In case you haven’t been wowed enough by the movie, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Avatar.

Conan’s final words for his fans:

“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”

We’ll miss you.

Of the top 100 finishers, 30 were disqualified for cheating in the recent China marathon that was held in the southern port city of Xiamen.

News article here.

I want!

It’s really funny how the cosmos works. Paolo told me about this guy who lost over 300lbs by riding a bike. I’ve been meaning to check out his blog for a couple of days now but I kept putting it off. Then today of all days I finally do it and I read one of his posts that totally describes how I’m feeling.

from largefellaonabike:

I like being surprised [and thusly, wrong] about people, but mostly people aren’t surprising and therefore I end up being ‘Right’ in a disappointed way.  Most folks are predictable, and therefore unsurprising to me, and therethereforefore: I end up being Right about them, which then bores & disappoints me.  See, I like -actually Love- being made Wrong.  But I’m usually Right.  Bummer.

At times like these, when I’m feeling disappointed with my fellow man, I think about this book entitled ‘The World Without Us’ by Alan Weisman. I haven’t read it but the title alone was enough to make me wonder what the world would be like without humans. The answer is always the same: better.