Blake Snow
writer-for-hire, content guy, bestselling author
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Three cool images of the day
1.
Perspective
2.
Most powerful colors
3.
Dumb
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September 17, 2010
Featured stories
About me: What you need to know
How I got to where I am today
Using numbers to look your best
Favorite saying: “I won’t judge”
Best of the blog: 15 years later
LOG OFF: Buy my best-selling book
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Some of my favorites
What 10,000 miles from home feels like
5 things dance class taught me
Reading this will make you want a dog
10 things I learned after back surgery
How to succeed: “No” means ask another
8 people you should be extra kind to
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Published works
USA Today: Hiking Japan for 1000 years
LA Times: Cruising The Med w/ 5 kids
Lonely Planet: How to travel at home
NBC: My Disneyland conversion story
Orbitz: The time I jumped off Irish cliffs
My best travel stories
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I was confused about #3 the first time I saw it, but I later saw a design chart of the strange faucet/fish bowl contraption, and one is not actually washing their hands with the fish bowl water. The design causes the bowl to drain into a hidden reservoir as one washes hands. Later the water pumps back up. Its intention is to encourage a limit to the amount of water wasted when washing your hands. Still dumb, though.