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ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ู…ุงูŠุฌุนู„ู†ูŠ .. ูƒู…ุง ุฃู†ุง ุนู„ูŠู‡.
This is me.
ูˆ ู‡ุฐุง ู…ุง ุญุฏุซ ู„ูŠ.
This is what happened to me.
ูˆุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุชูŠ ูƒุงู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู„ุฏูŠ ูุนู„ุง ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‡ุฏู ุงู„ูˆุญูŠุฏุŒ ุฃุฑุฏุช .. ุฃุฏุฑูƒุช ูˆู‚ู„ุช ู„ู†ูุณูŠ ุชุนู„ู…ูŠู†ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ู„ู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ู…ุดู‡ูˆุฑุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุจุฃุณุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู†ูŠ ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ู…ุดู‡ูˆุฑุฉ ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุงุณ ููŠ ุงู„ุฅู†ุชุฑู†ุช.
And when I started my blog, it was really this one goal -- I said, "I am not going to be famous to the world, but I could be famous to people on the Internet."
ูˆู„ุฐุง ูˆุถุนุช ู‡ุฏูุง. ู‚ู„ุช ุณูˆู ุฃุฑุจุญ ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉุŒ ู„ุฃู†ูŠ ู„ู… ุฃุฑุจุญ ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ู…ุณุจู‚ุง ุจุญูŠุงุชูŠ ูƒู„ู‡ุง.
I said, "I'm going to win an award," because I had never won an award in my entire life.
ูู‚ู„ุช ู„ู†ูุณูŠุŒ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุณุฃุฑุจุญ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ .. ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ุงู„ุณุงูˆุซ ุจุงูŠ ุณุงูˆุซูˆุณุช ู„ู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช.
And I said, "I'm going to win the South by Southwest Weblog award."
ูˆุฑุจุญุชู‡ุง. ู„ู‚ุฏ ูˆุตู„ุช ู„ูƒู„ ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุตุŒ ูˆุญุตู„ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุนุดุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฃู„ุงู ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠู‚ุฑุฃูˆู† ู…ุง ุฃูƒุชุจ ุนู† ุญูŠุงุชูŠ ูƒู„ ูŠูˆู….
And I won it -- I reached all of these people, and I had tens of thousands of people reading about my life every day.
ุซู… ูƒุชุจุช ุชุฏูˆูŠู†ุฉ ุนู† ุงู„ุขู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุจุงู†ุฌูˆ.
And then I wrote a post about a banjo.
ูƒุชุจุช ุชุฏูˆูŠู†ุฉ ุนู† ุฑุบุจุชูŠ ููŠ ุดุฑุงุก ุขู„ุฉ ุจุงู†ุฌูˆ .. ุขู„ุฉ ุจุงู†ุฌูˆ ุจุซู„ุงุซู…ุฆุฉ ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ุจู„ุบ ูƒุจูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุงู„.
I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo -- a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุฃุฌูŠุฏ ุนุฒู ุฃูŠ ุขู„ุฉ ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ูŠุฉุŒ ู„ุง ุฃุนุฑู ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ุนู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ู‰.
And I don't play instruments; I don't know anything about music.
ุฃุญุจ ุงู„ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ู‰ุŒ ูˆุฃุญุจ ุขู„ุงุช ุงู„ุจุงู†ุฌูˆุŒ ูˆุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฑุจู…ุง ุณู…ุนุช ุณุชูŠู ู…ุงุฑุชู† ูŠุนุฒูู‡ุง. ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ูุนู„ ู‡ุฐุง. ูˆู‚ู„ุช ..
I like music, and I like banjos, and I think I probably heard Steve Martin playing, and I said, "I could do that."
ู‚ู„ุช ู„ุฒูˆุฌูŠุŒ ู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ "ุจู†ุŒ ู‡ู„ ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ุดุฑุงุก ุขู„ุฉ ุจุงู†ุฌูˆุŸ" ูุฑุฏ "ู„ุง".
And I said to my husband, "Ben, can I buy a banjo?" And he's like, "No."
