Broke my streak this week because one evening I began watching the film Heat , which  therealbrandonwilson once vouched for. I wasn't expecting such a long movie. I only got halfway through and it was my  bedtime . The second half would need...

They are at the same college . They do not meet in real life or even speak, but out of the blue she adds him on Facebook . Even though he hasn't thought about her in months this excites him. She is attractive and feels familiar. They both went to...

He once accepted a bet, that he could eat nothing but peanut butter sandwiches for an entire month. At first the tail-yanker was saying he couldn't even last two weeks. But he, being bold, claimed he could last three. Then after a little back and forth the two were now...

Every  British person that he knew complained about the  weather back home. Most of the year was cold, wet, and gray. He couldn't know for sure, since he had never been there, and had not even bothered to ever verify this account by checking the weather of that small island....

On a  Tuesday afternoon, Ray walked the sidewalk west under the  overcast sky. It looked like it would  rain soon, but this didn't deter people from being out and about. Or maybe that was why there was no shortage of people on the street? Because they were trying to arrive...

I had saved a hundred dollars for the final weekend of September . The plan was to buy a  quarter ounce for around 70 and then a  30 pack for a little over 20. The little extra left over was just a buffer. Some  liquor stores charged you more for ...

When it comes to learning something, it's the permission to do so that's primary at the beginning.

Without it nobody gets started. Why do you think so many local meetups for Ruby on Rails or Javascript exist? Is it because the organizers are such talented gurus who can offer insights that...

Always, all that is required is a  desire .
For if you have that, then everything else becomes secondary.

pain ,  fear ,  ostracism , they all become necessary but bareable payments for the only thing that's real.

80 years if you're lucky. 100 if you're blessed.
At the end you'll be dying...

Walk steady in life
for one day you will no longer be able.

Some will see it coming for years
while others will fall within a breath .

Notice the breath you have just taken. Remember it.
Now think of the next you are about to take.

Since you were born you have taken breaths
regularly....

Only the  international students were around on this  cold , wet day, when late in the evening a sharp hunger abruptly hit. I had been so exhausted from finals week that my fridge had nothing but old  condiments .

I had nothing on my schedule. So i put on my coat...