But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
~ Albert Camus
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Humans are very efficient walkers, and a key component of being an efficient walker in all kind of mammals is having long legs,” Webber said. “Cats and dogs are up on the balls of their feet, with their heel elevated up in the air, so they’ve adapted to have a longer leg, but humans have done something different. We’ve dropped our heels down on the ground, which physically makes our legs shorter than they could be if were up on our toes, and this was a conundrum to us (scientists).
~ From Why we walk on our heels instead of our toes
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Turns out heel-to-toe rolling gives longer *effective* leg length. Our lower legs are exquisite.
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I got only the tiniest glimpse of Texas, but had a terrif time! Thanks to my hosts, #texaswinterjam9, and all my friends new and old! …also beat Andy to IAH by a mile :P
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Car drop-off. Gonna miss this lil’ guy! Lot of miles covered @themovementcreative
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Half-way to Houston… currently racing Andy Keller (who I dropped at the San Antonio airport ~7) to Houston. #oneIfByLand #twoIfByPlane also, Texas speed “limits” for the win #chevy
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Read it carefully. Can this be eaten by SIX people? Who would the dream team be (in pk circles)? would we have specialists- like one guy who can eat ten pints of cole-slaw? or generalists who eat some of all? how do we do recon? do we fund it with Kickstarter or…
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Proper Texas bbq on my last night.
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Battery, spork, iPad in #pelicancase and cafeine (not shown cuz omgyumgone) from @localcoffeesa !
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But when they accidentally drop a pk spot, BOOM! #jumponallthethings
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Climbing challenges are best followed by… The SUN!
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