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Why You Should Learn To Pay Attention

So my stepmom sent me this in an e-mail the other day and just thought the lesson was so important that I just had to share.

 

THE DEAD COW LECTURE

 

This is the best example for paying attention that I have ever heard.

First-year students at the Purdue Vet School were attending their first

anatomy class with a real dead cow.

They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a

white sheet.The professor started the class by telling them, "In Veterinary

medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor. The

first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal's body."

For an example, the professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the

butt of the cow, withdrew it, and stuck his finger in his mouth. "Go ahead

and do the same thing," he told his students.

The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took

turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead cow and sucking on it.

When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, "The second

most important quality is observation.

I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger.

Now learn to pay attention.

Life's tough but it's even tougher if you're stupid."

Nike Releases Back To The Future Shoes: Nike MAG

So the shoes that I've wanted all my life are finally being made but limited to 1500 pairs and are being auctioned off on eBay? This is heavy....see what I did there?.... Guess I'll just have to wait until these are resold on eBay at a later date and hopefully at a lower price.

A geek can only dream :(


The NIKE MAG is no longer the “greatest shoe never made.” The mythical shoe that originally captured the imagination of audiences in Back to the Future II is being released – and they’re here to help create a future without Parkinson’s disease.

1500 pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG will be auctioned on eBay with all net proceeds going directly to The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Each day for the duration of the ten-day auction, one hundred and fifty pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG shoes will be made available via eBay’s Fashion Vault. The auction starts September 8, 8:30PM PST, and will end September 18. Thanks to a previous 50 million dollar match given to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, all donations will be matched, effectively doubling the contributions from the auction.

The original NIKE MAG was worn by the Back to the Future character Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, in the year 2015. It came alive, lit up and formed to Marty’s foot. The 2011 NIKE MAG shoe was designed to be a precise replica of the original from Back to the Future II. The aesthetic is an exact match, down to the contours of the upper, the glowing LED panel and the electroluminescent NIKE in the strap. The 2011 NIKE MAG illuminates with the pinch of the “ear” of the high top, glowing for five hours per charge.

The 2011 NIKE MAG - It’s About Time.