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"Our Great War is a spiritual war, our Great Depression is our lives..."

I'm sitting in a small room with six chairs in it, glass on three sides.
I wait for my car oil to be changed, and I see an old man standing n
ext to his car, hood open, his hands in his pockets, looking around
like he didn't know there was an engine in there. The mechanic sa
ys a few things to him, asks a question or two, and the old man do
esn't have a clue. He looks exactly the way you would picture any o
lder gentleman with a BMW; he's balding, a little overweight, form
ally dressed but his clothes don't fit very well, he keeps looking at
his smartphone, and he's wearing sunglasses around his neck. Wat
ching this, I realize why exactly I don't aspire to be anything like th
is man- he's no better off than me. Neither of us knows anything a
bout the vehicles we drive, we’re both thinking about how much it
is going to cost us, and chances are, neither of us is comfortable w
ith what is sitting in the bank. This man isn't so different from me,
now. He is older, has more stuff, less youth, his health is average,
but he still worries about tomorrow every waking moment of toda
y, and I refuse to play that hand if ever it is dealt to me.

But I may be as presumptuous as I am cynical.

Watch this 35 second clip, and remember what he says.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/120183/fringe-what-lies-below?c=985:1030

Two people I know are going to make a tag-team blog, and the anticipation is high. They are hesitant to launch because they want 5 posts drafted before creation. So far, it has been predicted to be "epic and legendary", since their friends primarily use exaggerated and overused vocabulary. The blog will contain some decent use of language though, and is primarily to be used as a way of bettering people's lives. More on that later..

I'm a Lifesaver

Today marks my sixth or seventh blood donation.
Donating blood is easy and fairly painless. I hake a point to donate every opportunity I can- and thus far I have never had to go out of my way to do so; every time I have donated blood was done at a local church or a school. It seldom takes more than an hour of your time, but every donation can save three to six lives. Every 2 seconds, someone in America is in need of blood, blood that can only come from a human donor. Today, blood remains beyond science's ability to be replicated, synthesized, or substituted. If you are 17 or older and more than 110 lbs, you're probably eligible (look here for a full list of eligibility requirements). Donated blood only lasts 42 days, and you can donate up to six times a year. Of the 38% of eligible Americans, only 8% of the population gives blood, and less than a third of first time donors ever donate again. Go to redcrossblood.org to find somewhere to donate, or consider volunteering. Every single time that I have donated, the people involved were very thankful for my help. Plus, they give you cookies and juice. What more could you want than cookies and juice?

Lab coats.

http://xkcd.com/699/