ูˆุฒูˆุฌูŠ .. ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุฒูˆุฌูŠุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‡ูˆ ุฌุฐุงุจ ุฌุฏุง .. ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฑุจุญ ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ู„ูƒูˆู†ู‡ ุฌุฐุงุจ ..
And my husband -- this is my husband, who is very hot -- he won an award for being hot.
ู‡ูˆ .. ู‡ูˆ ุฃุฎุจุฑู†ูŠุŒ "ู„ุงูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุดุฑุงุก ุขู„ุฉ ุจุงู†ุฌูˆ ูˆุญุณุจุŒ ู‡ุฐุง..
He told me, "You cannot buy a banjo.
ุฃู†ุช ุจุงู„ุถุจุท ู…ุซู„ ูˆุงู„ุฏูƒุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุดุชุฑูŠ .. ูŠุฌู…ุน ุงู„ุฃู„ุงุช ุงู„ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ูŠุฉ".
You're just like your dad," who collects instruments.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ูƒุชุจุช ู…ุฏุฎู„ุง ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุฉ ุนู† ูƒูŠู ุฃู†ูŠ ูƒู†ุช ุบุงุถุจุฉ ุฌุฏุง ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ูŠุงู„ู‡ ู…ู† ู…ุชุญูƒู…ุŒ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู„ูŠุณู…ุญ ู„ูŠ ุจุดุฑุงุก ุขู„ุฉ ุงู„ุจุงู†ุฌูˆ ู‡ุฐู‡.
And I wrote a post about how I was so mad at him, he was such a tyrant -- he would not let me buy this banjo.
ูˆู„ุฃูˆู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุนุฑููˆู†ูŠุŒ ุณูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒู… ูู‡ู… ู…ุฒุงุญูŠ. ู‡ุฐู‡ ู…ูŠู†ุงุŒ ู‡ูƒุฐุง ุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจุตู†ุน ุงู„ู†ูƒุงุช ุนู† ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู†.
And those people who know me understood my joke -- this is Mena, this is how I make a joke at people.
ู„ุฃู† ุงู„ู†ูƒุชุฉ ู‡ู†ุง ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุดุฎุต ู„ูŠุณ ู…ุชุญูƒู…ุง: ู‡ูˆ ุดุฎุต ุฌุฏ ูˆุฏูˆุฏ ูˆุนุฐุจ ู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุฏุนู†ูŠ ุฃู„ุจุณู‡ ุฃุฒูŠุงุก ุบุฑูŠุจุฉ ูˆุฃุถุน ุตูˆุฑู‡ ูˆู‡ูˆ ูŠุฑุชุฏูŠู‡ุง ููŠ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุชูŠ. ูˆ ..
Because the joke in this is that this person is not a tyrant, this person is so loving and so sweet that he lets me dress him up and post pictures of him to my blog.
.. ูˆู„ูˆ ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุนู„ู… ุฃู†ูŠ ุฃุฑูŠูƒู… ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุฃู†ูŠ ุนุฑุถุช ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุณูŠู‚ุชู„ู†ูŠ.
And if he knew I was showing this right now -- I put this in today -- he would kill me.
ูˆู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู‡ูˆุŒ ุฃู†ูŠ ูƒุชุจุช ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ูˆุฃุตุฏู‚ุงุฆูŠ ู‚ุฑุฃูˆู‡ุŒ ูˆูƒุงู† ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ู‡ู…ุŒ ุฃูˆู‡ ู‡ุฐู‡ ู…ูŠู†ุงุŒ ู‡ุงู‡ูŠ ู…ุฌุฏุฏุง ุชูƒุชุจ ุชุฏูˆูŠู†ุฉ ุนู†ุŒ ุฑุบุจุชู‡ุง ููŠ ุฃู…ุฑ ุณุฎูŠู ุจุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุณุฎูŠูุฉ.
But the thing was, my friends read it, and they're like, "Oh, that Mena, she wrote a post about wanting a stupid thing and being stupid."
