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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...equally cheering. In How to Know God, Chopra explains that for one who is enlightened, "a rotten tooth, a tumor or a detached retina" can each be seen as "a cluster of photons, a warped image made of light ... My identity floats in a quantum fog as photons wink in and out of existence. Observing these shifting patterns, I feel no attachment to any of them. They come and go; I am not even troubled by having no permanent home. It is enough to be bathed in the light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Age Supersage | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...original Blue Men--Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink--came together as "sort of a support group for people whose creativity had been all but squeezed out of them by education," says Wink. "At one point, we asked, What if there was a school you didn't have to recover from, that didn't make you question the idea of being creative?" After they had kids--with Blue Man Group revenues as their piggy bank and their wives as founding members of the school's board--they decided to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At the Blue Man Group's School, Kids Rule | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...kids, they're, well, kids. One boy's idea of "provocation" is to ask what kind of fart everyone is. A girl hogs the fake microphone. The founders are happy. "The test is the kids, and they're on fire," says Wink. And then, showing his affinity with little boys everywhere, he adds, "Not literally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At the Blue Man Group's School, Kids Rule | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...know what you’re talking about, ask for a new bartender. As you mingle, make a splash with conversation topics like the Israel lobby, eating poor people, boat shoes, croquet mallet technology, and LOLcatz. When you shake a member’s hand, give him a firm wink and slip him a fiver. Make sure you’ve written a funny speech balloon coming out of Lincoln’s mouth. (Suggestion: “A club without [insert your name] cannot stand.”) Give him an extra copy of your résum?...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Prestige and Mobility’s | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...colleagues. A) creditable...recommendation B) valid...reprobation C) legitimate...council D) reliable...input E) viable...apprehension Most popular: C Correct: D 4. If McCain can fill one debate with 24 “My friend(s),” and Palin can fill another debate with 6 winks, how long will it take for both of them to fill a debate together? A) Ask Joe the Plumber. B) I don’t know. You know? *wink* C) To infinity... and beyond! D) Too long. E) There is not enough information to answer this question. Most popular: A Correct...

Author: By Kriti Lodha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Taking the SAT...III? | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

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