Life
R.I.P Dr. Randy Pausch
PITTSBURGH - Randy Pausch, a former Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.
MSNBC Article announcing that Dr. Randy Pausch has passed away
His last lecture.
Affordable Global Real Estate according to BusinessWeek
I saw an article from BusinessWeek yesterday about “affordable global real estate” and I thought I’d share the link and my observations here.
In The Worlds Most Affordable Housing Markets, writer Maya Roney lays out where the smart money chooses to live based on an index of home prices, cost of goods and services, local stability [...]
Mashup: Nietzsche Family Circus
The Nietzsche Family Circus pairs a randomized Family Circus cartoon with a randomized Friedrich Nietzsche quote.
Finally, the Family Circus is funny.
Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Visit it here: Nietschze [...]
Photography: Time Standing Still
I found this site recently and have been transfixed. He uses long exposure times and turns human existence into ghostly motion. Visit the photographer’s web site here:
Some of my favorites:
Video: The last Lecture from a Dieing Professor
I was visiting a blog site of someone I admire earlier today and was reminded of this video again. I watched this video when it first came out, transfixed by someone who is dieing of pancreatic cancer give one of the most powerful and moving speeches of my life. He gave the speech for his [...]
The Symmetry of Car accidents, part 2: Alternative Therapy
It’s been almost 6 weeks since the accident, and my wife is still on high alert. She is still having lots of nightmares, and what I can only describe as flashbacks. Every interaction on the road leaps out at her like a high definition instant replay, in a thousand variations. She isn’t driving yet, and [...]
Bones
At the foot of the mountains
Like the spine of a rotting hump backed whale
Jockeying for position
The air a riot of radio waves, horns honking and people shouting
We sip flavored coffee from 55 gallon drums in 4/4
These are the rituals that sustain the great beast as it rises from its slumber
It takes a long time to [...]
Sleeping Positions of Married Couples and What They Mean
What does it mean if you sleep in the “Loosely Tethered Sleeping Style” versus “The Honeymoon Hug” or “The Royal Position”? What is the “Zen Style”? Do the “Leg Hug” or the “The Cliffhanger” indicate trouble in paradise? How do you and your spouse and what does that say about your relationship?
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Video: A Tour of Tibet
The best ever….
Yes, this is the best time ever to excel.
This is the most depressing and hopeless state that the United States of America has been in since the great depression of the twenties. That is a reality. Not that this information is tantamount to the death of any soldier or civilian in Iraq today, or the [...]
