December 2010
39 posts
Just something to ponder upon...
Ever wonder why sadness seems to bring out some sort of truth, some sort of purity in emotion? Maybe that’s why so many sad songs are popular (i.e. Breakeven, Shadow of the Day, Apologize, etc.) Maybe it’s because sadness makes us want to offer ourselves to someone else, something else. It makes us want to sublimate ourselves and calm down our constantly raging ego. It is what we label...
“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live...”
– James Baldwin (via kari-shma)
Merry Christmas!
‘Twas the night before Christmas, all the children in bed;
The most joyful and peaceful day of the year just ahead.
Excited for the presents the next morning would behold
And the warmth of family around, which is anything but cold.
From video games to clothes the presents vary,
But what value of Christmas do they really carry?
In this age of materialism, the presents captivate
Us from...
“Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that...”
– Pythagoras (via nathanielstuart)
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via happythings)
“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein (via ageofreason)
WatchThis guy brings up some very valid points that are hard to argue.
:)
The brain (a brain theory?) and connections with technology.
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of...”
– Henry Ward Beecher (via everythingalmost)
“When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face
When I...”
– Swami Vivekananda (via everythingalmost)
WatchFor all of your Pirates of the Caribbean fans here’s the trailer to the next movie!
:)
WatchAmazing video about optical illusions and how our brain actually perceives the world around us through the senses.
“ I always believed there were two kinds of men in this world: Men who go to...”
– Rang de Basanti (via everythingalmost)
“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?”
– Marcel Marceau (via nathanielstuart)
New Big Ten Divisions (Teams, Names, and Logo) →
Also includes the name of the championship trophy and the championship MVP trophy.
WatchThe impact of one man on one sport. This was a very touching video.
WatchTrailer to Thor!
Visionary (by Jay R Patel)
“Life really teaches its lessons in a peculiar way. I’m in India right now, I was walking, no big deal. Normally i am used to looking far and walking, assuming nothing would be in my way. but i ended up kicking a rock, and really messing my toe up (it was a construction area and at night). Thats the difference between a visionary and dreamer. A dreamer looks far into the future and...
Announcement Trailer for the new Transformers... →
The name of the movie is Transformers: Dark of the Moon
OHHHH SNAPPPP
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle...”
– Buddha (via everythingalmost)
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into...”
– William Arthur Ward (via everythingalmost)
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via everythingalmost)
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s...”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via nathanielstuart)
Need a good laugh? Try this :) →
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not...”
– William Arthur Ward (via everythingalmost)
WatchThey say it takes a town to raise a great child. How about a town to raise this many great coaches? Just shows how much your environment affects who you are and who you become. Hats off to the town of Youngstown, Ohio.
Watcheverythingalmost:
Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
i really like this guy. what he said was so true!
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man...”
– Abraham Lincoln (via shubacca)
“Time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a...”
“Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.”
– Ray Bradbury (via appleseed)
“That I exist is a perpetual surprise.”
– Tagore (via fulpakru)