352. Wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You’ve got to find your treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense;
353. Love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it’s because it wasn’t true love . . . the love that speaks the Language of the World;
354. One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving;
355. You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you’ll never have to fear an unanticipated blow;
356. People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them;
357. The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity;
358. All people who are happy have God within them;
359. Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place;
360. When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed;
361. When something evolves, everything around that thing evolves as well;
362. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure;
363. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too;
364. When we love, we always strive to become better than we are;
365. Three presidents have filed for bankruptcy: Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant;
366. Not many people think of the law as a high-risk profession, but the facts are that lawyers suffer from alcoholism and depression–and die from suicide–at significantly higher rates than the general population;
367. Dominique Wilkin’s uncle is a gangster (or so he claims);
368. It’s rather sad and pitiful when your only sense of identity, self-worth and accomplishment is whom you’re related to and whom you know;
369. Robbie likes the water;
370. A “rum runner” is tasty, but potent;
371. Rabbit seems to be a cross between chicken and pork. It has the texture of chicken, but the taste reminds me of pork . . . kind of like pheasant;
372. Featured deejays spin late at Ibiza (IbizaDC.com);
373. If you were born on January 13th 1975, your Chinese zodiac animal would be a tiger;
374. It’s amazing how brushing your teeth, shaving and showering can make you feel better (albeit only for a little while), when you’re sick;
375. At least one in every four hundred sets of fraternal twins has different fathers;
376. If you sleep stomach side down on a hard surface, when you’re sick, you might wake up feeling like you’ve been punched in the ribs;
377. Worldwide, it has been calculated from studies of blood groups that about 10 percent of children are in fact not sired by the men who think they are the fathers;
378. The chances of a child from a poor family dying before reproducing are double those of a child from a rich family;
379. A woman is less likely to use contraception when she has sex with somebody other than her partner;
380. A woman retains 50 to 90 percent of sperm if she has a climax during intercourse, compared with 0 to 50 percent if she does not;
381. McCain-Palin supporters will put their signs anywhere (including your courtyard);
382. It’s not a good idea to use an unknown bike for a 2-mile ride, when you haven’t been on one in at least 15 years;
383. You can get saddle pain from a bike;
384. Macallan spends $25 million a year on oak casks;
385. A five year-old, oak cask used to make Spanish sherry costs about $1,000.00, while a one year-old, oak cask used to make Kentucky bourbon costs about $80.00;
386. Macallan’s Scotch whiskey is very smooth;
387. Syrah and Shiraz are the same type of wine grape;
388. Encyclopaedia Britannica’s contributors have included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud and Harry Houdini;
389. Lightning goes up. It shoots right up from the ground and into a cloud;
390. If you like sushi, eat at Todai Restaurant (Todai.com). It’s an all you can eat seafood and sushi buffet (i.e., $15.95 for lunch, Monday-Friday; $17.95 for lunch, Saturday and Sunday; $25.95 for dinner, Monday-Thursday; and $27.95 for dinner, Friday-Sunday);
391. During football games, security at FedEx Field only searches you above the waist;
392. It seems like FedEx Field was designed to cram as many people in the smallest amount of space possible;
393. It’s amazing how much, as a society, our hopes and dreams can rise (and fall) with the success (or failure) of a local (or college) sports team. The team symbolizes us and the game symbolizes our lives. When the team wins, we’re victorious in life . . . when the team loses, we fail in life. . . . It’s amazing how, at least for a moment, when our team triumphs, we feel like we’ve succeeded. We feel like we’ve accomplished something, when in reality, it doesn’t affect our daily lives either way;
394. It’s intriguing how, when your team wins, other fans are friends and comrades. . . . During the celebration, arguments are forgotten and swept aside. When your team loses, the slightest disagreement can be magnified and all semblance of civility lost . . . insignificant disputes lead to fights and tiny distractions lead to accidents;
395. The bouncers at Rock It Grill will kick you out when your (drunken) friend tries to pickup every girl in sight;
396. Coriander is the British word for cilantro;
397. Life is desperately, insanely and absurdly unfair, but there’s nothing to be done about it, so enjoy what you can. . . . Take pleasure in the small things;
398. A chocolate lover would feel at home at Co Co. Sala Chocolate Boutique (CoCoSala.com);
399. Rustico Restaurant and Bar (RusticoRestaurant.com) in Alexandria hosts an Oktoberfest in late September/early October;
400. Hot chocolate with a little whiskey, butterscotch schnapps, Goldschlager and may be Jagermeister is tasty;
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