Ryan Joy (atxryan)

Thank you for all you’ve done, and be at peace. We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders and we need to raise hell. – Molly Ivins, January 12, 2007 read more | digg story

Jade: I hope there are no babies on the plane. And then two crying babies are sat on either row around us. Damn.

“To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one’s unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical unthusiasm was the mark of a real man [...]

Not having anything better to occupy our time last night, Jade, Bryan, and I turned to our favorite pastime — DRINKING! But where? Two shots of whiskey later, we were ready embark on our journey. We didn’t so much plan on visiting any of these places as much as they became apparent through the novelty [...]

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Charity is uppermost in the brain | Guardian Unlimited “Neuroscientists have found the brain’s charity spot: a region that determines whether we put others before ourselves. … Science has grappled with why people will put the welfare of others ahead of their own, even at personal cost. From an evolutionary viewpoint it makes little sense [...]

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For the second day in a row, Bryan, Kelcey, Jade and I have been ice-bound at the house. I’ve been able to work from home for both days, but it’s difficult to stay indoors for days on end. Increasingly, we’ve had to come up with diversions to keep ourselves from dying of boredom. And since [...]