Notre Dame at dawn!
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Welcome to Paris →
A generation of men raised by women →
Without male mentors, many men of this generation have felt adrift, unsure of how to deal with an indescribable but acute lack in their lives.
How did we get to the point where it is possible, as Edward Abbey put it, “to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood?”
~ Brett McKay from, A Generation of Men Raised by Women | The Art of Manliness
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Mental badassery: Becoming aware of the stories we tell ourselves →
Now, telling ourselves stories is natural — we all do it, all the time. There’s nothing wrong with it. But if we’re not aware of the stories we tell ourselves, we can’t understand how they shape our happiness, relationships, moods, and more.
~ Leo Babauta from, Mental Badassery: Becoming Aware of the Stories We Tell Ourselves – Zen Habits Website
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Overly simple energy-economy models give misleading answers →
It is not intuitive, but complexity-related issues create a situation in which economies need to grow, or they will collapse. See my post, The Physics of Energy and the Economy. The popular idea that we extract 50% of a resource before peak, and 50% after peak will be found not to be true–much of the second 50% will stay in the ground.
~ Gail Tverberg from, Overly Simple Energy-Economy Models Give Misleading Answers | Our Finite World
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Hermann Hesse on the three types of readers and why the most transcendent form of reading Is non-reading →
For this reader follows the poet not the way a horse obeys his driver but the way a hunter follows his prey, and a glimpse suddenly gained into what lies beyond the apparent freedom of the poet, into the poet’s compulsion and passivity, can enchant him more than all the elegance of good technique and cultivated style.
~ Hermann Hesse from, Hermann Hesse on the Three Types of Readers and the Most Transcendent Form of Reading – The Marginalian
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Compassion →
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
~ Dalai Lama
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Best campsite on Earth? →
We only walked up for the day. Another couple are settled in for the night. If I’d had more time, I’d have stayed late and hiked down in the dark… what must the night sky look like here? …oh well, we’ll just have to come back. :D
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More from Courchevel →
Two days before we left home, the plans changed to include the detour to Courchevel… Best spontaneous detour EVER! One week with Yamakasi at summer camp??? omfgyesPLEASE!!
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One more from Annecy →
Flipping thru photos this morning, just another random shot from Annecy… if it looks like this in the rain, it must be unbelievable when it’s sunny with blue skis!
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Lac Bleu part Deux →
Tracy has arrived! +1 to all selfies. Yes, hiking in the Alps with Saucony Bullets… only shoes I have! @themovementcreative @pkgamericas #swirlsonthemove
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