Sunday, January 18, 2009

Which would you adopt first?

A black baby or a retarded baby? Find out what a slice of New Yorkers did at this FAO Schwarz store.

One bad apple can rot the whole bunch

Turns out that an apathetic, depressive, or belligerent person in a group can make the group less successful. Listen to this american life story on the research. What you need to know: attitude matters.

Blind mountain climbers

Blindsight, a movie about Tibetan blind kids who climb 21,000+ feet up a Himalayan mountain.

The story of Erik Weihenmayer, first blind mountain climber to reach the summit of Everest (and a lot of other peaks, too).