January 2012
18 posts
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Tanzania-bound in less than 24 hours.
royu:
This will be my blog while I’m abroad in Tanzania. Internet will probably be spotty, so when I do get a chance to re-connect with the developed world this will be my medium of choice. Feel free to follow to keep up with my adventures.
Believe it: Kobe Bryant still cares →
“Someday, he’ll feel too old. Maybe the wrist will hurt too much. Maybe the passion will wane. But not now. He’s too good. This is too much fun, not just the winning, but proving that No. 7 is insultingly low, too. Hell hath no fury like Kobe scorned. Damn, this is fun to watch.”
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Are smart people ugly? The Explainer's 2011... →
npr:
The idea that an ugly face might hide a subtle mind has attracted scientific inquiries for many years. At first, scientists wanted to know whether it was possible to read someone’s intelligence from the shape of his face. In 1918, a researcher in Ohio showed a dozen photographic portraits of well-dressed children to a group of physicians and teachers, and asked the adults to rank the ...
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses...
– T.E. Lawrence
Smoking a joint a week for up to seven years doesn’t hurt lung function,...
– Study: A Joint May Be Easier On Lungs Than A Cigarette : Shots - Health Blog (via npr)
Potential
Here’s a word that I have a special affinity towards. Used negatively, it could certainly convey disappointment. To say that a person had so much potential and never fulfilled it is something that few would want to hear. Used positively, however, and the word potential becomes what I consider to be one of the greatest compliments. Potential means that who you are right now is not the best...
It is what it is.
Played more tennis in the past 2 weeks than I have...
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This will be my blog while I’m abroad in Tanzania. Internet will probably be spotty, so when I do get a chance to re-connect with the developed world this will be my medium of choice. Feel free to follow to keep up with my adventures.
The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a...
– St. Augustine of Hippo
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...
– Neil Gaiman (via light-essence)
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