &amp; ATL’s finest.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/39076518</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/39076518</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:44:49 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>sports</category><category>pr</category><category>dallas cowboys</category><category>job</category></item><item><title>Safari Not Created to Promote Openness, Innovation and Opportunity</title><description>Safari Not Created to Promote Openness, Innovation and Opportunity: camh:Safari Not Created to...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/38827226</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/38827226</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:11:00 -0400</pubDate><category>link</category><category>apple</category><category>design</category><category>usability</category><category>computing</category><category>web browsing</category></item><item><title>teaching &amp; learning.</title><description>about a 6 months ago, someone stole almost all of my photography equipment.since then, i’ve...</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/38826676</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/38826676</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:03:00 -0400</pubDate><category>text</category><category>camera</category><category>creativity</category><category>photos</category><category>images</category><category>pictures</category><category>photography</category><category>film</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>riazm:Arcade Flyer Archive</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/PUFXq86evacqky8hrWMPMaVF_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://riazm.tumblr.com/post/38818920/arcade-flyer-archive" target="_blank"&gt;riazm&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&amp;db=videodb&amp;id=921&amp;image=1" target="_blank"&gt;Arcade Flyer Archive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/38819201</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/38819201</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:34:09 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>arcade</category><category>poster</category><category>flyer</category><category>gaming</category></item><item><title>deplorableword:oh WordPress, why do you have to make simple...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/oiDr2M4CYac17qc1yFoUH9k0_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedeplorableword.net/post/38743452/oh-wordpress-why-do-you-have-to-make-simple" target="_blank"&gt;deplorableword&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;oh WordPress, why do you have to make simple things so complicated?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;a big reason i’m using tumblr.  i love WP and think it’s fantastic.  i still use it for other things but there is a lot to be said for usability barriers.  between themes breaking my install and various drafts of half-baked posts piling up, i needed something that let me create instead of forcing me to manage.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/38753997</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/38753997</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:09:57 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>tumblr</category><category>wordpress</category><category>cms</category><category>blogging</category><category>usability</category><category>design</category><category>thresholds</category></item><item><title>Not Just the Best of The Larry Sanders Show - Official...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/MDEAIiiwNabgs6ceySCoGwEw_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/thelarrysanderscollection/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;Not Just the Best of The Larry Sanders Show - Official Site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;highly recommended.  just don’t buy it off iTunes.  crappy quality &amp; no DVD extras.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/38693081</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/38693081</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:07:52 -0400</pubDate><category>photo</category><category>recommended</category><category>media</category><category>comedy</category><category>dvd</category><category>leisure</category></item><item><title>marco:It’s bedroom-rearranging day!The great thing about...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/bhKTvCKNAabf3gpfngcBdsSm_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tumblelog.marco.org/38689136/its-bedroom-rearranging-day-the-great-thing" target="_blank"&gt;marco&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s bedroom-rearranging day!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The great thing about throwing everything on the bed is that it forces you to finish before going to sleep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;i’m in the middle of doing this same thing.  it sucks, but is very rewarding.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/38689585</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/38689585</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:25:32 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Chad Johnson: Chad Johnson Is An Interviewer’s...</title><description>&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="328" id="Redlasso"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="embedId=2463be1b-04d3-45f4-8b34-a3a17df9c8cc" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" flashvars="embedId=2463be1b-04d3-45f4-8b34-a3a17df9c8cc" width="400" height="328" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="Redlasso"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://deadspin.com/5016812/chad-johnson-is-an-interviewers-dream" target="_blank"&gt;Chad Johnson: Chad Johnson Is An Interviewer’s Dream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“you look good today.”  lol.  via &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://tombiro.com"&gt;tom&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jratlee.com/post/38685681</link><guid>http://jratlee.com/post/38685681</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:44:50 -0400</pubDate><category>video</category><category>sports</category><category>football</category><category>chad johnson</category><category>interview</category></item></channel></rss>
