My Philocaly: Ideas

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Michael Jordan

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

HBO's NEWSROOM Opening scene "Why America's Not the Greatest Country"

I have been watching this show religiously ever since I saw this little segment several weeks ago. I could not help but agree wholeheartedly with his argument. As I have attempted to inform myself better about my country and about where I stand politically, over the past several years, I have mostly become frustrated and saddened by how selfish and petty we have become. Then, being the son of a historiaholic, who dragged me around the country almost deifying all the great men that established our laws and who fought to make this country great, I was often reminded of the days when this county truly was great.
I love this country and I feel so blessed to have been born a citizen of it, however we each have a responsibility as such. As he states in the clip, we need to inform ourselves and realize we can do better. Our government was established to be "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people". If we, as the people will inform ourselves and then act in accordence with our beliefs, instead of just stand back, then "change" can truly come.

Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with non-violence

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Don Tapscott: Four principles for the open world

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Jim Carrey

"It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?"

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Derek Paravicini - British Musical Savant

Is it not amazing to realize how little we know of how the brain actually works. We know about the chemical and electrical signaling that is taking place, and we try to map out how the connections correlate to one another, but really we know so very little. How do all these signals and such turn into the complex and beautiful thoughts and memories that we have in our minds all the time, while still keeping our bodies functioning and alive? And how does a premature, supposedly damaged, brain like Derek's here, store and create such mindbogglingly beautiful music? We may have mapped out the human genome, and we may know everything about the evolution and maturation of the brain, but with all we have learned the brain is still mystifying us.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Eyes are a Window to the Soul

Link to National Geographic Article

The original picture of this girl was taken the year I was born. Because of my love of National Geographic and because of the popularity of the picture, I have seen it many many times and have speculated, more than once, on the story behind those magnificent eyes. The true story, however, and the more current photograph shake me. I find myself being haunted by those eyes, especially when I see the pictures side by side. The stunning young girl looking fiercely at life and into the future, and then . . . . the future. I don't even know how to put into words all that I can see in those eyes, all that I feel when I try to imagine the lives that people actually live. What will life make of me and of my eyes and what am I to take and do with stories such as this?

Frank Lloyd Wright

“Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself with out it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Who is me?

I watched the vow tonight. I enjoy chick flicks. I heard someone explain once, "cheesy chick flicks are like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket." I like that, and kind of agree with it. I also love sappy love songs and sunsets, maybe I hung out with my mother a little too much as a child or something. Anyways, the movie really got me thinking. Who am I . . . really? If I were the girl who suffered the brain trauma in the movie, would there be a common space I would move into? In searching for that answer, I have been looking through this blog and seeing what things have stuck out to me and inspired me. One thing I found was this quote; “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” What is my originalNESS? The root of that word is origin. So, when I was a kid I was a crazy friendly cowboy with lots of energy. I wanted to be just like John Wayne, but is that origin the real me? I don't know if I honestly have any originality in me. The person I am today or the person I feel that I am today seems to be just a hoarders warehouse of stolen ideas, beliefs, manor isms, clothing, etc. . . I look at people I admire and to ideas that I agree with and let those things mold me, but what is the medium being molded. What is the true me? I don't know if I know.

(old pics of me playing on photo booth)

Monday, December 19, 2011

PEOPLE ARE AWESOME

Friday, December 9, 2011

11 Things to Know at 25(ish)

It seems I ran into this article at the right time. I have been pondering many of these thing over the last couple weeks. Have a look. Lots of good stuff.

11 things to know at 25ish

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Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe God is good and life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.

Shauna Niequest

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

African proverb

“When death finds you, may it find you alive.”

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Let's Dance!

how about no more of this:

and a lot more of this:

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Gray or Grey

Yesterday as I was driving to work, I was thinking about how much I love gray skies. It seems, that the gray brings out the rest of the colors and really makes everything more beautiful. As I thought about that, I realized that my life is full of gray. I love sad music, books, and movies. They make life and its experiences more beautiful, or at least my perception of them. Just a thought.