I started this because I wanted an easy way to post some of my thoughts and random things I need to get out every now and then -- this seemed to be a safe way to do that. 
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Soup: Nurse Reveals Top 5 Regrets of the Dying 
From Arise India Forum:
“For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives
People grow a lot when they are faced with…
Good reminders for the New Year
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Be yourself and work as hard as you can to bring wonderful things into the world. Figure out how you want to contribute and do that, in your own way, on your own terms, as hard as you can, as much as you can, as long as you can.
His most lasting message, I hope, won’t be about technology or management or media or communications or even design. The work he did in those areas certainly matters and will continue to — impossible to ignore it.
Still, I think it’s not the main thing, the essential thing.
I hope the message that people really take, really internalize is that being yourself, as hard as you can, is the way to have important and lasting impact on our world. That might be in the context of technology. It might be in the context of technology, or the arts, or sports, or government, or social justice — or even in the context of your family and close friends.
It almost doesn’t matter. The thing that matters most is to figure out what’s important to you, what’s core to you, and do that. Be that. And do it as well as you possibly can, every single day.
John’s Tumblr: Steve Jobs
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In honour of our Captain Vantastic’s 100th Goal for the Greatest Club this World have ever seen.
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Put This On: The RJ Cat's Over-Rated List
Our friend The RJ Cat is more than a man - he’s a menswear phenomenon. Today, he sent us this list of things he thinks are over-rated. We’re inclined to agree.
- Confiture de Bar le Duc
- Vicuna
- Kopi Luwak coffee
- Youth
- Anything you read about in a magazine
- Air travel in general and business…
No. 23 is so true (from RJ Cat via putthison)
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Everything But The Girl - “We Walk The Same Line”
To me, this is the quintessential wedding/first dance song. Actually, it’s more than that. This song captures how I picture a marriage; that during those difficult times, those times when it’s only you and you have a huge burden to bear, you really are not alone, that someone will be there by your side, sharing their faith and support.
I just think that would be a good marriage to be a part of. It means that much more when you meet that person who inspires that — that when you are with them, you know deep in your bones that this person, this wonderful person, is going to share their hopes and fears and faith and support with you — and the reverse is true, that this is the person you are going to support and share your faith and your hopes and know that “when you meet what we’re afraid of/we find out what we are made of”
This is what I think our marriage will be.
My Playlist - April 17, 2011
It’s been a while since I posted one of these. But not because I suddenly ran out of songs to add to the playlist! I could say I was extremely busy (I was) but that’s not a good reason why.
The reason there hasn’t been a playlist post is that I was busy picking music for some other stuff that’s as important, if not more so. I have been listening and re-listening to music and made a choice.
It turned out to be a good choice. It worked really well.
So to make it up for my tardiness in posting, I wanted to post a slightly longer post. Here goes:
1. Ben Harper - “Everything“
This song is on Ben’s “Diamonds on the Inside” which isn’t really my favorite Ben Harper. But this particular song is very optimistic, and is just a fun love song — to me it isn’t a “typical” Ben Harper, but it’s a song that just infects you with that trademark Ben Harper way he sings… just really sounds like he and the band had fun making this song and it shines through..
2. Crosby Loggins - “Seriously”
This is one of those songs seems sad but to me, is very insightful and poetic. This song captures those moments in a relationship, where you take a huge step of commitment, and the guy is having those self-doubts. Those where he knows he’s with someone who is great, but is he good enough to stand, to be with her? We have all been there….
3. Decemberists - “Rise to Me”
Again, one of those that sound sad, but you know, to me it’s a big defiant song. This is a song about Fatherhood. The lead singer has a son who has autism. To me, it adds that level of being a father and having to deal with your son and relating not only to your son, but to LIFE. That no matter what, you are my son, we will meet the various challenges that will RISE TO ME and I will BLOW THEM DOWN. That’s a great way to approach Fatherhood.
4. Ryan Adams - “When the Stars Go Blue”
First of all, Ryan’s voice is achingly sweet in this song. Secondly, it conveys a lot of emotion. Lastly, the images in here are so vivid “dancing in your wooden shoes/in your wedding gown” and “Laughing with your broken eyes/Laughing with your lover’s tongue/In a lullaby” — wow. A little of that unrequited love we have had and makes it so hard to get over; or maybe it’s a story of a love that’s not meant to be, that it’s being acknowledged but no matter what he will be there…
5. Kenny Chesney (ft. Grace Potter) - ”You and Tequila”
This is a very seductive song. It’s an interesting metaphor — tequila as love. If you sit back and reflect, that kind of love is really like a poison. An all-consuming love is one that is all you want — you crave that person, you can’t stop thinking about them — we call this the honeymoon phase. It’s rough. But it’s still a heck of a lot of fun and we all love that feeling. Just don’t overdo it. The tequila part. :)
My Playlist - March 27, 2011
So it’s the end of March already?!?! It was a gorgeous week here in Atlanta, and this weekend we have had the customary beginning of spring thunderstorms; these are the ones that usually have a tornado or two associated with it. One year there was a tornado that came through downtown Atlanta. In any case, at least the rain washes away the green cloud — I mean the pollen — in the air. I did try to “wash” my car by driving through the rain, but that didn’t work well…
Oh, and this week was the four year anniversary. First time we are not able to celebrate it properly.
So this weeks playlist was brought to you by songs that get stuck in my head. I can only hum a few bars or remember a snippet of lyrics which of course makes it so hard to track down what the song is. This is where the google is so powerful — if you get the lyrics right, it can usually lead you right where you were going. But here’s the songs that were stuck in my head..
1. Kanye West - All of the Lights
2. Holly Williams - Three Days in Bed
3. Lupe Fiasco - Shining Down
4. Yellowcard - Sing for me (Acoustic)
5. R.E.M. - Every Day is Yours To Win
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