Trivia and Wisdom
First the trivia:
A menu in a restaurant stated that Red Bull was invented in Thailand in the 80's.
A large number of action figures were made as movie merchandise for Conan the Barbarian. However the violence, etc. of the movie was deemed unsuitable for children. The toy makers then made up a character to sell the surplus of toys. And thus He-Man was born.
And now the wisdom:
When I was in high school doing physics, everyone would talk about this book by Resnick and Haliday as if it was the definitive bible of physics. The problem was that it was too high funda for us. We couldn't understand a word. It was up there on a pedestal, unused even though several of us dared to purchase it at a hefty price.
I went on to study physics for my undergrad and it turns out that Resnick Haliday isnt really on any of the reading lists. It seems that its not technical enough for college physics. What the hell? Clearly there was a disconnect here. How did it go from being too complicated to too retarded???
Similarly, there is that pen with a chick on it in a bikini. Remember that one when you press the button the clothes come off? When I was younger I really,really wanted that pen but didn't have the means. Now I have the means but the pen is too tacky to own. Somewhere in time and space is a version of me that both wants the pen and can acquire it too.
Friends, in life we too identify these focal points of synergy and act upon our wishes to acquire true happiness. Go forth and seek your naked chick pen life happiness nodes.
A menu in a restaurant stated that Red Bull was invented in Thailand in the 80's.
A large number of action figures were made as movie merchandise for Conan the Barbarian. However the violence, etc. of the movie was deemed unsuitable for children. The toy makers then made up a character to sell the surplus of toys. And thus He-Man was born.
And now the wisdom:
When I was in high school doing physics, everyone would talk about this book by Resnick and Haliday as if it was the definitive bible of physics. The problem was that it was too high funda for us. We couldn't understand a word. It was up there on a pedestal, unused even though several of us dared to purchase it at a hefty price.
I went on to study physics for my undergrad and it turns out that Resnick Haliday isnt really on any of the reading lists. It seems that its not technical enough for college physics. What the hell? Clearly there was a disconnect here. How did it go from being too complicated to too retarded???
Similarly, there is that pen with a chick on it in a bikini. Remember that one when you press the button the clothes come off? When I was younger I really,really wanted that pen but didn't have the means. Now I have the means but the pen is too tacky to own. Somewhere in time and space is a version of me that both wants the pen and can acquire it too.
Friends, in life we too identify these focal points of synergy and act upon our wishes to acquire true happiness. Go forth and seek your naked chick pen life happiness nodes.
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