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"These cars — that’s a school teacher who thinks taxes are too high…there’s a mom with two kids who can’t think about anything else…ano...

The lessons are straightforward: There is no path to excellence at anything except the deliberate, purposeful formation of daily habits tha...

The only adequate preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today. Archbishop Josiah Fearon Diocese of Kaduna Nigeria

It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called...

That's so wrong it's not even wrong. -- Brian Dunning from an episode about "Boosting Your Immune System"

John D. Marshall

Summary: Pull your socks up. Abstract: Much recent research suggests that willpower—the capacity to exert self-control—is a limited resource...

Amen. Normally I don't cross post xkcd.com cartoons, because everyone I like should read them, but this one was too good not to pass al...

Allows grasping and manipulating irregularly or unpredictably shaped objects using everyday ground coffee and a latex party balloon. Brillia...

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"NASA Ames Director Simon Worden revealed that NASA Ames has 'just started a project with DARPA called the Hundred Year Starship,...

As bees visit flowers to collect nectar and pollen they discover other flowers en route in the wrong order. But they still manage to quickly...

From Leon Wieseltier's column "Ghosts" in the 10/28/2010 issue of The New Republic. For there is honor in partisanship, when t...

How to Tell You're Losing Your Integrity

The length of a coastline depends on the length of the measuring stick.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/10/11/101011crbo_books_surowiecki?currentPage=all

Leaves of Grass Written by Tim Blake Nelson

http://m.boingboing.net/2010/10/14/science-proves-that.html

1. It is a joy -- A celebration the bounty that we have received. 2. It is a privilege -- An opportunity to share what has been so gene...

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