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Browse Documentary Films & Videos. How To Stop Someone From Texting You. 25 clever ideas to make life easier. Via: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com Why didn’t I think of that?!

25 clever ideas to make life easier

We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw). Via: apartmenttherapy.com. Book-A-Minute Classics. Got another book report to do?

Book-A-Minute Classics

English teachers have the inconsiderate habit of assigning mammoth-sized works of literature to read and then actually expecting you to do it. This wouldn't be so bad except that invariably the requisite reading is as boring as fly fishing in an empty lake. Half of those books don't even have discernible plots. Cook'n Newsletter. Give your brain a break... and achieve inner peace with our easy guide to meditating. By Matthew Johnstone Published: 22:52 GMT, 22 April 2012 | Updated: 22:52 GMT, 22 April 2012 Want to be calmer, healthier and happier?

Give your brain a break... and achieve inner peace with our easy guide to meditating

Well, there’s a simple way that costs nothing, and all you have to do is... nothing. Just 20 minutes of meditating - no incense or lotus positions involved - holds the solution to the problems of modern life, according to a new illustrated guide. How to solve a rubik's cube. Kitchen Tips. 1.

Kitchen Tips

Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. 2. Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect shaped pancakes every time. 3. 18 Funny Mitch Hedberg Quotes. In the world of stand-up comedy, Mitch Hedberg was a master of the one-liner.

18 Funny Mitch Hedberg Quotes

Let’s look back on a career that was cut too short with this list of funny Mitch Hedberg quotes. You may also like: Funny Quotes and One-Liners. As powerful as inspirational quotes can be, sometimes we just need a bit of humor to lighten up our day.

Funny Quotes and One-Liners

For those occasions, funny quotes and one-liners are quite effective, especially when they poke fun at our everyday annoyances, whether it be politics, work, aging or marriage. Not content with finding these humorous quotes on only bumper stickers, we set out to put together a list of them. After browsing through quotation websites like Quotery, Wikiquote, and BQ for a couple hours, we were able to find quite a few gems. Below, you’ll find the Top 100: Funny Quotes and One-Liners that are sure to put a smile on your face.

How to Make Proper Barbecue Chicken. There's a lot of misconception when it comes to "barbecue.

How to Make Proper Barbecue Chicken

" The problem is the word itself. It's used as a synonym for grilling, refers to the grill itself, or to the meat being grilled; it also has a sauce named after it; and sometimes it's just the word for the party itself held outdoors in somebody's backyard. What, actually, is "barbecue"? People.clarkson.edu/~ttamon/quotes.txt.

Beware of your thoughts, they become your words.

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Beware of your words, they become your actions. Beware of your actions, they become your habits. Beware of your habits, they become your character. Beware of your character, it becomes your destiny. - Unknown I hear, I forget. 15 Oxymorons" An oxymoron is a combination of words that contradict each other.

15 Oxymorons"

Here are some of our favorites. 1. virtual reality 2. original copy 3. old news. The 48 Laws of Power. Background[edit] Greene initially formulated some of the ideas in The 48 Laws of Power while working as a writer in Hollywood and concluding that today's power elite shared similar traits with powerful figures throughout history.[5] In 1995, Greene worked as a writer at Fabrica, an art and media school, and met a book packager named Joost Elffers.[4][8] Greene pitched a book about power to Elffers and six months later, Elffers requested that Greene write a treatment.[4] Although Greene was unhappy in his current job, he was comfortable and saw the time needed to write a proper book proposal as too risky.[10] However, at the time Greene was rereading his favorite biography about Julius Caesar and took inspiration from Caesar's decision to cross the Rubicon River and fight Pompey, thus inciting the Great Roman Civil War.[10] Greene would follow Caesar's example and write the treatment, which later became The 48 Laws of Power.[10] He would note this as the turning point of his life.[10]

The 48 Laws of Power

The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less. Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Mangled Worlds Quantum Mechanics. By Robin Hanson , March 21, 2003. (Revised April, 2006.) This variation on the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics allows us to derive the Born probability rule via finite world counting and no new physics. One of the deepest questions in physics is this: what exactly happens during a quantum measurement? Under the traditional (or "Copenhagen") view, quantum mechanics tells you how to calculate the probabilities of different measurement outcomes. You are to create a wave that describes your initial situation, and then have your wave evolve in time according to a certain linear deterministic rule until the time of a measurement. 2012 March 12 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive. Discover the cosmos!

Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 March 12 The Scale of the Universe - Interactive Flash Animation Credit & Copyright: Cary & Michael Huang. True Facts. Facts - interesting, provocative, well-seasoned One out of ten children in Europe are conceived on an IKEA bed. Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. 1267: Printing the phrase "In God We Trust" on US currency was a mandate handed down by Abraham Lincoln's Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase. During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt attempted to remove the slogan because he, as. Arm-chair logic - logic test. The Dwight Schrute Knows Best Meme. Oh Dwight, you are the best thing to happen to the US version of The Office.

The wry second-in-command at the Scranton office of Dunder Mifflin is famous for his obscure knowledge and comically literal interpretation of… well… everything. And so the Dwight Schrute Knows Best meme or simply, the Dwight Schrute meme was born: Enjoy the Dwight Schrute meme? Mitch Hedberg Quotes. 3248930_460s.jpg (460×5047) Knowledge. This war...! Global Food Disparity: A Photo Diary. Best Quotes of All Time. Ken Korczak - You don't exist, so don't worry about it. Some paradoxes - an anthology.