It’s the end of an era. The space shuttle was retired last month (July 2011) after 30 years and 135 missions. Now NASA becomes a massive data collection organization. Which allows us, as a nation, to pivot and move in a new direction. A worldwide call for ideas is on the table and it sounds …
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"Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings. And a king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything." — Bruce Springsteen
[quote]”Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings. And a king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything.” — Bruce Springsteen[/quote]
“Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings. And a king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything.” — Bruce Springsteen
[quote]”Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings. And a king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything.” — Bruce Springsteen[/quote]
When both people want it to work
An excerpt from the book, Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. A random piece of sports advice that resonated with me and my current issues: — I was raised by a couple that’s been married for almost fifty years, so I see how it works and it works when both people …
Week in Review: Chewie Dog, Surfing, Allure of the older man, MTV, & Spotify
This week was an interesting week of random pop culture. You can definitely tell its summer time when all we have on our minds are fun, music, and outdoors! Most Epic Photos: The Chewie Dog US Open of Surfing: Top Events Is the Allure of the “Older Man” Fading? Most Epic Photos: Man on the …
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Week in Review: Chewie Dog, Surfing, Allure of the older man, MTV, & Spotify
This week was an interesting week of random pop culture. You can definitely tell its summer time when all we have on our minds are fun, music, and outdoors! Most Epic Photos: The Chewie Dog US Open of Surfing: Top Events Is the Allure of the “Older Man” Fading? Most Epic Photos: Man on the …
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The seal looked just like a man
…and it freaked me out! No kidding. I’m sitting in the water and I turn around: there are two human-looking heads staring right at me. Their heads are smooth like slicked back hair. I blink once, twice and then it occurs to me…they’re not human. Yet we are still staring at each other. It’s one …
Most Epic Photos: Tank Man
from Wikipedia The incident took place near Tiananmen on Chang’an Avenue, which runs east-west along the south end of the Forbidden City in Beijing, on June 5, 1989, one day after the Chinese government’s violent crackdown on the Tiananmen protests. The man placed himself alone in the middle of the street as the tanks approached, directly in the path of the …
UCLA Football 2011 Schedule
**Update: 2012 UCLA Football Schedule is available. Training camp starts in just a few days on August 8. This year the Bruins return a ton of starters (offense-seven, defense-eight) but the question is, as always, the quarterback. Kevin Prince is set to start and then get injured, so Patrick Brehaut or Brett Hundley will …
The best waves in California
The August 2011 issue of Surfer magazine listed the 100 best waves. The majority of them were from Hawaii, Indo, and Australia but six Cali spots made the cut: Rincon – #19 Lower Trestles – #28 Maverick’s – #55 Malibu – #59 Sandspit – #77 Blacks – #97 From the magazine: Ranking waves? What …