Rest in peace, @TheRealNimoy.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
RT @engadget: Rest in peace, @TheRealNimoy. http://t.co/qfwKc4N75M http://t.co/zvrNfyJjg3
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
"Tomorrow, tomorrow. A haircut tomorrow. It's always too far away."
"Tomorrow, tomorrow. A haircut tomorrow. It's always too far away."
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Just completed a 11.00 mi run - #HalfPrep http://t.co/w39gF8B7zi #RunKeeper
Just completed a 11.00 mi run - #HalfPrep http://t.co/w39gF8B7zi #RunKeeper
— Mandi Howell (@allst896) February 21, 2015
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Thursday, February 12, 2015
I spent 50 hours drawing this. Was it worth it, Reddit?
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Injured US Army ranger delivers the most beautiful salute.
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RT @dansai: With the flu and blizzards, blood supplies are hitting emergency levels. Maybe go give some blood if you're able: http://t.co/YINVnYXcdZ
With the flu and blizzards, blood supplies are hitting emergency levels. Maybe go give some blood if you're able: http://t.co/YINVnYXcdZ
— Dan Sai (@dansai) February 11, 2015
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February 11, 2015 at 12:52PM
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Really hoping to win the #iWantiMac Giveaway. Feeling adventurous? Enter... https://t.co/GyqthK8w4i via @tnwdeals
Really hoping to win the #iWantiMac Giveaway. Feeling adventurous? Enter... https://t.co/GyqthK8w4i via @tnwdeals
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Why you do your most creative thinking in the shower, car, or bed
By Colin Marshall at 4:15 am Wed, Feb 11, 2015
"I guess the nice thing about driving a car is that the physical act of driving itself occupies a good chunk of brain cells that otherwise would be giving you trouble overloading your thinking," writes Douglas Coupland in Life After God. "New scenery continually erases what came before; memory is lost, shuffled, relabeled and forgotten. Gum is chewed; buttons are pushed; windows are lowered and opened. A fast moving car is the only place where you're legally allowed to not deal with your problems. It's enforced meditation and this is good."
I don't have a car, but those lines always come to my mind whenever I think about why my I get my best ideas — or rather, why my ideas combine into the most useful forms — while performing routine physical tasks like walking, riding my bike (and given the distances in Los Angeles, that certainly gives me thinking time), or even showering. If ever I feel like my thoughts need "compiling," I simply do one of those things. But why does it work?
"The sudden flashes of insight we have in states of meditative distraction—showering, pulling weeds in the garden, driving home from work—often elude our conscious mind precisely because they require its disengagement," writes Josh Jones in a post on the subject at Open Culture, citing especially Archimedes' habit, in his pre-shower era, of bathing to this end. "When we’re too actively engaged in conscious thought—exercising our intelligence, so to speak—our creativity and inspiration suffer.
The intuitive revelations we have while showering or performing other mindless tasks are what psychologists call 'incubation.' As Mental Floss describes the phenomenon: 'Since these routines don’t require much thought, you flip to autopilot. This frees up your unconscious to work on something else. Your mind goes wandering, leaving your brain to quietly play a no-holds-barred game of free association.'"
I've long thought about it in the terms "Pope of Modern Advertising" David Ogilvy once used on The David Susskind Show. Asked about where he gets the big ideas of his campaigns, he replied that "big ideas in all fields come from only one place: the unconscious. Nobody's ever had a big idea by a process of rational thought." He described his process of digesting as much research material as possible, followed by "a good dinner and a bottle of claret, and then I got the idea from my unconscious. I won't say I was totally unconscious after the claret, but I wasn't at my best — except my unconscious mind was working and sent a telegram to my conscious mind."
An appealing process indeed. Or you could do like Wired's Nick Stockton and keep a "Poop Journal." Hey, whatever floats your ideational boat.
(http://boingboing.net/2015/02/11/why-you-do-your-most-creative.html)
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
RT @MLB: .@RealPFielder28 receives clean bill of health entering second #SpringTraining with @Rangers: http://t.co/xrxYBa4miq http://t.co/bVp5aaGSdm
.@RealPFielder28 receives clean bill of health entering second #SpringTraining with @Rangers: http://t.co/xrxYBa4miq http://ift.tt/1veV1J9
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Sunday, February 8, 2015
RT @FamousWomen: When you really care about someone, their happiness matters more than yours.
When you really care about someone, their happiness matters more than yours.
— Inspirational Women (@FamousWomen) February 8, 2015
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RT @WomenOfHistory: Truth is not diminished by the number of people who believe it.
