Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Make your passion and your work one and the same and do it with people you want to be with." 

Ray Dalio

Joke

A woman walks into a library and asked if they had any books about paranoia. The librarian says "They're right behind you!"

Fun Fact

Cartoonist Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey, came up with names for the things we often see in comics and cartoons: “briffit” is the dust cloud a character makes when he runs away quickly; “plewds” are the beads of sweat when a character is under duress; and “grawlix” are symbols such as “#@*%” that stand in for curse words.

Reading Fact People who read novels live longer

History Fact

A singing birthday card has more computer power in it than the entire Allied Army of WWII.

I bet Hitler, Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt would have killed to get their hands on one of those cards!

The computer chip within them was so powerful by comparison that it would be inconceivable to the leaders of that time how we simply throw them away!

Movie/TV Trivia

An excerpt from Donald Kaufman’s script for The Three can be found in the end credits to Adaptation.

Movie/TV Quote

“Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.”

All About Eve, 1950

Conversation Starter

Who in your life brings you the most joy?

An awesome question for keeping it positive, and they’ll be talking about someone they love, so it’ll be easy to jump into a conversation about whoever that person is and why they are so awesome.

Writing Prompt

If today were your last day on earth, what would you write?