Scrabble – The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.
A. J. JACOBSSometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There’s something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.
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I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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It’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they’d get along OK, but they’d both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
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I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing – but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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I prefer the earlier birth control techniques, which ranged from the delicious (using honey as a spermicide) to the aerobic (jumping backward seven times after coitus).
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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action–no matter what the action is–might help you feel better.
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I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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