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...hope that the skilled professionals who handle the day-to-day business of protecting this country are allowed to display their skill just as those in Germany did recently, rather than having all the talent and effort they devote to this cause squandered in the name of politics...
...They’re great on the offensive side,” Crimson captain Brad Badgis said. “They have a great quarterback and offensive line, and they have great skill guys who can do a lot of things on offense and special teams...
...footy team, Manly, in a way that kids nowadays mightn't understand. It was a time when your team's effort on the weekend set your mood for the week. It was also the tail end of the game's heyday. Not in terms of the fitness and skill of the players, or the size of the crowds. All those things are greater now. But because the teams then were so distinct, with instantly recognizable jerseys, and the players seemed more rounded than today's. It was footy pre-corporate box, pre-media saturation, and in its honor Nable penned...
Karaoke--and the performance culture it stands for--is not just about ego and entertainment. It's a way of playacting the skills of a networked world, where shyness is a handicap. In the YouTube era, overcoming shyness is the equivalent of killing a mammoth in the Ice Age: an essential survival skill and milestone achievement to be celebrated in picture and song. There is no greater go-to movie scene today than the one in which people throw inhibition to the wind and perform: the climactic Super Freak dance in Little Miss Sunshine, the Age of Aquarius singalong...
...there - people scamming people, making millions of dollars. I feel kind of bad for people who have honestly busted their asses their entire life and have not made it yet. But I don't feel guilty. I just got lucky. Winning a $70 million lotto ticket takes no skill at all. Anyone...