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Via 169. Be nice to your sister. You are her confidante, cheerleader, and bodyguard.
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Advise I should have followed better. I think Mills would agree.
Same here. Remember that, son.
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“None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.”
“Everything has been said, but not everything has been said superbly, and what has been said superbly has to be said again and again.”
Danny Meyer Thinks About Italian Food and Neighborhood Restaurants : The Feedbag
This is about Italian restaurants but it could apply to many things. via @Atlantic_Food
This is about Italian restaurants but it could apply to many things. via @Atlantic_Food
“Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award—these are the true aims and duties of criticism.”
“The conscience of every man recognizes courage as the foundation of manliness, and manliness as the perfection of human character.”
"the most important thing in life" »
Google search results for “the most important thing in life”. Inspired by this post. (Most of these results are wrong.)
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This is great advice. The younger you are the better advice it is. On second thought, it might be the reverse.
“Hardcore Sitting”
Aaron Fotheringham (“Wheels”) is, officially at least, the only wheelchair-bound person to be able to do a backflip. (Via liburd, and Telegraph.co.uk.)
“When other kids in wheelchairs see me doing what I do, I’d just like to be able to inspire them to, either, just go off a curb, or jump a stair set, or just get out of the house, because those video games are death.”
If you’re not going to go jump off something, at least get out of the house. Awesome.
A young Iraqi boy paused for a picture Tuesday at a Karbala brick factory where he works. Employees receive about $8 daily. (Mohammed Sawaf/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Photo Journal : Pictures of the Day
I need to be reminded more often how easy my life is.
“I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one’s neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.”
Leo Tolstoy, quoted by Everybody Cares.
Update from the comments: “As everyone who has read his biography knows, it didn’t work. It didn’t even come close.” Human life in two sentences! (via mills)
I’ve been reading Ecclesiates and it struck me how much this sounds like parts of Solomon’s writings:
A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Solomon has a bit of a different conclusion, though. This looks like a very good overview of the book.
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“Instead of 500 books about the secrets of customer service, try this: Be nice. Say thank you.”
1001 rules for my unborn son »
This just might be the perfect blog:
52. Get to know your sister’s boyfriends. I’ll rely on your opinion.
58. Use the broiler. It’s an indoor grill.
94. Don’t show off. Impress.
120. Spend time with your mother. She’s cooler than you think.
138. Treat your body well. You’ll be glad you did when you are a dad.
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This is a little snapshot of my job. Except I haven’t had to wear a tie recently.
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Sacramento #8. (via Lifehacker)
