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Jan 31st

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MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →

murkavenue: CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

Jan 27th

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“IN THE EVENT OF MOON DISASTER: Fate has ordained that the men who went to the...”

– Doomsday Speeches: If D-Day and the Moon Landing Had Failed - Dominic Tierney - National - The Atlantic

Jan 26th

In 1933, renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with a list of things to worry about, not worry about, and simply think about. It read as follows. (Source: F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters; Image: F. Scott Fitzgerald with his daughter, Scottie, in 1924.) 
Things to worry about: 
 Worry about courage
 Worry about cleanliness
 Worry about efficiency
 Worry about horsemanship 
Things not to worry about: 
 Don’t worry about popular opinion
 Don’t worry about dolls
 Don’t worry about the past
 Don’t worry about the future
 Don’t worry about growing up
 Don’t worry about anybody getting ahead of you
 Don’t worry about triumph
 Don’t worry about failure unless it comes through your own fault
 Don’t worry about mosquitoes
 Don’t worry about flies
 Don’t worry about insects in general
 Don’t worry about parents
 Don’t worry about boys
 Don’t worry about disappointments
 Don’t worry about pleasures
 Don’t worry about satisfactions 
Things to think about: 
What am I really aiming at? How good am I really in comparison to my contemporaries in regard to: (a) Scholarship
 (b) Do I really understand about people and am I able to get along with them? (c) Am I trying to make my body a useful instrument or am I neglecting it? 
 With dearest love, Daddy