May 2013
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April 2013
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I forgot how good the movie “The Professional” is.
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In honor of my Tough Mudder run next weekend in Vegas and the one the week after in Austin, I’ve changed my avatar to the picture taken at my last Tough Mudder run in October.
March 2013
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“…but when you’re older, you start to see them—the bad kids and the good kids and...”
– Paper Towns | John Green (via austentatious)
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (via farewell-kingdom)
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WatchWallace Falls State Park
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WatchWallace Falls State Park
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WatchWallace Falls State Park
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If you want to see the dichotomy of our value system in this country, you only need look at a firefighter. They’ve been forced into the role of the noble fool. They’re noble for risking their lives to save yours and fools for taking the same risk to save your stuff.
February 2013
8 posts
"Core Values"
Corporations don’t have values, the people that run them do should.
“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is...”
– Mark Z Danielewski, “House of Leaves” (via parhelions)
I loved this book and love this quote.
I think the best Valentine’s Day gift to give to a woman is one that shows that you listen to her desires, and that you care.
For a man, the best gift involves sex.
Points FTW!
Now for a much needed spontaneous trip to Vancouver BC!
January 2013
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“Good”,”crazy”,”weird” and “evil” are labels we assign to things without fully understanding them. I’m grateful the true meanings for those terms are becoming anachronistic.
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The human brain is designed to hide our collective cognitive shortcomings.
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My mom was right. You’ll age. But you don’t have to feel older.
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People should wash behind their ears when they wash their face and not when they shower.
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Prejudices != Racism
Racism = Prejudices
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Dogs have evolved so closely with humans that they are also right side dominant when looking at humans. They are not right side dominant with other dogs or any other animal.
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The movie “Cloud Atlas” can polarize a room full of people very effectively.
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
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The velvet rope exemplifies so much of what is wrong with our culture.
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Human beings instinctively define beauty by symmetry. Yet we’re right side dominant when looking at others’ faces. That bugs me. Why is that?
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(Un)Common Information Model
In my person paradise, all companies would name their data and/or attributes using the Common Information Model.
“Reminder: just because the yearly odometer rolled over doesn’t mean your...”
– @RyanMacklin
Get Blown
There is a part of me that wishes to see something so foreign, so unimaginable, that my mind is truly blown.
December 2012
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How long has it been since someone touched you somewhere other than your body?
November 2012
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Life is a long road. The earlier in life you make a poor decision the more time you have to recover. But the longer you stay on that wrong path, the harder it can become to affect the recovery.