ูˆู„ูƒู†ูŠ ุญุตู„ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุฑุณุงุฆู„ ุฅู„ูƒุชุฑูˆู†ูŠุฉ ู…ู† ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุดุชู‰ ุชู‚ูˆู„ุŒ "ูŠุง ุฅู„ู‡ูŠุŒ ุฒูˆุฌูƒ ุฃุญู…ู‚.
But I got emails from people that said, "Oh my God, your husband is such an asshole.
ูƒู… ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ูŠู†ูู‚ ุณู†ูˆูŠุง ุนู„ู‰ ุดุฑุงุก ุงู„ุจูŠุฑุฉุŸ
How much money does he spend on beer in a year?
ุจุงู…ูƒุงู†ูƒ ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ูˆุดุฑุงุก ุขู„ุฉ ุงู„ุจุงู†ุฌูˆ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฑุบุจูŠู†ู‡ุง.
You could take that money and buy your banjo.
ู„ู… ู„ุงุชู†ุดุฆูŠู† ู„ูƒ ุญุณุงุจุง ุจู†ูƒูŠุง ู…ู†ูุตู„ุงุŸ"
Why don't you open a separate account?"
ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒู†ุช ู…ุน ุฒูˆุฌูŠ ู…ู†ุฐ ูƒู†ุช ููŠ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ ุนุดุฑุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนู…ุฑ .. ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุฃุจุฏุง ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ุญุณุงุจุงุช ุจู†ูƒูŠุฉ ู…ู†ูุตู„ุฉ.
I've been with him since I was 17, we've never had a separate bank account.
ู‡ู… ูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู†ุŒ "ุงูุตู„ูŠ ุญุณุงุจูƒ ุงู„ุจู†ูƒูŠ ..
They said, "Separate your bank account.
ุฃู†ุช ุชู†ูู‚ูŠู† ู…ุงู„ูƒุŒ ู‡ูˆ ูŠู†ูู‚ ู…ุงู„ู‡. ูˆุญุณุจ."
Spend your money; spend his money, that's it."
ูˆู…ู† ุซู… ูˆุฌุฏุช ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู†ุŒ "ุงุชุฑูƒูŠู‡."
And then I got people saying, "Leave him."
ูˆ .. ูˆุฃุฎุฐุช ุฃููƒุฑุŒ ุญุณู†ุงุŒ ู…ู† ู‡ู… ูƒู„ ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุตุŒ
I was like, "OK, what? Who are these people?
ูˆู„ู… ู‡ู… ูŠู‚ุฑุคูˆู† ู‡ุฐุงุŸ
And why are they reading this?"
ูˆุญูŠู†ู‡ุง ุฃุฏุฑูƒุช: ุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุงู„ูˆุตูˆู„ ู„ู‡ุคู„ุงุก.
And I realized: I don't want to reach these people.
ู„ุง ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจุฉ ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฌู…ู‡ูˆุฑ.
I don't want to write for this public audience.
ูˆู„ุฐุง ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠ ู‚ุชู„ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุชูŠ ุจุจุทุก.
And I started to kill my blog slowly.
ูƒู†ุช ุฃุดุนุฑ ุฃู†ูŠุŒ ู„ุง ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ุฃูƒุชุจ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุงุŒ
I'm like, I don't want to write this anymore.
ูˆุดูŠุฆุง ูุดูŠุฆุง .. ุฃุฎุฐุช ุฃุญูƒูŠ ุญูƒุงูŠุงุชูŠ ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ู…ู† ูˆู‚ุช ู„ุขุฎุฑ.
Slowly and slowly -- And I did tell personal stories from time to time.
ูƒุชุจุช ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญูƒุงูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃุถุนู‡ุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ู„ุฃุฌู„ ุฅูŠู†ุดุชุงูŠู†.
I wrote this one, and I put this up because of Einstein today.
ูˆุฃุนู„ู… ุฃู†ูŠ ุณุฃู‡ู… ุจุงู„ุจูƒุงุกุŒ ู„ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุญูŠูˆุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ุฃู„ูŠู ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏ ู…ุงุชุช ู‚ุจู„ ุนุงู…ูŠู† ู…ุถูŠุง.
