100 Year Old 1000 Reichsbanknote
Here's something to chew on.
I woke up one morning and decided to build a life instead of making a living.
They say if you want a popular blog you need a focus, I did that once and it burnt me out.
I like to hang out with my wife and kids, read, trade stocks and FOREX, take photographs (on film and digital), write poetry (haiku mostly), camp, hike, play GO, and bake when I have time. Plus I do all other kinds of rambling shit.
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Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ - CNN.com
The reasoning is that sexual exclusivity in men, liberalism and atheism all go against what would be expected given humans' evolutionary past. In other words, none of these traits would have benefited our early human ancestors, but higher intelligence may be associated with them.
via cnn.com
Great. Now they're making atheism a political agenda tool.
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Tiger Woods blames himself, fame, temptation - USATODAY.com
He asked the media to "please leave" Elin and the kids alone. He spoke of Buddhism and how he had drifted away from it in recent years. And he said, "I will leave for more treatment and more therapy.
Why doesn't he just admit that he likes to have sex with hot women? I don't think Buddhism will help, unless its hot female monk...
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New Study Links Religion to Immoral Behavior
via youtube.com
This is rather interesting. The more faithful a society is, the more immoral behavior is created.
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Bing Travel and the quick getaway!
A friend at work recommended that I check out Bing Travel instead of Kayak for my fare deals, and he's right. Bing appears to be more comprehensive and will give you a prediction if the fare price will rise or fall within 120 days of your travel date. Neat!
The reason why I'm checking out fare sites is that I'm planning a quick getaway, if feasible, to New Mexico for the Balloon Fiesta this year. The best fare rate I can find right now is $299/person for early October 2010 without lodging and transportation. For a family of four, or even if I did a Daddy & Daughter trip, it would turn quite expensive when I add in lodging and a car rental. So now I have to figure out if I could shoe string this getaway at all. Back to the drawing board!
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100 Things To Do Before I Die list
I'm in the process of compiling my "100 Things To Do Before I Die" list and I have about 13 so far. Its really a mind boggling task because there are so many beautiful and wonderful things to see and do in this world, and we are creatures with finite time and life.
I realize that I can accomplish these things but it requires me to throw off the shackles of a consumerist life, which is difficult when you have two cars, a mortgage, and two kids. Yet, adventurous people do it all the time, and I know that I can too! 2010 is going to be a great year as I start checking off these 100 things.
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Which Wolf Do You Feed?
Long ago, across the open plains of the Midwest, a young Indian brave sat with his grandfather watching the wind blow through the grass, when he asked, “Grandfather, why is there good and evil in this world?”
The grandfather thought about his question for a moment and answered, “Grandson, there are two wolves inside every person. One wolf stands for all the goodness, compassion, and love in this world. The other wolf stands for all the evil, hate, and destruction in this world.” He paused, “And they both fight inside us everyday.”
The young Indian brave thought about what his grandfather said and asked, “Which wolf wins?”
The old man looked across the horizon at the setting sun and answered, “Which ever one you feed.”
(This story was something I heard a short while ago and loved it, can't claim it as mine! =) )
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I Feel Like A Freight Train Almost Ran Me Over
70 MPH + Standing on the platform = scary.
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