Truth is not diminished by the number of people who believe it.
— World Changing Women (@WomenOfHistory) February 8, 2015
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Saturday, February 7, 2015
RT @bonniegrrl: May the Schwartz be with you! @MelBrooks hints at #Spaceballs sequel! http://t.co/x0338EA2b4 @SethGreen @SamWitwer http://t.co/72Bid0kfjQ
May the Schwartz be with you! @MelBrooks hints at #Spaceballs sequel! http://t.co/x0338EA2b4 @SethGreen @SamWitwer http://ift.tt/1AHJGIJ
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RT @FallenPegasus: No longer calling them "anti-vaxxers". Henceforth, they are "sick-spreaders". Share the meme!
No longer calling them "anti-vaxxers". Henceforth, they are "sick-spreaders". Share the meme!
— Mark Atwood (@FallenPegasus) February 5, 2015
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Way to #dowork today @SWOSUSoftball!
Way to #dowork today @SWOSUSoftball!
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February 07, 2015 at 08:12PM
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Just completed a 9.50 mi run - #HalfPrep http://t.co/NHuE3BNDeP #RunKeeper
Just completed a 9.50 mi run - #HalfPrep http://t.co/NHuE3BNDeP #RunKeeper
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RT @JohnCleese: http://t.co/TbroyCQpwn http://t.co/bCBnCc5rOC
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— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) February 7, 2015
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RT @DrBarboa: new book ALBERT IS MY FRIEND first in a series written to help children understand #autism. Give a book-- Help a child.
new book ALBERT IS MY FRIEND first in a series written to help children understand #autism. Give a book-- Help a child.
— Dr. Linda Barboa (@DrBarboa) February 7, 2015
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RT @runnersworld: "If one could run without getting tired I don’t think one would often want to do anything else." - C.S. Lewis
"If one could run without getting tired I don’t think one would often want to do anything else." - C.S. Lewis
— Runner's World (@runnersworld) February 7, 2015
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RT @drtedzeff: Your child is more likely to follow your rules when you explain the reason for the rules.~ http://t.co/92hOmAKclc
Your child is more likely to follow your rules when you explain the reason for the rules.~ http://t.co/92hOmAKclc
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After sweeping my floors I have enough fur for a Frankenkitten. Anyone know where I can find a reasonably priced Abi Normal brain?
After sweeping my floors I have enough fur for a Frankenkitten. Anyone know where I can find a reasonably priced Abi Normal brain?
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
You know those days when quiet is too loud and soft light is too bright?
You know those days when quiet is too loud and soft light is too bright?
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Oklahoma Accents http://t.co/dSoAyxdhmp
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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The last time we went to the Monterey Aquarium, Anne had to physically pull me away from the otter exhibit, because apparently I had been watching them be beautiful and perfect and adorable for close to 45 minutes and didn’t even realize it.
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@Keennzziii "@FamousWomen: Knowledge is knowing what to say. Wisdom is knowing whether or not to say it.”
@Keennzziii "@FamousWomen: Knowledge is knowing what to say. Wisdom is knowing whether or not to say it.”
— Mandi Howell (@allst896) January 23, 2015
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January 22, 2015 at 09:08PM
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@Carlylauren12 #this
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Boy bands Big hair #ExplainThe90sIn4Words
Boy bands Big hair #ExplainThe90sIn4Words
— Mandi Howell (@allst896) January 22, 2015
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January 22, 2015 at 05:32AM
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RT @davekellett: You guys are a bunch of dumbs: http://t.co/iu65j3pQIZ http://t.co/XMskddGXfi
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— Dave Kellett (@davekellett) January 21, 2015
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Do they come under-inflated? "@wootoff: $9.99 : Spalding J5Y Silver Football- Youth Size http://t.co/HCR6sNTrST”
Do they come under-inflated? "@wootoff: $9.99 : Spalding J5Y Silver Football- Youth Size http://t.co/HCR6sNTrST”
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RT @WomenOfHistory: Do not listen with the intent to reply, but with the intent to understand. #wisdom
Do not listen with the intent to reply, but with the intent to understand. #wisdom
— World Changing Women (@WomenOfHistory) January 21, 2015
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RT @WomenOfHistory: It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. -Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. -Eleanor Roosevelt
— World Changing Women (@WomenOfHistory) January 16, 2015
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LOOK AT THIS ELEPHANT BOOPING A GIRAFFE
HOW HAVEN’T I SEEN THIS YET
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