Ben Casnocha

Why would I need real-time notifications of those? On the contrary, it is better to be notified of them when I have the time and attention to read them properly, rather than to be interrupted mid-way through my work to read a piece of timeless content that could easily have waited for the weekend (and might even have gathered some useful comments by then). - Ben Casnocha

Why pistachios not only taste delicious, but are also jam-packed with nutrition for your lean healthy body - Ben Casnocha

The happiest people seem to be very focused on whatever they are doing. Unhappy people seem to be very focused on what other people are doing. - Ben Casnocha

I became acquainted with what I’ve come to call great “purse partners” at a cancer clinic in Waltham. Every day these husbands drove their wives in for their radiation treatments, and every day these couples sat side by side in the waiting room, without much fuss and without much chitchat. Each wife, when her name was called, would stand, take a breath, and hand her purse over to her husband. Then she’d disappear into the recesses of the radiation room, leaving behind a stony-faced man holding what was typically a white vinyl pocketbook. On his lap. The guy -- usually retired from the trades, a grandfather a dozen times over, a Sox fan since date of conception -- sat there silently with that purse. He didn’t read, he didn’t talk, he just sat there with the knowledge that 20 feet away technologists were preparing to program an unimaginably complicated X-ray machine and aim it at the mother of his kids. - Ben Casnocha

when Joan Didion moved from California to New York, Didion realized that she had done much of her thinking and mental writing during the long drives endogenous to the Californian lifestyle. Taking in large amounts of information is great; setting aside time to process and think about it is even better. - Ben Casnocha

That Monday, when Haggerty showed up at the Foothill High School football field to pick up his son from practice, Brigham confronted him, "screaming that I gave the plays away," Haggerty told us. The next thing he knew, Haggerty said, Brigham had knocked his BlackBerry from his hand and was pulling him over a 4-foot fence as he punched him on the back of the head. Haggerty insists he never acted aggressively himself and left as fast as he could, then called 911 before going to the hospital. The supervisor said he was met there by Pleasanton police officers, who took a report. Haggerty did not attend the Cowboys' next game - when his own son suffered a serious neck injury and had to be airlifted to a hospital. Now both he and his son - who suffered torn muscles and a mild concussion that ended his season - are wearing neck braces. Haggerty tells us that Brigham was suspended for one game for the alleged scuffle. Repeated attempts to reach Brigham at numbers listed in his name were u - Ben Casnocha

Long viewed as payment for life, divorce settlements are facing strict new limits as some ex-spouses—primarily men—protest the endless support of a former partner. For richer, for poorer, forever? - Ben Casnocha

Men and women look for complementarity in consumption rather than in production. This in turn leads to more assortive mating, with achievement-oriented men looking for interesting mates rather than for good maids. - Ben Casnocha

Much of business process functions to signal who is important and who is allied with whom, rather than to actually get stuff done. - Ben Casnocha

Because they are born and trained to fight, generals' prescriptions will always be belligerent. Escalation is their middle name. - Ben Casnocha

Obama salutes fallen soldiers - Ben Casnocha

It's the rare child who thinks his childhood is magical--at the time. Either it's hell, or he doesn't notice it. - Ben Casnocha

Los Angeles, America, the internet: three things people hate if they can't properly filter. - Ben Casnocha