Month: September 2004
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Globalization
Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization?Answer: Princess Diana’s death.Question: How come?Answer: An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky, (check the bottle before you change the spelling) followed closely by Italian…
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Free speech in America
Freeway BloggerLink courtesy of John Treworgy, Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:52:32 -0400
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Practicality
Boudreaux’s twenty-one-year-old daughter tells her parents she has missed her period for two months. Very worried, they go to the drugstore and to buy a pregnancy kit. The test result shows that the girl is pregnant.Shouting, cursing, crying, Boudreaux says, “Who was the pig that did this to you? “I want to know!”The girl picks up…
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The Force?
The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. I surrounds us, and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Serenity
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.Marcus Aurelius
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Colorful
Mary Pat LaBoda points us to this RIT thesis project – an interactive presentation on color. Very well done. LinkPlush doll of the Ebola virus (for the person who has everything…) Link Dark, but funny, animations: LinkAbandoned bikes in NYC: LinkHow to create a flapping paper airplane: LinkNeat science site: LinkGood experience newsletter 22 Sep…
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Success
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.Thomas Alva Edison