I love Christoph Niemann. He inspires me. He tickles me with his imagination and creativity. Check out his latest adventure here.

“Science funding is not a political football but in fact a down payment on discovery, the seed money to fund a critical step toward ending Alzheimer’s or curing cancer.”
~ Jennifer Doudna, American Biochemist and co-inventor of Crispr (gene-editing tool)

1. Hmmm. I’m going to say jump off a cliff 1,000 feet high onto a giant air-filled cushion. Parachutes are overrated and if it fails to open I’m hooped.
2. Wow. This one is tough. I think I’ll take an extra leg. Though if I had an extra arm I’d probably be faster climbing. Can you imagine the cost to have my clothes redesigned?
3. Easy. Famous song. No one hums a book and best-selling doesn’t mean best written.
4. Easy. Never again be able to bend the arm I write with. One of the advantages of being ambidextrous.

Now you, Boo!

One can steal ideas,
but no one
can steal execution or passion.
~ anonymous

“May” is sort of a funny word; there’s a vagueness to it and a lack of commitment that bothers me. Just tell me if I can eat chocolate in lieu of brussels sprouts and we’re good.

Behold the power of the apostrophe. Baha! Interesting fact: The apostrophe was first used by Pietro Bembo in his edition of De Aetna (1496).^[4] It was introduced into English in the 16th century in imitation of French practice. ~ Wikipedia

If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything. ~ Fred Menger, Chemistry professor.

There’s just no way around this one: YOU MATTER, unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared, then YOU ENERGY. ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

“But culture change can’t be achieved through top-down mandate. It lives in the collective hearts and habits of people and their shared perception of ‘how things are done around here.’ Someone with authority can demand compliance, but they can’t dictate optimism, trust, conviction, or creativity.” Nice! More here: Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you. ~ Ali ibn Abi Talib