on depression

in the woods

“Ask not the elves for advice, because they will tell you both 'yes' and 'no'.”

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings

not funny

"... laughing is a bad infirmity of human nature, which every thinking mind will strive to overcome."
- Attributed to Thomas Hobbes by Friedrich Nietzsche, Basic Writings of Nietzsche, p. 421

electronic musician

Assorted celebrities do the Tim Hortons drive thru in Ferraris here.

a botox approach to migraines

on crack

"Don't do it. More than once."
- David Cross

what the Buddha taught

"The man of little learning (ignorant) grows like a bull; his flesh grows, but not his wisdom."
- Buddha, The Dhammap Ada, No. 152

Image source here.

concrete solution

Sick of plowing snow and chipping ice? A possible solution here.

Hat Tip: MM

What American Pickers want

Antique Archeology

ceremony, diplomacy, intrigue, maneuvering

Andrea Mantegna's, Camera deli Sposi (The Meeting), depicts fifteenth-century court life 

process

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

A contrary reference to planning here.

54 days until Spring

This source counts down the days, hours, minutes, seconds.

lyrics

(The) People you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
- Elliott Smith, Between the Bars

"The signs that mock me as I go."
- James Joyce, Bahnhofstrasse

jaws

Apply to dental school here.

Q&A

The Guardian: Property aside, what’s the most expensive thing you’ve bought?

Stanley Tucci: A Robert Motherwell artwork.

Full interview here.

on dropping out of law school

"It was so boring."
- Paul Simon

one year warranty

If you have residential and/or commercial plumbing issues in the Cambridge area, ask for Lee at

http://www.chaslesplumbing.com

act now

"The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible."
- Pierre Bonnard, Self-Portrait (1889), courtesy of Artsy

Arlyn

This "Arlyn" table went at a Sotheby's auction for almost $1 million.

"It requires a genuine fight to produce one well designed object of relatively permanent value."
- Attributed to George Nakashima by Kristen of Artsy

If you only have $5 to your name ...

"For $5 you could buy a shot of liquor, the cheapest can of beer possible, and a lottery ticket."
- Russell Davis, 2012 Bartender of the Year, reminiscing about his all time favourite bar combo deal at a San Francisco establishment, which he fears may no longer be in business.

swinging big

"The world does not care how many times you fall down, just as long as it's one fewer than the times you get up."
- Aaron Sorkin

on being an artist

“It's hard to be an artist. It's hard to be anything. It's hard to be.”
- From a 2014 interview with The Independent

Why great architecture should tell a story

high-roller

In current U.S. dollars, Sir Winston Churchill spent an average of $145,000 on wine monthly.
- Source: The Economist, November 21st, 2015

aim

"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."
- Ernest Hemingway

"There was a crime. There was a victim. And there is punishment.
- Rusty Sabich, Presumed Innocent

The quiet power of meditation

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original

"An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an original is motivated by necessity... It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human."

- Attributed to Man Ray [1890-1976] by Joel at Artsy.

How we know the earth is older than 6000 years

All our evidence for changes in the Earth comes from looking at rocks. Folds and fossils in sedimentary rocks, radioactive dating and the weathering of ancient craters show that the oldest rocks are about 4000 million years old. That means the Earth must be at least as old as this. It is from being able to understand the age of the rocks on the earth that we know how old the earth itself is. The technique of dating the age of rocks is known as radiometric dating:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometric_dating.

For specifics of how the rocks are used to evaluate the age of the earth, please see this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth, which gives much more detail on the geological calculations used in this science. 

 You might also be interested in this recent data from National Geographic:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140224-oldest-crust-australia-zircon-science/, 

which finds the Earth to be 4.4 Billion years old (4400 000 000).

Kind regards,

Victoria

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