October 29, 2011
Even in this world, manners count. I recently heard of a rumor that a homeless man was given two million dollars and a job by a rich philanthropist who owns a chain of restaurant. The man saw the homeless man give another homeless man his lunch and shoes. The rich man talked to both men separately and asked them questions.
It turns out the homeless man lost his job a few years ago and was forced into homelessness, while the other has been homeless for a long time. The first man knew the other hadn't eaten for a few days, so he gave up his own lunch to feed him. He also saw he had no shoes, so he gave the man his own shoes as well.
The rich man was touched because he had never seen or heard of this. A lunch and a pair of shoes doesn't sound like much, but remember that the man who gave them up was homeless himself. The rich man gave him two million dollars, provided that the homeless man use some of it to buy a house and support himself while he got a job. He could do anything he wanted to with the rest. He gave the other man a job as well.
This shows that kindness and chivalry still counts. Remember to help the old lady across the street, help the person in front of you pick up the books he dropped, and remember to hold the door open for the person behind you.
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October 9, 2011
Sorry, it's been a while since I've made my last post. I simply haven't had the time to continually update this. However, I'm still active and I'll be making posts when I can. Continue reading...
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September 23, 2011
Whenever you try to do anything, remember this - there is no half way point. You either accomplish your goal, or you don't. If you get half of what you wanted, you haven't accomplished your goal. The worst thing you can do is try to do something. You either do it, or you don't (sound familiar).
I hear people complaining a lot. Whenever they fail at something, others try to console the failures by saying things such as "you got part of it", "you tried your best", "maybe next time", etc. T... Continue reading...
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September 22, 2011
Project Gutenberg has thousands of free eBooks. Many of these books are public domain books, but they have been converted into many electronic formats such as html and pdf. There are also other books as well. I searched Isaac Asimov and found a few things by him there.
I suggest those who own eBook readers or even computers to look at this site and download some books. Try something new. Reading is very important and very beneficial. If more people read more, maybe the number of idiots w... Continue reading...
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September 20, 2011
Sorry for not posting the last few days, but I haven't had a chance to. George Washington, as everyone knows, was the commander of the army during the revolution and was the first president of the country. Different history textbooks and sources describe him as an honorable, just man with extraordinary leadership capabilities. This may be exaggerated a bit in certain American sources of information, but there is a general consensus between the sources that he was a good man. During the revolu... Continue reading...
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September 16, 2011
Don't you hate when people say that? I understand why people say that, but that kind of phrase somewhat annoys me (it depends how the person says it). It is true that people got along well enough without them, but that doesn't mean they have to or should now. That applies to any similar statement (they didn't have cars 100 years ago, etc). When someone says something like that, you can say something like this as a rebuttal - "they didn't have hospitals either." It works whenever I say it. ... Continue reading...
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September 15, 2011
It's astounding how much people watch TV these days. People have hi-def TVs, hi-def PCs to watch TV on, and have services like Comcast. It isn't that bad to simply have these, but many people over use these a lot. When a person spends more time watching TV than he does reading, writing, exercising, or anything of the like, that person declines. His intelligence and fitness actually goes down. It's happened many times, and I've seen it happen many times myself. What's worse, however, is th... Continue reading...
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September 13, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gULhV8urjWMThis song is mainly an instrumental, but it has some lyrics in the beginning - "One day they came and they took the communists, And I said nothing because I was not a communist.
Then one day they came and they took the people of the Jewish faith,
And I said nothing because I was had no faith left.
One day they came and they took the unionists,
And I said nothing because I was not a unionist.
One day they burned down the Catholic churches.
And I ... Continue reading...
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September 13, 2011
I didn't make a blog post yesterday out of respect for the 9/11 memorial. However, I will continue to post once a day unless something urgent gets in the way. America is pretty much dead last in the race towards reducing waste, greenhouse emissions, etc. Other countries have strict and sensical policies regarding recycling, but America does not. However, there are ways that many people don't know about. You can read this article here for more information - http://jennifer.hubpages.com/hub/... Continue reading...
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September 10, 2011
http://www.stylelist.com/2011/09/09/fashion-week-spring-2012-celebrities-front-row_n_954757.html?ncid=webmail13Apparently, a bunch of celebrities were seen at this fashion event. People thought that was important enough to post on a commercial website, and AOL thought that was important enough to post on their website and on their Today on AOL section on the mailbox. Honestly, who cares? People obsess over people and trivial events while things like this (riding your bike to school being ille... Continue reading...
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