Marlon Brando: Always a Fave

It's hard to imagine NOT hiring this guy:

 

How to Fold a Fitted Sheet

In today's society, this is almost a survival skill:

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40 days of posts that make life better - the bonus round - 44 (It's Holy Thursday, this is the last of the series).

Everybody was once a baby. No matter how old we get, we're all still a bunch of babies, new, impressionable, and even cute.

Source is Dreamworld Australia.  Here's their facebook page.

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40 days of posts that make life better - the bonus round - 43: Humans sing.

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40 days of posts that make life better - the bonus round - 42:

We can see the whole world at the same time now. This has many positive ramifications, such as...

How to feed the world ? from Denis van Waerebeke on Vimeo.

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I've been doing the "40 days of posts that make life better" posts to go along, in my not particularly religious way, with the period of Lent. Yet, I was done yesterday, and Easter's still a week off... so I looked it up. 

Turns out I could have been taking Sundays off! (They are known as Sundays in Lent but are not considered part of it because every Sunday is a "little Easter"). Lent ends on Holy Thursday or Easter Sunday (depending on interpretation). 

So, let's go on to the bonus round - 41: The poets have been right: just because we couldn't see magical worlds, didn't mean they weren't there:

Watch "The Secret Life of Plankton" (embedding not allowed by site.)

How to Fold a Fitted Sheet

Weekends, laundry, and the same old challenge: how to fold those darn fitted sheets! Well, here's a new technique and it works great! Enjoy the rest this very special Sunday!

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40 days of posts that make life better, 40: Science, even a basic understanding of it, can be a lifesaver: Read about the dangers of DiHydrogen Monoxide - before it's too late!

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40 days of posts that make life better, 39: The bad news: brownies don't really make you feel better. The good news: nutritious foods do!  Read:  5 Foods to Eat When You're Depressed by Paula Spencer Scott.

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40 days of posts that make life better, 38: 
Forever we've quietly raised little bullies so they could be the boss someday. Mean bosses suck, so we started fighting for our civil rights. Now we're bringin' it home, cause that's where it starts!  Read: Behind Every Harassed Child, A Lot of Clueless Adults, Movie Review "Bully" by Lee Hirsch, NY Times.

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No matter what method of telling, every story starts with a person who can bring together ideas we want connected. Plus, this is a way cool technology:

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40 days of posts that make life better, 36: Just because you have to say "no," doesn't mean it has to make for an unpleasant scene:

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40 days of posts that make life better, 35: Love!

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40 days of posts that make life better, 34: There is music in the air! Sister Rosetta will tell you where!

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(I know I'm echoing a theme here, but it's poetic licence, since I'm talking about cycles): 
We have singular and group conscience to rely on. We have the luxury of self reflection, and the gift of responsibility:

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Though we are prone to inertia, changing our trajectory puts new "automatic pilots" into place.  Read: Changing Your Life 'Inertia' Takes Courage by Dr. Jim Taylor

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40 days of posts that make life better, 31: "...decent and thoughtful people around the world want nothing more than to live their lives in peace."  A Plea for Peace: Why Social Media Matters by Marlo Thomas

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When we face the truth about what's ugly inside of us, we have the chance to grow out of it.  To wit: White People: You Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin by Michael Skolnik

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40 days of posts that make life better, 29: Perspective revisited: tinier tinier more tiny tinier, bigger bigger bigger bigger:

(Be sure to click on "the scale of the universe" and play with it. And read the article - especially about who made the interactive "scale of the universe").

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40 days of posts that make life better, 28: You can get a team of people to carry a letter across the country for under 45 cents, or send a package for under five bucks. US Post Office