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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Two Heroes Meet

Wow. Previous 'hero' Dr. Weil was on "The Colbert Report" last night. What a great interview-- it's obvious that Stephen is a fan of Dr. Weil's.

I particularly liked the bit where Stephen pulls out Kevin Trudeau's book. Hilarious.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Hero: Sherpas

Seriously, these dudes don't ever get enough credit. It's always the pasty white rich European that gets the props that he or she climbed Everest. Dude... these guys climb Everest like you or I eat a bowl of cereal. And they do it carrying half of the rich honky's stuff, too. This dude on the right has reached the summit of Everest sixteen times.

Sixteen times.

link: Wikipedia: Sherpas
link: Nova: Everest
photo credits: Wikipedia, BBC

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Hero: Dr. Andrew Weil

Common sense health advice from one of the coolest people in medicine.

Dr. Weil's web site

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Hero: The Iraq Study Group

President Bush: "Some reports are issued and just gather dust. And truth of the matter is, a lot of reports in Washington are never read by anybody. To show you how important this one is, I read it."

Q: “Mr. President, the Iraq Study Group described the situation in Iraq as grave and deteriorating. You said that the increase in attacks is unsettling. That won't convince many people that you're still in denial about how bad things are in Iraq, and question your sincerity about changing course.”

President Bush: “It's bad in Iraq. Does that help?” (Laughter.)

Source

Members of the Iraq Study Group