Saturday, 27 June 2009

Going away

I will now be away for 2 weeks but the life-time project of course will continue. I will update this site when I return. (I will be manually writing down what I learn every day in that period.)
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423

423) 27/6/2009

Today I learnt that a symbol for Zen is this circular motif.

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Friday, 26 June 2009

422

422) 26/6/2009

Today I learnt that the Michael Jackson song "Thriller" was originally entitled "Starlight" with a chorus of "Star-light.... Starlight sun". A demo exists of this version.
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Thursday, 25 June 2009

421

421) 25/6/2009

Today I learnt that the Ardennes is a region of forests and hills primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg as well as France.
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420

420) 24/6/2009

Today I learnt that there are two Radwanska sisters in women's tennis.
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009

419

419) 23/6/2009

Today I learnt that Kristi Klenot is an adult movie actress.
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Monday, 22 June 2009

418

418) 22/6/2009

Today I learnt that some people keep skunks as pets.
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Sunday, 21 June 2009

417

417) 21/6/2009

Today I learnt that the word "milieu" means a social environment or set of surroundings.
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416

416) 20/6/2009

Today I learnt that Rafael Nadal is out of this year's Wimbledon.
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Friday, 19 June 2009

415

415) 19/6/2009

Today I learnt that a trite remark is one which is meaningless due to it being an over-used, often repeated, hackneyed cliche.
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Thursday, 18 June 2009

414

414) 18/6/2009

Today I learn that North Korea have qualified for the 2010 World Cup.
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009

413

413) 17/6/2009

Today I learnt that there is a website called "National Novel Writing Month" where anyone can sign up and attempt to write a 50,000 word during the month of November.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009

412

412) 16/6/2009

Today I learnt that you can get guitar leads which plug into your computer via USB rather than through the microphone jack - amazing.
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Monday, 15 June 2009

411

411) 15/6/2009

Today I learnt that Bellowhead is an eclectic folk band.
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