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| | Chemistry<br> | | Chemistry<br> |
| | Contemplation of personal, inter-personal, and society behavior<br> | | Contemplation of personal, inter-personal, and society behavior<br> |
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| | Fantasy role playing games<br> | | Fantasy role playing games<br> |
| | [[Hiking]] (mountain, forest)<br> | | [[Hiking]] (mountain, forest)<br> |
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| | [[Wikipedia:Søren_Kierkegaard|Søren Kierkegaard]]<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Søren_Kierkegaard|Søren Kierkegaard]]<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:Cosmo_Kramer|Cosmo Kramer]]<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Cosmo_Kramer|Cosmo Kramer]]<br> |
| | + | [[Wikipedia:Guy_Lafleur|Guy Lafleur]]<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:Michel_Langevin|Michel Langevin]]<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Michel_Langevin|Michel Langevin]]<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:Jean_Leloup|Jean Leloup]]<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Jean_Leloup|Jean Leloup]]<br> |
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| | [[Wikipedia:Black_Sabbath|Black Sabbath.]] [[Wikipedia:Paranoid_(album)|''Paranoid.'']] 1970.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Black_Sabbath|Black Sabbath.]] [[Wikipedia:Paranoid_(album)|''Paranoid.'']] 1970.<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:Creedence Clearwater Revival|Creedence Clearwater Revival.]] ''Chronicle, volume 1.'' 1990.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Creedence Clearwater Revival|Creedence Clearwater Revival.]] ''Chronicle, volume 1.'' 1990.<br> |
| | + | [[Wikipedia:Def Leppard|Def Leppard.]] [[Wikipedia:High 'n' Dry|''High 'n' Dry.]]'' 1981.<br> |
| | + | [[Wikipedia:Def Leppard|Def Leppard.]] [[Wikipedia:Pyromania_(album)|''Pyromania.]]'' 1983.<br> |
| | + | [[Wikipedia:Def Leppard|Def Leppard.]] [[Wikipedia:Hysteria_(Def_Leppard_album)|''Hysteria.]]'' 1987.<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:D.R.I._(band)|D.R.I.]] [[Wikipedia:Dealing with It|''Dealing with It.]]'' 1985.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:D.R.I._(band)|D.R.I.]] [[Wikipedia:Dealing with It|''Dealing with It.]]'' 1985.<br> |
| | + | [[Wikipedia:D.R.I._(band)|D.R.I.]] [[Wikipedia:Crossover_(Dirty_Rotten_Imbeciles_album)|''Crossover.]]'' 1987.<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:D.R.I._(band)|D.R.I.]] [[Wikipedia:4 of a Kind|''4 of a Kind.]]'' 1988.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:D.R.I._(band)|D.R.I.]] [[Wikipedia:4 of a Kind|''4 of a Kind.]]'' 1988.<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:D.R.I._(band)|D.R.I.]] [[Wikipedia:Thrash Zone|''Thrash Zone.]]'' 1989.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:D.R.I._(band)|D.R.I.]] [[Wikipedia:Thrash Zone|''Thrash Zone.]]'' 1989.<br> |
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| | [[Wikipedia:Primus_(band)|Primus.]] [[Wikipedia:Tales_From_The_Punchbowl|''Tales from the punchbowl.'']] 1996.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Primus_(band)|Primus.]] [[Wikipedia:Tales_From_The_Punchbowl|''Tales from the punchbowl.'']] 1996.<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:Primus_(band)|Primus.]] [[Wikipedia:Brown_Album|''Brown Album.'']] 1997.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Primus_(band)|Primus.]] [[Wikipedia:Brown_Album|''Brown Album.'']] 1997.<br> |
| | + | [[Wikipedia:Primus_(band)|Primus.]] [[Wikipedia:Green_Naugahyde|''Green Naugahyde.'']] 2011.<br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:Primus_(band)|Primus.]] [[Wikipedia:Primus_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory_with_the_Fungi_Ensemble|''Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble.'']] 2014. <br> | | [[Wikipedia:Primus_(band)|Primus.]] [[Wikipedia:Primus_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory_with_the_Fungi_Ensemble|''Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble.'']] 2014. <br> |
| | [[Wikipedia:Queensrÿche|Queensrÿche.]] [[Wikipedia:Operation:_Mindcrime|''Operation: Mindcrime'']] 1988.<br> | | [[Wikipedia:Queensrÿche|Queensrÿche.]] [[Wikipedia:Operation:_Mindcrime|''Operation: Mindcrime'']] 1988.<br> |
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| | Courage is when duty overcomes.<br> | | Courage is when duty overcomes.<br> |
| | [My own, 2010] | | [My own, 2010] |
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| | + | Life is a succession of challenges. To be proud and strong along this difficult journey, all we need to do is to stop, acknowledge, celebrate, and build from the fact that we overcame or at least did our best to tackle each challenge. Failure to acknowledge an achievement equates to discredit our efforts, which feeds into a cycle of hopelessness where we feel increasingly powerless to move on. The difference between these two choices has to be made as we complete every challenge, before we decide to move on to the next challenge. Failure to positively acknowledge an achievement makes us weaker. To stop after an achievement and choose to feel pride makes us stronger. |
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| | it is what a man does with what happens to him.<br> | | it is what a man does with what happens to him.<br> |
| | [ [[Wikipedia:Aldous_Huxley|Aldous Huxley]] ] | | [ [[Wikipedia:Aldous_Huxley|Aldous Huxley]] ] |
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| | + | Knowledge must become capability.<br> |
| | + | [ [[Wikipedia:On_War|“On war”.]] [[Wikipedia:Carl_von_Clausewitz|Carl von Clausewitz]], 1832.] |
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“NYU Application Essay”, Hugh Gallagher
Applicants to NYU are asked to write an essay: "In order for the admissions staff of our college to get to know you, the applicant, better, we ask that you answer the following question: are there any significant experiences you have had, or accomplishments you have realized, that have helped to define you as a person?" Hugh Gallagher was accepted to NYU on the basis of this essay:
I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently.
Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.
I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.
I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat .400.
My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.
I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.
I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven.
I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.
But I have not yet gone to college.
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