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Print - 60 Things Worth Shortening Your Life For. 1.

Print - 60 Things Worth Shortening Your Life For

Danger dogs. The Tijuana delicacy -- a hot dog wrapped in bacon, fried, and topped with mayo -- has made its way to San Diego and Los Angeles, sold from carts outside stadiums, clubs, and wherever hungry drunks congregate. See also: 2. Jersey breakfast dogs. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Hard: Corbet's Couloir, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Harder: Silverton Mountain, Colorado. Downright nuts: Helicopter skiing the Chugach Range, Alaska. --Rob Story 14. I was not raised by daring Jews. I’ll tell you what we had: We had chopped liver. Its earthy serf-feed roots are blatant -- no one ever kvetched, "What am I, beluga? " Bad for you? --Scott Raab 15. Until night, it's Guilt City, Havana. --Chris Jones 16. 17. 18. 19. . • 1 1/2 ounce Tanqueray gin • 1/2 ounce lemon juice • 1/2 ounce lime juice • 1 ounce heavy cream • white of 1 fresh egg • 3 drops -- not dashes -- of orange flower water Fill with cracked ice and shake lustily for a long, long time, and then strain into a tall glass.

50 Common Latin Phrases Every College Student Should Know. While there may not be cities and countries full of people speaking Latin these days, that doesn’t mean the ancient language is something you can just forget about.

50 Common Latin Phrases Every College Student Should Know

Not only are many of our words in English (not to mention many other languages) derived from Latin, but many of its words words are still used in today’s daily speaking and writing. So while you may not need to learn to speak or read the Latin language fluently, it can still be a big help in your quest for higher education to know a few words and phrases. Here are some of the most commonly used Latin expressions that you should learn to start improving your personal lexicon. Must-Learn Terms If you don’t know these Latin terms, get to learning them ASAP, as they are commonly used in speaking and writing and may be hard to avoid.

Per se: The direct translation of this term is “by itself” and it means just that when used in English as well. Writing Everyday Talk Arguments and Logic Legal Language Business. 20 Things That Are Way Better In Slow Motion. 12 Investing Mistakes I've Made, and How You Can Learn From Them. Home » Investing » 12 Investing Mistakes I’ve Made, and How You Can Learn From Them I’ve been investing since 1996.

12 Investing Mistakes I've Made, and How You Can Learn From Them

In the process, I have learned a lot, mainly from trial and error. I’d like to share my experience with you. Here are some of the mistakes I’ve made: Not investing soon enough — I have been working part-time since my first year at college in 1991. As you can see, I was not a very good investor, and it took me a long time and too much money to learn from my mistakes. Read comments on Get Rich Slowly More about investing and lesson learned: This was a guest post I wrote for Get Rich Slowly on September 26, 2007.

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15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will

"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"The actual advice here is technically a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's "good uncle" Alex, but Vonnegut was nice enough to pass it on at speeches and in A Man Without A Country. Though he was sometimes derided as too gloomy and cynical, Vonnegut's most resonant messages have always been hopeful in the face of almost-certain doom. And his best advice seems almost ridiculously simple: Give your own happiness a bit of brainspace.