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The Art of Selfish Driving through Driving Unselfishly

Monday, September 15th, 2008

We’ve all been there– stop dead traffic on the highway that pops up for no good reason, a braking SUV that you can’t see around, cars spread out in an evenly spaced distribution on a 3 lane highway. If more people followed these 3 unselfish rules then everyone could selfishly get to where they want [...]

May 1st

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Did you know that May 1st is a state holiday in France? Though it is “May Day” in the US, a seldom reflected upon holiday where school children dance around maypoles, it originated as a springtime festival during ancient polytheistic times to celebrate the season of growth and fertility.
However, in European countries the beginning [...]