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Copenhagen Flash Mob Symphony thingy

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Freaky Awesome 500 people in 100 seconds

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Harry Potter Remix to "This Is War"

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Awesome blog post

About memes being spread as art.

http://zzz.zoltron.com/1593618/18th-street-SF

Year Meme

(Via Kitten Via Kevin Keippel Via Facebook)

Year I was given: 1984
My age: 12
I lived in: Denver, Colorado
Favorite movie: Star Wars Episode IV and The Last Star Fighter
Favorite artist: Leonardo Da Vinci because he made tanks and helicopters
Disliked: 3's Company because the stupid networks kept putting sci fi shows up against it that died a horrible death in ratings.
Favorite song: ..... er....it was er...um....the theme song from Rainbow Bright. I was a f*cking strange kid.
Like & I will give you a year.

*Edited to protect the innocent.

NPR Top 100 Sci Fi/Fantasy List

(via John Bridges via Facebook)

My score: 71.9/100. How many have you read? Bold their titles.

1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan (Stopped half way through.)
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
25. The Stand, by Stephen King
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson (2 of the 3…I didn’t care for the rest)
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock (2 of)
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson (half of 1)
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony (I am counting reading the first #@$@#$ 15 as complete for this  )
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis (1/2 of 1)

78 Lessons I've Learned

78 Lessons I’ve Learned
(Unsourced and from rote memory)
1. There is no substitute for hard work.
2. The sooner you stop complaining and start doing, the sooner the job gets done.
3. It is the squeaky wheel that gets oiled.
4. It is through small and simple things that the wise are confounded.
5. Wisdom and Humility are paths, not destinations. The instant you declare you either, you cease to be such.
6. The sum of one’s life upon death is formed in the relationships they have had over the course of their lives. All of the gold, toys or worldly achievements are nothing compared to family, friends and people who matter to each other.
7. Knowledge is power and with great power comes great responsibility.
8. Stop and smell the roses, for you will never receive another day that is today.
9. Make peace with your temporal self; forgive your past self and learn from it, and help your future self as long as it doesn’t harm your present self too much.
10. A combination of instinct, reason and patience can solve almost any problem.
11. It is foolish to discount the possibility that the supernatural might exist, because even if it doesn’t, a closed mind is an empty mind.
12. It is foolish to attribute to the supernatural, what can logically and reasonably be attributed to the natural.
13. You can learn a lot from the type of people someone surrounds themselves with.
14. The more convoluted the story, the more likely they are lying.
15. Almost nothing worth having is something that doesn’t require some form of sacrifice.
16. Sometimes you just need to let things go.
17. A journey is a powerful ritual, and can help you transform yourself. Whether metaphoric or actual.
18. Objective and Subjective reality are both important. Objective because the bullet will kill you no matter what your opinion of it, and subjective because in most ways you are the sole sure arbiter as to the worth of your life.
19. The degree to which you should have faith in something is directly proportional to the consistency of its behavior.
20. Humans are amazing creatures capable of astonishing glory, art, inspiration and kindness.
21. Humanity seems to have no limit to its greed, corruption, depravity and ruthlessness.
22. A person who tells you “No” is worth their weight in gold.
23. Know when to turn the damn phone off. Do it before asked.
24. Always follow up.
25. Make goals and complete them, make them realistic and yet make them high.
26. Forgiveness is vital for a healthy spiritual and emotional wellbeing. The more you forgive, the better off you are.
27. Don’t be a door mat, because people will happily wipe their feet all over you if you let them.
28. Pride cometh before the fall.
29. Gloating is stupid. Even if you can get away with it, when something happens later, you’ll blame it on the gloating.
30. Sometimes you need to know when to walk away. Not every battle needs to be won.
31. Never give up .
32. Always try to see the best that you can in someone. It helps you because it lifts your spirit, and it helps them because they can see what they can become in your eyes.
33. Always be prepared for the worst reasonable case scenario.
34. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
35. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
36. What you believe about the strength of Evil and its ability to affect you, says a lot about what you believe about God.
37. Those who use religion as an excuse for kindness are manifestly different in their entire state of being than those who use religion as an excuse to control or intimidate. Learning to spot the difference helps reveal a lot about people.
38. Watching how someone plays a game, especially multiple games over time, tells you a lot about a person.
39. Watching a person’s body language says a lot about a person.
40. Learning a wide range of subjects creates a synergy of knowledge which can be applied in multiple fields.
41. Treat every parting as if it were your last and you will seldom regret it, especially with those you care for most.
42. The more doors you knock, the more offers you take, the more new things you try, the less you have to ask yourself, ‘What could have been.’
43. Appreciate what you have when you have it, for it can always be taken away.
44. You are only able to control your circumstances so much. There will always be something bigger out there.
45. You can control more of your circumstances than you think you can. There is almost always a way if you want it enough.
46. One of the most valuable skills one can acquire in life is knowing how to gauge the price they are truly willing to pay for something.
47. You can learn a lot about a person based on how they treat waiters, bartenders, valets and such.
48. You can learn a lot about someone based on how they act around someone famous.
49. Famous people are really generally just people too.
50. Fame is a drug more powerful than any other, and once tasted, people will often do almost anything to retain it.
51. Sometimes, no matter how much you try to salvage a relationship, it cannot be salvaged.
52. The amount of pain in a betrayal is directly proportional to the amount you love them.
53. The quicker you can get over yourself, the quicker you can get up and move on.
54. There is no substitute for experience. Most times you have to do a thing to learn a thing.
55. You are not immortal.
56. How you feel and react when faced with death is a very good indicator of how you are living your life.
57. If you are lucky enough to have a miracle occur in your life, appreciate it for what it is, and let it change you, otherwise what was the point?
58. Remember.
59. A society is best judged by how it treats its artists, its elderly and its children.
60. A culture is best judged by how it treats people who are not members of that culture.
61. The more irrational and tyrannical a government acts, the weaker it truly is.
62. Never bet or invest what you cannot afford to lose.
63. Save, for there will always be an emergency.
64. Failure to enjoy at least some of what you earn makes work an absolute drudgery.
65. Children will remember what you say for a very long time.
66. Weddings are a crucible in a relationship. Grudges and happy memories done in those moments can last for literally decades to come. Be on your best behavior.
67. There is no harm in asking for directions.
68. There is no satisfaction quite like doing it yourself.
69. Having at least some knowledge of popular television shows as well as sports greatly helps with small talk.
70. Respect what people do. Almost no job is worthless.
71. You can learn wisdom from anyone or anything or any place.
72. Listening is a skill to be cultivated and practiced.
73. Expect the unexpected.
74. Anyone who says that there are no new things under the sun is lying and will be proved wrong. There will always be boundaries of the unknown.
75. Those who fail to learn history are doomed to be repeat it.
76. A habit can be acquired by repeating something for about a month, which is how long your body takes to put it in auto pilot.
77. There is no substitute for physical exercise for your health.
78. Sometimes it is truly worth it NOT to eat something even if you waste the money.

