Queen of Hearts vs Daft Punk, “The End Of Nothing.”
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Climate Change
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Recent observations of climatic trends showed that the worst-case trajectories highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 were being followed or exceeded on a range of measurements.
Image featued in the article “World leaders told to act on climate before it’s too late” in The Times (March 13, 2009).
Obamify yourself on Obamicon.me
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Yesterday Barack Obama was inaugurated as the the 44th president. Obama’s signature campaign slogan has been all about change… so why not show your support, have a little fun and change your profile picture?
“Ever felt presidential? Ever thought your marketing skills were superior to those behind the campaigns? Ever have too much time on your hands?”
- Guidespot.com
At Obamicon.me you can make your own “Obamicon” - your image in a style inspired by Shepard Fairey’s iconic “Hope” poster.
The best quote about Obamicon so far: “Obamicon might change the world…or at least everyone’s profile pics.”
Make your own Obamicon now! :)
These are mine:
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What Should I Do With My Life?
Some inspiration on a dull, cold January evening…
“A calling is not something you know, it’s something you grow into through trials and mistakes. Work shouldn’t just be fun. Work should be like life—sometimes fun, sometimes moving, and defined by meaningful events. Attack your fears, rather than shy away from them. Bring what you do in alignment with who you are. Freedom is the confidence that you can live within the means of something you’re passionate about. Failure’s hard, but success at the wrong thing can lock you in forever. Don’t be seduced by artificial love. Be open to defining experiences. Don’t mistake intensity for passion. You don’t find your purpose above the neck, you find it below the neck, when you’re transformed by what you have witnessed. You can get good at what you need to to serve what you believe in. Get your mind 80 percent of the way there, then go looking for the catalyst. Look backward as much as forward, inward as much as outward. Nothing helps like knowing you’re not alone. There’s a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Create an environment where the truth is invited into your life. If you develop the character, the odds are pretty good you can succeed. Success is defined as when you’re no longer held back by your heart, and your character blossoms, and the gifts you have to offer the world are apparent. Don’t cling to a single scenario, allow yourself many paths to the same desintation. Give it a lifetime to pay off. Things you work hardest for are the things you will most treasure.
I used to think life presented a five-page menu of choices. Now I think the choice is in whether to be honest to ourselves and others, and the rest is more of an uncovering, a peeling away of layers, discovering talents we assumed we didn’t have. I used to treasure the innocence of first love. Now I treasure the hard-fought. I used to want to change the world. Now I’m open to letting it change me.”
- Po Bronson. Excerpt from “What Should I Do With My Life?”
Christmas quotes
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Merry Christmas Eve to all! I’m feeling very Christmassy and wanted to share some of my favourite Christmas and giving-related quotes with you all, softie that I am ;)
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent Peale
“Isn’t it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don’t know what exactly, but it’s something that you don’t mind so much not having at other times.” Kate L. Bosher
“Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself.” Francis C. Farley
“Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.” Garry Moore
“It is better to give than receive - especially advice.” Mark Twain
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Peter Drucker
“The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.” Albert Einstein
