Dr Wingnut

Year: 2004

  • Daoism

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    Its fundamental tenet was to let things be, an avoidance of mankind’s quest for power and wealth and an acceptance of whatever will happen.National Geographic, February 2004, Pg. 14

  • Tomorrow

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    The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.Aeschylus

  • Major food groups

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    When I was a child, the USDA told us that there were four food groups:GrainsMeatFruits and VegetablesDairyThen in the last decade they came up with the food pyramid that moved some things around and changed the daily suggested requirements for each group.  The doctor has always, since college, believed that the correct number of food…

  • Why Bars Are So Smoky

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    Cigarettes and booze often share each other’s company, and Duke University scientists believe they have found a physiological reason why.  Even a small amount of alcohol seems to significantly boost the pleasurable effects of nicotine.  The researchers are testing drugs that can break this link, hoping to find a treatment that can help people kick…

  • Courage

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    We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn’t do.Richard L. Evans

  • Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!

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    Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at [the] very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.Mel Brooks

  • How Amazon Does it

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    Hire the best, raise the bar, don’t treat engineers as order takers, empower teams, remove friction, and know when to buy and when to build.Allan Vermeulen