· Quotes of the week
· When asked "What thing about humanity surprises you the most?", the Dalai Lama answered:
"Man…. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."
· Unless you can give up your secrets,Thomas, you will always be at the mercy of them. Dorcas Lane on Lark Rise to Candleford TV show
· “Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
· Websites of the week
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· And finally, the culmination of millennia of scientific endeavor
· April 7 is the birthday of the Internet, or at least it's the date that some consider to be the Internet's birthday. On that day in 1969, a Request for Comments — RFCs as they are known — went out to scientists. In it there was some research, some proposals, and some methodology that would eventually lead to the Internet.
· Joke of the Week
Maria Bamford on Religious Worship
My mom is very religious, and she said, 'Whatever you think about all the time, that's what you worship.' If that's the case, I'd like everyone to pop open their Diet Coke cans and turn to page 37 of their People magazines.
· Video of the week
Eric Whitaker’s virtual choir described here
And here is the video:
· Song of the Week
· It's the anniversary of the record-breaking day that the Beatles held the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1964. The band also held 12 positions on the chart overall that week.
· The top five songs were, in this order: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and "Please Please Me."
