> who would try this?!!?

Are you ready for a Sunday walk?
First - Let's take the tram up to the start of the trail.
Now follow the path.


Be sure to hold on to the "railing"


Keep an eye on the person in front of you.


Be very careful when passing someone going in the opposite direction.


Now just up a few steps.


Gets a little steeper here - so put your toes in the holes.


A few more steps to go.


Finally in sight.


The view's great BUT - Would you dare try it?

> happy thxgiving

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> quote from billy madison

me: "mr. williams, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things i have ever heard. at no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it, especially stupid long hairs guy. i award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

brandon: "was this from the movie billy madison?"

randy: "yes, that is correct. even so, i award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul."

susan: "i gotta rent that movie – you guys are cracking me up (with laughter) laugh it up FUZZ ball! i still swear it should say FURR ball – i mean solo was talking to the wookie for god’s sake."

> 15-char passwd lengths

15 lowercase character yields 1,677,259,342,285,725,925,376 possible passwds. that's about one and half nonillion. it happens to be roughly equal to the number of atoms in your body, or nearly a trillion times larger than the number of stars in the universe. in other words, it's a big, big, number. if someone were to write a program that tried to steal your passwd by guessing it, and the program were fast enough to try one million passwd a second, then it'd take that program 532,000 centuries to try every possibility. i'm kind of thinking that by the time that program's done running, you won't much care if anyone guesses your passwd!

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more than 10 faces

lion & elephant

square or rect?

> if we were a global village of 100

literacy:
88 old enough to read
17 who cannot read at all
1 teacher
1 computer

ethnicity:
61 from asia
21 from china
17 from india
13 from africa
12 from europe
5 from the u.s.

dialect:
1 from australia and new zealand
22 who speak a chinese dialect, 18 of whom speak mandarin
9 who speak english
8 who speak hindi

socio-economic status:
30 who have enough to eat
1 wealthy from u.s.

gender:
50 females
50 males

religion:
32 christians
68 non-christians
15 of whom are nonreligious
19 muslims
6 buddhists
1 jew

> quote

"it's just a job. grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. i beat people up." - muhammad ali

> adult diapers

shanhai, china -- don't leave home without it. thousands of chinese are taking that advice and packing adult diapers for their lunar new year holiday trips.

trains are so crowded, travelers cram every inch, including the usually stinking bathrooms.

that means people who have to go while they're on the go can't. so, they're stocking up on diapers. sales of diapers have soared ahead of the holiday.

this year the lunar new year celebration begins jan. 29. chinese officials estimate that trains will carry about 4 million people during the 40-day holiday period.

the problem arises from the need to sell twice as many tickets as there are train seats to accommodate the crush of travelers. those without seats must find some place -- any place -- to put themselves, including in overhead racks, between cars and in toilets.

just purchasing a ticket can mean lining up for hours.

> my farewell to abc

it was the best of times it was the worst of times.
it was the times i left my workstation unlocked.

> national friendship week

many people will walk in and out of your life. but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

to handle yourself, use your head;
to handle others, use your heart.


anger is only one letter short of danger.
if someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
if he betrays you twice, it is your fault.

great minds discuss ideas;
average minds discuss events;
small minds discuss people.


he, who loses money, loses much;
he, who loses a friend, loses much more;
he, who loses faith, loses all.

beautiful young people are accidents of nature.
learn from the mistakes of others.
you can't live long enough to make them all yourself.


friends, you and me......
you brought another friend ...
and then there were 3 .
we started our group ..
our circle of friends....
there is no beginning or end ...

yesterday is history.
tomorrow is mystery.
today is a gift.