Also known as roughly the greatest Star Trek TNG episode ever. Everyone’s memory is erased, so they don’t know who they are or their relationship to each other. But they still have their basic character, and you can see how this plays out without the limitations imposed by their preexisting relationships with each other. It’s [...]
man, I’m weird.
First, we’ve got Look Around You (thanks xwjl), which I’m sure lots of geeks who are paying more attention know about. Anyway, if you’re in a british humor type of mood, this is pretty whacked, and there’s lots of it.
Then we’ve got a brief Barack Obama interlude:
And it’s time to settle into some star trek.
Thanks xkcd!
I would go so far as to say it’s not just useless, but actually harmful.
Ah, the timely nature of the fortune program:
“In real love you want the other person’s good. In romantic love you want the other person.”
– Margaret Anderson
I don’t usually consider moveon.org a particularly reputable source of information, but I came across this video there after some random browsing led me to the site. It’s kind of remarkable how well Dick Cheney describes the reasons invading Iraq is a bad idea, and how correct he was.
times like these you feel very sorry for every mean thing you’ve ever done
times like these you feel sorry every time you were not compassionate at someone else’s pain
times like these you cry just seeing a perfect stranger going about his ordinary business
times like these you love everyone except yourself
times like these you swear you’ll [...]
world, you rock my world.
If this were your last day on earth, how would you go about relating to people, what would you tell your family, what risks would you take?
This is a quote from my current hero Eunice Chen on facebook (hope it’s okay that I link here Eunice!). It’s powerful stuff.
Especially for me. I’m [...]
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you’re blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
It’s rare to find words that really resonate like these. Especially “blown apart”. Just thinking about those words brings laughter and tears all at the same time, because it just feels so accurate.
There’s this later [...]