Super Hero Meme

(Via Kitten via Facebook)

Go to your profile and look at your friends on the left side.
1st person is your sidekick: Christi Hilgenberg (Very competent and easy on the eyes)
2nd person tries to expose your secret identity:Kiṯṯen McCreery (Annoying telling and seeking of truth perhaps. Those people always tell you things you don't want to hear ;) )
3rd person is your team mate: David Eison.(I'm not sure what his powers are, but they would be wielded with humilty and competence)
4th person is your arch nemesis: Lisa Stock (Given her relationship with Mr. Gaiman this is disturbing to say the least if given access to the Sandman cabinet...)
5th person is your love interest: Sergey Zhiganov (Denied. :) But a drinking buddy to FIND said love interest to be sure....)

Memorial to the Fallen Seal Team

(Via Peg Thon and Mellisa Godbey Miller via Facebook)

~31 lost
-31 unwanted visits
-31 doors receive that dreaded knock
-31 families with shattered hearts
-31 pairs of boots lined up with rifles and dog tags and helmets
-31 comrades remembered and grieved for, 31 funeral services
-31 names on newly made grave markers
-31 empty places at the table
-31 souls who gave all, whose lives leave a void, so let's take 31 seconds to re-post this and pause to reflect on such a sacrifice as 31 gone forever

Go team Sizzle!

(Maybe you have to be sleep deprived to find this funny...)