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“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. ... Nothing we do, however virtuous, can ...

[A]s Erma Bombeck said, no mother is arrogant because she knows that, regardless of her other accomplishments in life, at any moment she may...

Things a Chinese Mother will not let her children do: • attend a sleepover • have a playdate • be in a school play • complain about not bein...

31. (Mo's Law of Evolutionary Development) You can't get to the moon by climbing successively taller trees. via a University of Mar...

Tried to embed the video , but it was blocked. It's worth going to her site to watch it.

via Thierry Legault

I was not aware that cars could be driven this way.

from an interview with Christopher Nolan by his brother via In Contention

Not clear whether he sketched them, or whether they were just illustrations he included in a folio of his other astronomical work. "In...

The full moon will pass through Earth's shadow, changing from gray to a rusty, red color. Why red? NASA describes it this way: A quick ...

Why I'm an athiest. via WSJ

Click on the image to see the whole thing. via National Geographic

From the Facebook Blog

Paper's conclusion: Although effective obesity prevention leads to a decrease in costs of obesity-related diseases, this decrease is o...

No comment necessary -- this is just great all by itself.

A machine waiting to be used as a metaphor for something.

I like this because it reminds me how articulate young people can be, and resets the bar where it should be.

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” via The Positivity Blog

Good advice on giving appropriate information in a kind way after an interview. via Nathan Marz .