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Ironmen

I’m now back from Tempe. I had a blast this weekend at Ironman Arizona, and it was inspiring, too. In addition to the challenge of swimming 2.4 miles, riding 112 miles and running 26.2 miles, the athletes endured wind and heat as well. When the race started at 7am it was beautiful. Sunny and calm. [...]

Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut passed away yesterday. I read Slaughterhouse-Five several years ago when I learned that he was a great author that was alive in my time. While it was long enough ago that I don’t recall the storyline of the book, I do remember liking it.
This morning on NPR they gave one of his quotes [...]

A Proverb

I just came across a quote that I like.
What one fool can do, another can.
– Ancient Simian Proverb
I’ve heard that one in the past, but just stumbled across it a moment ago. Its motivating to me because most of the stuff I want to do has been done by other people. If they can do [...]

Pale Blue Dot

In my surfing this week, I checked Micah’s blog, and came across the expression “pale blue dot”, in the description of a photo that he linked to. Its used in reference to Earth. Its a pretty compelling term, because it reduces this complex world to a single color and small shape.
A day or so later, [...]

On Love

I’ve posted some inspirational or meaningful quotes over the past few days. Its time for the pendulum to swing the other way.
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. -Matt Groening
Embrace love, not the ice weasels.

False Humility

I received this Nelson Mandela quote a couple of days ago. Someone had it as their email signature.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened [...]

Do Good

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. – John Wesley

Indifference

I found another quote in my email.
The opposite of love is not hatred, it is indifference. When we have learned indifference, when we are really skilled and determined at the business of ignoring others, of putting our own well-being or options first, of thursting our own ego into life as the ideal form of life [...]

So-Called Love

I found a great quote in my inbox today. I don’t remember where I found it, because I had emailed it to myself (I do that).
My so-called love for humanity, for instance, isn’t something I get to carry around in my heart. It has to find application among the weird, desperate people who populate [...]

Dr. Griffin

This afternoon Dr. Michael Griffin, NASA’s administrator, came to speak at UT. I was fortunate enough to be able to hear him, and it was fantastic.
He spent 30 minutes laying out his vision for the next 30 years of space exploration. I won’t go into the details, but his plan includes a large [...]