Hearts

Possibly one of my greatest life achievements--a win in hearts via moonshot. Neil Armstrong got nothing on this.

Playing Volleyball

Choose Compassion! And Fairness! And Equality! And un-Hypocrisy-ness!

I saw this ad about choosing vegetarianism the other day (well, actually, like 15 minutes ago) and thought that it really was lacking something. Maybe it's just me, but I thought the message was ambiguous. I felt like it was accusing us of being omnivores and was pointing out the hypocrisy of eating one but not the other. Personally, I don't approve of eating kittens, but I also don't want to be a hypocrite. This group just put me in a moral dilemma. The top ad is the original, but I think the bottom two remove all hypocrisy and ambiguity. Either eat'em all or not at all. That even rhymes!

What Would Steve Jobs Do?

IKEA and iKea

Inspiration

We take inspiration from different places, such as quotes or leaders or lyrics of the Pokemon song. Sometimes, they come from unlikely sources. Such is the case of the Entrance and Creation of the White Ranger. Truly, he is a knight of justice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hHMmtgaORo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f72vPFI9c8

Who's tough?

You know how there's a saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going"? Well, I was thinking about that, and how it's such a symbol for perseverance and determination and fortitude. How, if life gets you down, you stick it out and make things better.

But I realized: that's all a lie. That's not what the saying means at all. A close examination reveals that my previous belief was based all on a falsehood. I looked carefully at the wording and realized that "when the going gets tough, the tough get going." As in, they go. As in, they GTFO because some crazy shit's about to go down.

So, in fact, when things are tough, the tough people leave. Just, skedaddle, and try to tough it out somewhere new, or in some new area. Because they are not afraid to pioneer, to explore new frontiers. They are not bound by these un-tough sentimental feelings of "hey maybe I could salvage something from here." No, these BAMFs know that they can make it anywhere, and so they get going.

Speaking of tough guys, but on a completely unrelated train of thought, have you ever thought of Cyclops's optic lasers? When he shoots them, do they join together to form one giant laser of justice or do they remain separate? I think the animation always shows them as a conjoined laser beam. I know that he wears the mono-lens slitted goggles, but I feel like even when he has them off, the beams join together. Any thoughts?