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March 27, 2008
Science, Religion and Politics in 13 Minutes Flat
Dr Taylor, a neuroanatomist, recounts her life-changing experience as a stroke victim. This 13 minute video is riveting.
“I realized what a tremendous gift this experience could be, what a stroke of insight this could be to how we live our lives, and it motivated me to recover,'’
I would guess that Dr. Taylor is far happier and more peaceful now than she ever could have imagined before her stroke. Would that we all could gain the insight she has.
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March 24, 2008
And For My Next Trick...
Retired construction worker doing "hand's on" historical research...
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March 14, 2008
I Prefer Pi
This is it, the day we've all (um - some, err - a few of us) have been waiting for.
My birthday occurs at position 70,757.
My weight occurs at position 587.
The phone number I had in college occurs at position 7,400,933.
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March 12, 2008
Wow
Swan Lake like you've never seen it before. Watch the whole thing - it just keeps getting better.
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March 5, 2008
We Are Indeed
Two points:
- They understand what they are singing
- You may laugh only if you have invested the time and energy (with your friends) to imitate a group of Japanese rock stars. Bonus points if you can name a Japanese rock star
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March 4, 2008
Whasting Wintertime, One Day At A Time
I've always found the idea of "daylight saving time" silly at best. Sunrise and sunset times change every year, all year. At some arbitrary point in the year, we tinker with what we call the time. The only compelling reason I've ever heard is that "it makes it easier for kids to get to school", but I've never really seen that in my life experience.
While it may be easier for some (and that would be hard to measure), it comes with a cost. A recently study was done to quantify the cost of adjusting our clocks. Indiana was a case study, showing that the switch to DST cost citizens $8.6M a year.
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