Aaron’s Last Wish
This is really neat – the guy’s brother passed away recently, just weeks after his 30th birthday. In his will, one of his dying wishes was that the ...
Tag: inspirational
Random clips, quotes, phrases, and stories that I’ve found to be inspiring…
Eagle Scouts Stand Against BSA’s Anti-Gay Policy
Last week I got a little worked up about the Boy Scouts of America going out of their way to reaffirm their position on homosexuality, so I’ve got to say ...
Fired Lifeguard Gets Kudos From Legoland
This was a nice update to see on a rather ugly story to come out of Miami a couple of weeks ago – basically, a lifeguard left his designated section of th...
“America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.”
I remember seeing at least part of this clip from HBO’s new series The Newsroom a while ago, but watching the whole 3.5 minutes in its entirety just now r...
Side-Stepping the Status Quo
I came across this little clip of an interview with Steve Jobs at random this afternoon, and it’s one of those things that a creative person in pretty muc...
this kid is going to be a rocket scientist when he grows up…
…or maybe sooner! 
5 Years, 474 Hours, $348,161 Raised Playing Mario…
It seems a little crazy that it’s already over for another year, but just as equally impressive when you look at the stats like that cumulatively since th...
Matt Mullenweg on Blogging, Open Source, and BBQ…
It’s taking me a little while to get through because it’s 2 hours long, but I’ve really been enjoying this interview that PandoDaily did last ...
Neil Gaiman on being an artist, and making mistakes…
And I suppose one more to help round the night out – this video is a graduation address that writer Neil Gaiman gave to the University of Arts (Philadelph...
“Not much we can do except BE, and in being, become aware…”
I really love this eulogy. I used to mostly fixate on the musical medley that the Muppet performers did from that memorial service for Jim Henson, and occasiona...