Where the History Comes From

My 30/30 list is nearly complete.  I am rounding it out with a section on general knowledge as I constantly feel that the more I know, the less I know.  Game Plan: spend a year (plus a little) studying up on general history, philosophy, religion, politics, art, literature, etc of the world by breaking it into two month segments as follows:

• July/August - Middle East & North Africa
• September/October - Asia 
• November/December - Europe & Central Asia
• January/February - Africa 
• March/April - South & Central America
• May/June - Australia & New Zealand
• July/August - North America

An Apple a Day

I think I just made a guy throw up in his mouth a little bit and not in a good way.  I was waiting for the toilet (I know it is base and crude and awful but that's what they say here) and eventually the guy in there walked out and took a seat.  I went in and noticed a bag on the floor indicating a freshly-picked Apple product.  Smaller than a breadbox, heavier than a pound of butter the only obvious thing it could be was a brand spanking new iPad.  I took it out to him and when he realized he left it in the toilet (again, not the actual toilet) he lost his breath a little.  I felt in a way that I had hurt him by returning it; so panicked was his reaction.  It's like those times you freak out and get anxious about what could have possibly happened but aren't quite to the point where you can tell yourself, "wait self, my iPad wasn't stolen from the bathroom where I accidentally left it, I do, in fact, have in my hand the £500+ piece of equipment I purchased no less than an hour ago."

Not Sure If I Should Be Proud or Offended

"The influence which the bigotry of one female, [6] the petulance of another, [7] and the cabals of a third, [8] had in the contemporary policy, ferments, and pacifications, of a considerable part of Europe, are topics that have been too often descanted upon not to be generally known."


~Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

Funny of the Day

30/30 Vision

 ~ 30 Things I Want to do Before I Turn 30 ~

(In progress...and probably will be until Feb 20th, 2013)

~Travels~

1. Thailand
2. Australia
3. Croatia
4. Backpack in England
5. Cycle Loire Valley