I couldn't be more ready for the weekend. How about you guys? I was sick all last week (hence, no posts, sorry!) and this week, per usual got away from me. I find myself super envious of folks who get to blog all day (on their own blogs, that is) and share beautiful, interesting things. I continue the glorious struggle to find a way to blog all week long here, and elsewhere, while not completely overwhelming myself.

Well, no matter what we all do this weekend, let's resolve to make it fun, relaxing and beautiful! Now on to the links...

Where should you sit at those awkward dinner parties where you don't know anyone? This handy chart helps you choose!

Here's a map of every meteorite since 2,300 BCE. Yah. It was made by Javier de la Torre using data from the Meteoritical Society. (Eesh, there's a society for everything!)

You can ship anything nowadays! Even a couple pandas and a 100 kilos of bamboo! (Snacks, while flying, are very important. No one likes airplane food.)

I was reminded last night that when it comes to art, I'm more of a literal person. Which is probably why I like photography and these pretty ridiculous interpretations of common Facebook vernacular are...well...ridiculous.

Here's some #realtalk that will make you a better person. Also: ouch!? That shit kinda stings!

I have never liked the Today show, but New York Magazine's scathing profile of Matt Lauer made me like it even less.

What do you think of unconditional love? And what if I told you there's a woman out there who unconditionally loves...Lil' Wayne?

In the future thuggish union types will rig Uber's rating system. But are we ready for a wave of data Darwinism?

While I might like literal art, quirky art installations always get my attention. Like putting multicolor, glowing bulbs on a river! Or covering an entire village in optical illusions! (If you turn your head to the left, squint and hop up and down...)

Another New York Magazine zinger on the parties we should have instead of weddings reminds me of the Sex and the City episode with the baby shower and the case of the missing Manolos.

Hey, speaking of shoes, here's J. Crew's Jenna Lyons talking about "Shiny Ponies." That's J. Crew slang for "really awesome shoes."

Have a great weekend, homies!

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In my professional life, everyone's getting ready for SXSW to start next week. I won't be going this year, but this graphic from Wired is just freakin' spot. On. Quotation marks and all. Don't worry techy/Twitter/bloggy friends - I won't be muting you from my streams. I'll just be annoyingly tweeting snark back at you. #AllThosePanelsKindaSuck. Anyway...on to the weekend reads:

Cool job alert: New York Magazine is hiring an Associate Manager of Social Media. Jump on it young ones. Jump on it.

Did you know that Calvin Klein used to leave a Pantone chip for his chef to indicate what color his coffee should be? If I ever get that coffee cabana boy I've been jonesin' for, I'll be using this #protip.

Remember last week when I said work/life balance is hooey? The lovely, and spot-on, Morra Aarons-Mele touches on the "having it all" falsity, but focuses on a conversation about compromise...with ourselves. I seriously feel a #GSD post coming about this topic.

Charles Bukowski is a beautiful poet. Someone near and dear to me told me about Bluebird. It pretty much describes how I feel about matters of the heart right now. Bonus: Tom Waits recites The Laughing Heart, also by Bukowski.

Dave Weigel is best known for his whip smart political reporting and hilarious, deadpan tweets. And his take on the Oscars, per usual, had me snorting. But what I found touching was the somewhat buried line about his own struggle with depression. Also, he thinks baseball is boring. Amen, and preach!

By now, most of you have probably seen this touching story of a basketball coach putting the team's manager in the season-ending game...and the character defining act that happened at the end of it. Grab a tissue box, you're gonna need the whole thing.

GQ's Make It Stop list from last week is hilarious, and just what you need after watching that basketball video.

ICYMI: I did a two part #GSD this week. Part one gets you all set up on social media and following blogs. Part two establishes a routine for actually using that set up.

Have a great weekend, y'all!

Graphic via Wired, iPad edition, March 2013.

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