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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Branson — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:51:15 +0000

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

–Joseph Joubert

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Branson — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:17:47 +0000

You will win favors when you expand your social circle.

–Fortune Cookie

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Branson — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:17:40 +0000

Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.

–Guy de Maupassant

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Branson — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:45:32 +0000

Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.

–Garrison Keillor

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Branson — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:22:27 +0000

Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.

–Guy de Maupassant

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Branson — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:23:47 +0000

Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.

–Hugo De Groot

Facebook Never Forgets

Branson — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:43:48 +0000

This is a thought-provoking article from The New York Times Magazine that focuses on something that is increasingly becoming a problem in our society: that the Internet means that nothing is forgotten. Bad decisions that end up on the World Wide Interwebs never disappear entirely. Damage control and damage mitigation can be done, yes. But disappear entirely? No.

http://bsprks.com/a2 (link shortened)

Monday, August 2, 2010

Branson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:17:05 +0000

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

–George MacDonald

Suburbia

Branson — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:31:12 +0000

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Chemistry Groaner I

Branson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:09:38 +0000

Thought about this one on my way to campus today.

So an chemist walks into a natural food store, and looks at the vinegar. After a while, he chooses a bottle and takes it to an employee. “I’m sorry,” he says, “but is this organic?”