Exhausted w/flowers. (Taken with instagram)
“Deaglan McEachern said it takes 10,000 hours before someone can get really good at something, and he has spent at least that much time rowing since he first took up the sport as a sophomore at Phillips Exeter Academy in 2000.” —
Malcolm Gladwell’s new agey/TEDtalks-ey/appealingly round-numberey ideas have apparently infected at least one aspiring Olympian’s mind.
Outliers came out in 2008. I suspect there are a number of international athletes who, around that time, may have had a fire in their belly to DO SOMETHING to work toward qualifying for the 2012 games, and then, browsing Barnes & Noble for an intellectual framework to motivate them, found themselves locked into the neat logic of that book.
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Much as Jewels gets to enjoy a Big Kahuna Burger when his wife isn’t around, I get to enjoy a Vietnamise sandwich when Damn Wifus has a meeting. (Taken with instagram)
#horizon (Taken with instagram)
I wish I could report that regional soda brands were undiscovered bits of American craftsmanship. Alas, the Red Cola tastes like a Pepsi diluted with melted ice and cough syrup. (Taken with instagram)
and a small bag of popcorn please. (Taken with instagram)
One Lime Rickey please. (Taken with instagram)
No thank you. (Taken with instagram)
Things about to be in my living room. (Taken with instagram)