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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #190

26 September, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

human knowledge belongs to the world. You’re ridiculous if you claim your knowledge is your own.  There is so much that contributes to your knowledge that you’re taking for granted.  Also, if you keep your knowledge to yourself, you’re also preventing someone else from doing something else with it.  Maybe even making it better.

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #1

24 January, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Think for yourself.  At the risk of sounding too much like Emerson, form your own opinions.  Don’t just swallow the expert’s advice.  The fact is, sometimes they’re wrong or sometimes you’re different than what they’re generalizing.  If they’re right, then great, but at least you know why they think that way and why you agree with […]

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30 by 30

15 November, 2010 (12:00) |

By my 30th birthday, Friday, November 16th, 2012, I’d like to accomplish a few things.  I got the idea to come up with the list from my friend, Ben, but I’m not ambitious enough to list 100 things in 1000 days.  I was thinking about just doing “24 things in 24 months” but that makes […]

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hidden tattoo

20 October, 2005 (15:05) | Ramblings

i want to get a tattoo in a place that i can’t see, like my upper right shoulder. Something small, red, and something original that i come up with. a variation of a cross or something. The point is, for me to get it without anyone knowing, and me forgetting about it since it is […]

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