February 2011
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Let's Go Hoyas!
Another big game tonight, let’s see if Austin can keep up his tear, others can step up on offense, and another excellent defensive performance will send Louisville back home with a loss.
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“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not...”
– Thomas Merton (via bville)
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“Williams said he would put the ACC’s top three teams - by his count,...”
– Maryland Coach Gary Williams says ACC needs to work on its public relations
I wonder how persuasive Gary’s line of argument will be now that the ACC’s top team, Duke, is being absolutely dismantled by the 11th best team in the Big East, St. John’s….
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“A sweep ranging across the northeast United States picked up more than a hundred...”
– Harper’s Weekly Review (Thanks to Colin for the link.)
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“In network TV when a show ends, it disappears from sight as quickly as Vladimir...”
– Carlton Cuse on the “end” of LOST.
(via fylost)
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Science fiction teaches governments—and... →
Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is generally considered the first work of science fiction. It explores, in scientific terms, the notion of synthetic life: Dr. Victor Frankenstein studies the chemical breakdown that occurs after death so he can reverse it to animate nonliving matter. Like so many other works of science fiction that followed, Shelley’s...
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“Well, this is awkward. A Dutch psychologist may have uncovered exactly what it...”
– The Body Odd - Four seconds is all it takes for silence to get awkward
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“Mr. ElBaradei, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for his work as the director...”
– The New York Times, “More Remarks by Mohamed ElBaradei” (via maced)
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