November 2007
42 posts
“My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.”
– Jack Nicholson
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Why lbs. and £?
The abbreviation originates with the Latin phrase libra pondo, which means “a unit of measurement by weight.” The Romans shortened the phrase to pondo, which ultimately became pound in English, but the abbreviation of the first word - lb., for libra- endured. The symbol for British currency is a stylized L, or £, which comes from the same source. The value of the British pound was...
“Dear World,
Sorry, but we tried our best.
- Half of America”
– Bumper sticker, Whole Foods parking lot
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! →
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“Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Marines. You’re...”
– Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket
Coffee Drinks [Infographic] →
Baseball Pitches [Infographic] →
“Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm:
1. write down the problem
2. think very...”
– Murray Gell-Mann, in reference to Richard Feynman of course
“The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.”
– Julius Caesar
in omnia paratus
in all things prepared
“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal...”
– Winston Churchill
“What if the only certainty is taxes?”
– The Washington Post’s Joel Garreau, in an article on Aubrey de Grey a scientist studying immortality by treating aging as a disease.
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Ron Paul Event #2
“If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think...”
– Warren Buffet
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Occam's razor [Wikipedia] →
“All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the right one.”
woolgathering
to indulgence in idle daydreaming
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“Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived....”
– Fight Club
“This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.”
– Fight Club
“I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn’t...”
– Fight Club
“I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.”
– Mitch Hedburg