January 2013
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November 2012
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August 2012
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I have run the great race / I have finished the course / I have kept faith / And...
– 2 Timothy 4:7-8
July 2012
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There’s nothing to writing. You just sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
– Ernest Hemingway
June 2012
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Why I Climb
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Today is Day 1 (also known as the ATLAS ride) of the Texas 4000 for Cancer ride. This year’s team of University of Texas at Austin students are beginning the journey to ride their bicycles over 4,500 miles to spread hope, knowledge, and charity in the fight against cancer. They begin their arduous ride from Austin, Texas, and end up in Anchorage, Alaska—all riding to fight cancer...
May 2012
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When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar - you’re only...
– Tyrion Lannister
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There is a universal truth we all have to face, whether we want to or not,...
– Alexis’ Graduation Speech, Castle
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Grassroots →
A grassroots movement (often referenced in the context of a political movement) is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures.
Faking a grassroots movement is known...
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day 550: främlingskap →
“Monsters are real; ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” — Stephen King
“Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.” — Cornel West
“When I was younger, definitely, I let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry and I...
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April 2012
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
– Steve Prefontaine
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply...
– 老子 (Lao Zi)
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day 523: colophon →
“We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.” — Carl Jung
“I’d imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured, if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn’t be an extra part. I had to...
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March 2012
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Beer & Bands @ Brown Distributing 50th Anniversary Celebration!
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Give it up to some of ATX Heroes!! →
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Texas 4000 Mourns Teammate, Continues to Fight →
February 2012
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“This is a comma, not a full stop.” →
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Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank...
– William Ernest Henley, “Invictus”.
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