More than a month ago, The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Barack Obama with its Nobel Peace Prize. And it has taken me these last five weeks to really understand why. I believe it was a pre-emptive desire by those on the committee to see the man who ran for office...
...is not the right question to ask someone the first time you try weaning them off red met. "Oh, you want to know how this burger tastes? Like someone sucked every ounce of goodness directly out of it!" You don't want them to mentally compare this heart-friendly alternative to the...
"The first half of your life is spent learning how everyone's trying to scam you out of your money. The second half you spend avoiding people so they can't."
#19. Rutherford HayesEm, G, D/F#everything that comes upmust come downpost-civil war growthexploded aroundthen the ripples started coming from across the seaeurope’s depression was coming to wetwo wage cutson the railroad linesdidn’t take muchto enrage the insidesof these fortune-telling men who saw the end of better daysbut they couldn’t see what...
One of my favorite magazine subscriptions, The Week, an aggregate publication which pulls the very best articles from around the world to create their own multi-sided editorial arguments recently re-ran a very interesting article written by Gina Piccalo for LA Magazine. It details the collateral damage of actors with on-screen...
Keep the toilet seat down... ...is a lesson I learned as a child, and have always followed through on. But, recently I learned there is an even higher standard some want me to live up to. The desire to keep the lid itself down when company is over as an...
So, after yesterday's post, I feel comfortable throwing out an idea that without it, you could probably lock me up for. I visited my dentist's office twice in the past week. The first was to repair two cavities. I was slightly anxious about the appointment, but as I walked in...
When you have 5 free minutes, I encourage you to watch this thought-provoking video clip. It's a wonderful animated clip designed to explain entry-level quantum theory to children. And it will mess you up. I was directed to this film clip based on the discussion of the double-slit experiment in...
18. Ulysses GrantCapo 4A, A/G#, A/G, A/F#oh Ulyssesyou’re a war herobut your competencestands around zerofilling your cabinetwith friendship over meritwas fun for about a dayyou thought that you could use thembut they thought the same of you andtheir abuses still astonish us todayblack Fridaycredit mobilierwhiskey ring just to name a...
