"But why is it bad to integrate work life and home life? On the contrary, one could argue that it is an unhealthy deviation from human nature to designate a special location as the 'office' and insist that all work take place there. In most of human history, people lived and worked in the same location and work efforts and leisure activities were intertwined. The need to have assembly line workers report to a central factory to crank out Model Ts is the only reason we temporarily had the notion of work being a separate part of life. Industrial era concept."

"The term 'work' to me is a pejorative term. If you have to do something you don't like it's called work. Ditch diggers do work. You do work, work, work so you can take a vacation. So vacation and work have become opposites. As opposed to the idea that work is joy. As a designer, I think that the big design problem is designing your life. And if that's what you mean by hobby and that's what I mean by hobby, then my work is a collection of hobbies and things I want to do, that's part of designing your life."

Optimism And Longevity
One of the keys to long life may be an optimistic outlook. That's the finding of a Mayo Clinic study, which suggests that optimists tend to live longer and enjoy better health than pessimists. The study, published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, is based on questionnaires answered by Mayo Clinic patients and over 800 residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, between 1962 and 1965. Follow-up questionnaires showed that regardless of age or sex, the more pessimistic participants tended to die earlier than the more optimistic participants. In fact, every 10-point increase on the "pessimism scale" indicated a 19 percent increase in premature death, The Associated Press reports. The researchers say the study shows that the mind is able to strongly influence the body, although they cannot say exactly how this works. They say that pessimism can be considered a risk factor for early death alongside other health concerns such as high cholesterol or obesity, the AP says.

Liberty and freedom, there is a difference between the two, but most people don't know what it is.
   Liberty is a condition of our environment. I have the liberty to pursue happiness in the United States. The only control the government has in my acheiving happiness is in the environment in which I live.
   Freedom is a condition of my internal state of being (emotional and mental). I have the freedom to choose my internal response to any situation. I can be happy, sad, angry, pissed off, etc. I have freedom even though I might not have liberty. I could be a captive in jail in a third-world country, but I have the freedom of choice to be happy or upset about it.

One is the loneliest number
That you'll ever do
Two could be as bad as one, it's the loneliest number since the number one
"No" is the saddest experience that you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
Because one is the loneliest number
That you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever know

"When you ask somebody for a lot of personal information, you have the right to expect that they're actually going to use that information." He [Harley Manning] recounts some research by Forrester colleague Paul Hagen. According to Manning, Hagen registered at the online drugstore PlanetRX and indicated in his profile that he was allergic to aspirin.

Despite the choice, Manning says, the Web site showed Hagen an offer to purchase the Aleve pain reliever, and allowed him [to] submit an order for Aleve--even though people allergic to aspirin shouldn't take Aleve.

Manning compares that to what Hagen found on Garden.com. When he tried to order a particular plant, the site warned him that the plant didn't suit the area where Hagen lives. "Garden.com wouldn't let him kill a plant; PlanetRx would let him kill himself."

"While some make a conscious effort to try to forget about the camera's presence, it's impossible to forget you're being watched. Freydenson says that while he has become less concerned with his appearance, weird ticks, or hand movements, he plays on the fact that his hands often find their way near his nose, but not into it. He always catches himself before the mining expedition takes place. It has now become a game for his fans to try to screen capture images of him picking his nose. Some have gotten close, but so far, no gold."

Comedy Night Live II

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."