Month: September, 2010

beans, no longer the magical fruit

29 September, 2010 (12:00) | Geeked Out

Have you ever heard of the miracle fruit?  It is a plant that produces berries that make sour taste sweet.  The effect lasts for about 30 minutes, and you can eat a lemon and it will taste like lemonade. Its use was discovered in the 18th century in West Africa.  In the 1970s, there was […]

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Hall’s Rules of Social Order # 257

27 September, 2010 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

There should always be a point or objective to arguing. Arguing for the sake of arguing or even pure self entitlement is just silly and possibly destructive. If you can’t offer a potential resolution on your own, or if you can’t think of something the other side can offer to resolve the conflict, then you’re […]

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You’re just another brick in the wall

23 September, 2010 (12:00) | Life Long Goals

This goal is certainly not very likely to happen, but the idea of it really appeals to me.  If I was ever capable of making a large donation to a university or institution, I’d love them to name the building “Josh Hall”.

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Hall’s Rules of Social Order # 147

20 September, 2010 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Nothing is universal. What works for you may not work for others. What’s also important here is to remember to think objectively and inversely. ie: What does not work for you, may work for others. An example of this would be the modern social networking tools out there. Just because you don’t use RSS feeds, […]

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I fear my waking life

17 September, 2010 (12:00) | Poll the People

What is the most universal human characteristic?  Fear?  Laziness?  This question comes from the movie Waking Life. [poll id=”4″]

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Top 10 collaboration songs

15 September, 2010 (12:00) | Top 10

There are some awesome collaborations out there. Mash ups also abound and are wealthy in awesomeness. Some of these can be considered mash-ups, but the fact that both artists involved actually came together to perform it make it awesome in a whole new way. 10. Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson – Scream : This shatters […]

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