January 2011
Dad: There are so many lesbians on TV now.
Me: Wh...what?
Dad: That girl, singing about a girl?
Me: Dad, that's Justin Bieber.
Dad: Interesting name. Is it short for Justina?
Me: He's a boy. Um...
Dad: I want you to marry a manly guy, okay? If my grandkids turn out like him...I won't forgive you.
Me: Well, I'm sure you'd forgive me if he made loads of money, but okay. :)
December 2010
I can't remember
Where it said that it was ridiculous for people to follow the lives of celebrities when we can’t even control our own lives well. Was the Catcher in the Rye?
Immortality in silico will be the ultimate sign...
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Immortality in silico will be the ultimate sign...
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“When one realizes that a dream is but a dream, never to be fulfilled in the...”
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“When one realizes that a dream is but a dream, never to be fulfilled in the...”
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“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death...”
– Epicurus
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You know those moments...
when you’re doing something challenging, and there are these brief moments of clarity? I’m reading this book, and it’s by a professor of cognitive science (I know. Didn’t even know that was a legit profession. I think I’m going to look into that now.) and its really a light read…if you just read it. But if you start thinking about it, your brain really...
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“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without...”
– Edward P. Morgan
Hans Zimmer read through Gödel, Escher, Bach prior...
BAM. And that’s why its epic.
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Make your own music? Yes.
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/pulsate
and
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix
So freaking awesome.
I want...
A copy of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter. So beautiful.