The thread of collected wisdom.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I hereby dedicate this thread to collected wisdom, in soundbyte form. To start off:

To lose weight, you cannot try to balance extra exercise and fattening food. (Well, maybe you can. I can’t.) What you do is approach every situation with a clean slate. There is no free pass to eat that Whopper or skip that jog because of all that yardwork you just did.

Note to geeks who have no idea how to deal with women: Read Heinlein. And always rub her feet.

The two most important tips for surviving academia: Show up, and do the work.

A person’s asshat quotient is calculated independantly of their religious preference, sexual preference, country of origin, etc. A great many people who Aren’t Like You are still good people.

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Conversely, very many people who are like you are total fucking morons, insane, total assholes, or any of the above.

An exercise program that combines weight training and aerobic exercise will get you in better shape faster than either on its own.

More to follow, once I get wise.

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If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Nothing is worth doing for it’s own sake.

Unless you are willing and prepared to tell “horrible truths” and to lay it all out and hold nothing back, then going to a counselor/therapist/psychiatrist is a waste of your money and both your and their time.

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If you really need your sleep - don’t get a kitten.

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Bootable partition.
Bootable partition.
Bootable partition.

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The meaning of life is that it stops. - Franz Kafka

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~In the world you are just one person but to one person you may be the world.
~Just because someone doesn’t love you the way u want them to doesn’t mean they aren’t loving you with all you have.
~Friendship is like a glass once its broken it will never be the same.
~Friendship is a hug just when its needed.
~If you judge someone you have no time to love them.
~It is better to be thought a fool then open your mouth and remove all doubt.
~Hurt me once shame on you Hurt me twice shame on me
~Friendship is like a parachute, if they aren’t there the first time you need them chances are you won’t be needing them again.

Those are just my favorites! haha

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People: They're no damned good.           *NDB*

No good deed goes unpunished.             *Henry Luce*

No kindness, however small, is wasted.    *Aesop*
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If Momma ain’t happy aint Nobody happy.

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If you don’t have time to do the job right the first time, how are you going to find the time to make it right?

You don’t mess around with Jim.

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Extra info for the geeks: make a girl laugh and she will warm to you. Oh and for gods sake don’t read Brett Easton Ellis.

In your day to day life, treat people as you would like to be treated yourself.

Try not to let small things worry you, they will only add up to big problems over time.

You don’t get a second shot at life, make the most of the one you’ve got.

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Pixy Stix are not to be taken nasally.

Burning hair smells really really bad.

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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live. - Norman Cousins

Addendum to that: Hold onto your dreams as best you can, or if you can’t find new ones. Everyone needs to dream.

Guilt and innocence are only a matter of timing.

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Don’t rely totally on other people.

Act like you have a spine.

Don’t be a selfish bastard.

If you can’t say something nice, shut the hell up (ok, only sometimes.)

Stand up for your friends when they aren’t around to defend themselves.

Do not try to be stupid on purpose.

Don’t break rules while your superiors are around.

And finally, try to help yourself before you go whining to everyone about how unfair something is.

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Always know where your towel is.
Save your 200th post for something good.

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Uh…

Never eat at a restaurant located next to a pound.

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Don’t buy a Buick.

Don’t get a paper route.

Cheap waterbeds and cats are a bad mix.

Weed and Feed on schedule.

If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Golf is expensive. If you are poor, stay away from it.

Write thank-you notes.

You don’t have to comment on everything you disapprove of.

Be nice to kids, old folks, and animals.

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if it worked well the first time, do it again, harder.

works on so many levels :slight_smile:

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If it didn’t work the first time, do it again, harder.

Then give up and try something else.

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Shine.