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“It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice - there are...”

– Frank Zappa, 1940 - 1993 via QOTD

Dec 31st

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace”

– Jimi Hendrix (via mimilachula)

Dec 31st

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Dec 30th

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NY Boy Scout earns all 121 merit badges →

rhodyram: “A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. It’s an accomplishment the local arm of the organization calls “an almost unheard-of feat.” I was never a Boy Scout though I have an idea how meaningful this is. I know Eagle Scout is regarded as the highest honor, and yet it only requires 21 of the 121 badges this kid was awarded. I was a Boy...

Dec 30th

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“A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced...”

– Thomas Hardy, 1840 - 1928 [FB] via QOTD

Dec 30th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 28th

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Sales sharks selling the news at Safeway? Internet has surpassed newspapers as a primary news source (and it shows). Maybe next week they’ll open a Chevy dealership out in the parking lot?

Dec 27th

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Dec 27th

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NASA - Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth →

cultrvultr: Earth’s magnetic field presses against the sun’s magnetic field. Approximately every eight minutes, the two fields briefly merge or “reconnect,” forming a portal through which particles can flow

Dec 26th

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50 Things We Know Now That We Didn't Know Last... →

emples: (via setuplikeadeckofcards:jakec)

Dec 26th

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3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late

laureola: annytime: 1 // You may need more sleep than you think. Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were “well rested” actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb (damn you, Edison!), the average person slumbered 10 hours a...

Dec 26th

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Dec 25th

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“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and...”

– John Calvin Coolidge, 1872 - 1933 via QOTD

Dec 25th

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pica: David Sedaris, “Six to Eight Black Men,”...

Dec 25th

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Dec 24th

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Dec 23rd

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I’ve been a huge fan of the Music Genome...

Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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Beastie Boys A Cappella tracks →

(via evanwalsh) I got a Mac, at least partially, so I would get into this. Maybe… someday. Maybe Thursday?

Dec 23rd

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Dec 22nd

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Windows XP: Windows XP's Availability Extended... →

(via craytonc) This bums me out just a little. See, I switched to Mac because Microsoft is forcing users to migrate to Vista. I should have waited though. I would have gotten the latest and greatest Mac next year instead of what will then be my “old” MacBook Pro. Of course, I’ll be ready for the new hotness by then anyway, but I probably could have muddled through with my old...

Dec 22nd

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