- The BBC do a weekly magazine item listing ’10 things we didn’t know last week – you can see the archive here
- Some examples… ‘Scouting for Boys by Lord Baden-Powell is the fourth bestselling book of the 20th Century, after the Bible, the Koran and Mao’s Little Red Book’
- ‘We each get a completely new skeleton every 10 years, because of cell renewal’
- ‘Spiralling obesity rates are forcing councils to upgrade their crematoria, to take wider coffins.’
- ‘It is cheaper to ship waste from London to Shenzen in China than it is to send it by road from London to Manchester.’
BBC’s ‘ten things we didn’t know last week’
April 29, 2007Laughter quotes
April 29, 2007– 10 or so ‘Laughter quotes’ at Sugar Shock
– e.g. ‘He who laughs, lasts!’ 🙂
Time turns – a beautiful poem
April 18, 2007Time turns friends into enemies, enemies into friends… Time builds Love, Loyalty and trust. The full poem is here. Enjoy 🙂
Quote: when you pick up the right tool in your life… you know it
April 16, 2007This came from an interview with Morgan Freeman, talking about ‘picking up’ acting. I think this applies to physical ‘tools’ as well. For me, when I picked up a badminton racquet, it just fit… it just felt right in my hand straightaway… know what I mean 😉
Anyone care to share on this one?…
(For more on Morgan, check out his entry on IMDB.)
Quote: I am what I am because of who we all are
April 14, 2007“Ubuntu is an African word meaning ‘Humanity to others’, or ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’.” The word is also used as the name of a free operating system.
I also love the quote so had to post it for that reason alone. 🙂
The site also gives more detail on the name.