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On Fridays, I post a series of unrelated questions meant to spark conversation in the comments. Answer one, answer all, respond to someone else’s reply, whatever you want. On to this week’s topics of discussion…
2012: The End Of The World?
Skeptical Sources: Wikipedia , Associated Press , Astronomical Answers: University of Utrecht , The New York Times , John Hoopes on Tribe.Net , Skeptical Inquirer , GSA Bulletin , NASA , Nature Believer sources: Timewave Zero , 2012: Dire Gnosis , RealitySandwich.com , 2012:TheBook , Calleman.com , Institute For Human Continuity (fake website for 2012 film).
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Just a dude talking to dudes about love. | Sammy Adebiyi
'Jack Bauer'. 'P90X'. All those 'abs from 300'. 'I don't have any money but what I do have are a very particular set of skills...'.
True Friends - Barnmice Equestrian Social Community
True Friends After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn't eat and didn't respond to any medical treatments. The veteranarians thought he would surely die from sadness. The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds in the park at the zoo where the orangutan lived and took the dog to the animal treatment center.
Rules of Life: Ten Things You Should Already Know By Now - How To Get A Grip
1. What’s important today won’t matter tomorrow Yeah, so you got a problem.Those children who at age 4 did not delay gratification --- they grabbed a marshmallow immediately --- were followed up at age 16, and now during adolescence they were: The inability to delay gratification --- to wait until next week to get $2.00 --- is a far better predictor of poor academic performance than is IQ. As a nation, we scoff at delayed gratification --- our current financial deficit stands at $13,683,993,569,372! (And it has increased an average of $4.14 billion per day for the past 3 years.) Spending cuts? --- that would mean someone would have to do without – someone would have to sacrifice.
Love Marshmallows
As children many of us hyped the statement, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Clearly, it doesn’t take long to realize that words have far more weight than we want to realize. They influence thoughts, feelings, actions and states of mind. Even little words often have big meaning.
Little Words with Absolutely Huge Meaning - Use Them - by Dumb Little Man
70 Reminders to Help You Break Any Barrier | Learn This
I am pleased to introduce this guest article by a new friend John, the creator of HiLife2B , where he hopes to inspire people and to help them achieve their dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @janyasor 1. Believe that even the smallest compliment can save someone’s life 2. Remember that one person can change an entire nation
Tolstoy's Answer | Creative Intelligence. Creative Clinic.
Monday, September 20th, 2010 It’s short story time. This one’s by Leo Tolstoy, the writer every aspiring novelist should read. Daily, if possible.Portrait by Martin Fengel Juliane Koepcke was born a German national in Lima, Peru, in 1954, the daughter of a world-renowned zoologist (Hans-Wilhelm) and an equally revered ornithologist (Maria). As a teenager, Juliane was enrolled at a Peruvian high school. Her parents were stationed several hundred miles away, manning a remote research outpost in the heart of the Amazon.
THE WOMAN WHO FELL TO EARTH - Vice Magazine
Thanks to the inspiration from Karol, Baker, Glen, and Mary (among many others), I’m taking this opportunity to follow suit and celebrate my 27th birthday by reflecting on what I know is true. Thank you to every person I love, have taught me something, or encouraged me along the way. I have been blogging for almost exactly one year now, and it’s been the best year of my life. Thanks for joining me.