i swear it wasn’t me … unless it was a good thing, then i did it twice
- Can’t sleep because of a non-functioning AC.
- Trolling around Facebook and finding dumb/semi-funny things like this one.
so it goes . . .
100 Years in 10 Minutes: A Quick Video History of the Past Century
When you write history, you’re always confronted with the question: what facts and events will make it into your historical account, and which ones will be left out? When it comes to this viral video produced by Donolinio Studio, what makes the cut? Europe. America. Men. And a long list of downers: war, depravation, natural disaster, a-bombs, social crisis, financial crisis, genocide and assassination, all set to a dramatic soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. What gets left out? Anything that seemingly makes life worth living and, with some minor exceptions, human achievement. And, yes, Africa and Latin America too — except for the first World Cup tournament played in Uruguay. (Note: we’re pretty sure that English isn’t the first language of the filmmakers. Hence the spelling errors in the captions.)
Speaking of human achievement and historical omissions, we’d like to pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday by highlighting two of MLK’s memorable speeches — his soaring “I Have a Dream” speech presented in August 1963, and then fast forward to his prescient “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, delivered just the day before he was assassinated in April 1968.
To dig deeper into the past, don’t miss the history courses (42 in total) in our collection of 400 Free Courses Online.
on january 2, 2011, Nick (amble) posed this personal question: “What do you want more than anything?”
the following is a short conversation regarding this:
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a burning desire to…
I was wondering if anyone would turn my question around on me.
I think more than anything I want to make the love of my life happy and earn enough to support us by doing something I love. I want to have lots of adventures (and cameras).
But most of all,
I really just don’t want to take anything for granted. Not the pain, not the joy, not anything. Ever.
thank you Nick for your reply to my question of your original question. reading your response makes me want to be a better human
}
on january 1, 2012, almost 1 year later, i still strive for it
dear 2012,
please actually* be good to me thank you
(*2011 was shit, you know?)
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