"In order to excel at anything, there are always hurdles, obstacles, or challenges one must get past. It's what body builders call the pain period. Those who push themselves, those who are willing to face pain, exhaustion, humuliation, rejection, or worse, are the ones who become champions. The rest are left on the sidelines. To (be successful), I ( Read more... )

My Favorite Drink: Irish Car Bomb (Did you really think I was going to say Sake? Or Tsingtao for that matter ( Read more... )

As per Michael Tomasky of the Guardian ( Read more... )

In response to http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/98587 , some idiot posted the following comments ( Read more... )

There is a tradeoff between peace (serenity) and accomplishment. The strategic element is expectation.

Memorable West Wing Quote/Speech ( Read more... )

So did anyone else cringe when some idiot said "This is a free country; I can do whatever the hell I want to?"

Questionable grammar notwithstanding, I've always wondered how I best respond. Until today...

"Freedom means choice; you must decide which is the most which is the most responsible course. So how do you like 'dem apples...

...bitch."

Did that bastard really have to enter the damn Presidential contest!? He speaks as though he'll provide some unforeseen and direly needed perspective our electoral contests are somehow missing when in actuality his presidential ambitions are either dementedly dilusional or insidious by nature. Eloquent as the phrase, "Dissent is the mother of ( Read more... )

There's a scary resemblance between the US primary race and the final seasons of the West Wing (which were thought to be rather far-fetched ( Read more... )

"The politics of hope does not mean hoping things come easy. Because nothing worthwhile in this country has ever happened unless somebody, somewhere stood up when it was hard; stood up when they were told - no you can’t, and said yes we can ( Read more... )