Earlier this morning I was flipping through the channels when I came across the Olympics. The event? Women's 20 kilometer "race walk." It's a type of foot race in which, apparently, you have to move as fast as possible while having at least one foot on the ground at all times (which you don't when you run). Here is a video of some race walking:
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I’m watching Women’s Olympic Basketball, and the United States’ star player is named Destinee Hooker. She’s an athletic black woman with a howitzer for a right arm and the lateral quickness to cover ground like tarp on rain delay. Yet I know I’m not the only one who notices her incredible name. 
“Living Room” is an awful term. Don’t get me wrong, the sign effectively references its object. Instead, it is an awful term because, if taken literally, it’s too general to specify any one particular type of room, and not only when interpreting “living” in its biological sense. 
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This ROCKS!!! This product is the result of marrying engineering with world needs. I hope to see it scattering Kiva.org in the near future. Would you donate one if you could pick the recipient family from a list of bios? Now the biggest issue is distribution - how to get this to the most remote places in 
I love Timbs, and there’s no singular reason why.
As at this point we don’t have any public readers, and the first ones we have will likely know me, my previous statement comes as no surprise. In fact, I’m sure most of you rolled your eyes when you first became aware that I’d written something about Timbs. And I can’t blame you. 
This is the inaugural post for the Quarry. This blogcat will be a collection of short essays and articles dealing with a range of topics that I find interesting to write about. At times, these pieces will be complements to my longer columns. Presently, this acts as a bit of an "introduction" to the column that will be written over the course of the next week. Breathe it in. 
Google Public Data is incredibly cool. You can take any public data from the World Bank or 76 other data providers, slice & dice your own homemade charts or graphics, and visualize mind blowing trends. This demo is one of many, here.
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