I'm going to get choked up, because this is my first pet, and she passed away two years ago.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุฑุฑุช ุฃู† ุฃุฎุฐ ุฑุงุญุฉ ู…ู† ู‚ุฑุงุฑ "ุนุฏู… ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจุฉ ุนู† ุญูŠุงุชูŠ ู„ู„ุนุงู…ุฉุŒ" ู„ุฃู†ูŠ ุฃุฑุฏุช ุฃู† ุฃู…ู†ุญู‡ุง ุงู„ู‚ู„ูŠู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุชุฐูƒุฑ.
And I decided to break from, "I don't really write about my public life," because I wanted to give her a little memorial.
ููŠ ูƒู„ ุงู„ุฃุญูˆุงู„. ุฅู†ู‡ ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู†ูˆุน ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ุตุต ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ. ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ุชู‚ุฑุฃูˆู† ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช ุนู† ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณุฉุŒ ุนู† ุงู„ุฅุนู„ุงู…ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฅุดุงุนุงุช ูˆูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก.
But anyways, it's these sorts of personal stories -- You know, you read the blogs about politics or about media, and gossip and all these things.
ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช ู…ูˆุฌูˆุฏุฉุŒ ู„ูƒู†ู‡ ู…ุงูŠุบู„ุจ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุทุงุจุน ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠ ู‡ูˆ ู…ุงูŠุซูŠุฑ ุงู‡ุชู…ุงู…ูŠุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ .. ู‡ูˆ ู…ุงูŠุฌุนู„ู†ูŠ ุฃูƒูˆู† .. ู…ู† ุฃูƒูˆู†.
These are out there, but it's more of the personal that interests me, and this is who I am.
ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ุชุดุงู‡ุฏูˆู† ู†ูˆุฑู…ุงู† ุฑุงูƒูˆูŠู„. ูˆุชุฌุฏูˆู† ู†ู‚ุงุฏ ูู†ูŠูŠู† ูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู†ุŒ ู…ุงูŠู‚ุฏู…ู‡ ู†ูˆุฑู…ุงู† ุฑุงูƒูˆูŠู„ ู„ูŠุณ ูู†ุง.
You see Norman Rockwell, and you have art critics say, "Norman Rockwell is not art.
ู„ูˆุญุงุช ู†ูˆุฑู…ุงู† ุฑุงูƒูˆูŠู„ ุชุนู‘ู„ู‚ ููŠ ุบุฑู ุงู„ู…ุนูŠุดุฉ ูˆุฏูˆุฑุงุช ุงู„ู…ูŠุงู‡ุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ู„ูŠุณ ุดูŠุก ูŠู…ูƒู† ุงุนุชุจุงุฑู‡ ูู†ุง ุฑุงู‚ูŠุง.
Norman Rockwell hangs in living rooms and bathrooms, and this is not something to be considered high art."
ู„ูƒู†ูŠ ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ุฃู…ุฑุง ูƒู‡ุฐุงุŒ ู‡ูˆ ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู† ุฃู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ู„ู†ุงุŒ ู†ุญู† ุงู„ุจุดุฑ.
And I think this is one of the most important things to us as humans.
ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุชุฌุฏ ุตุฏู‰ ู„ุฏูŠู†ุงุŒ ูˆุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชููƒุฑูˆู† ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุชุŒ ุชููƒุฑูˆู† ููŠ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช ุงู„ูู† ุงู„ุฑุงู‚ูŠุŒ ูˆูƒุฃู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ ู„ู„ูˆุญุงุช ุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎูŠุฉุŒ ูƒู„ ุงู„ู‚ุตุต ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌูŠู„ูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุซู… ุชุฌุฏูˆู† ุดูŠุฆุง ูƒู‡ุฐุง.
These things resonate with us, and, if you think about blogs, you think of high art blogs, the history paintings about, you know, all the biblical stories, and then you have this.
ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุณุชู‡ูˆูŠู†ูŠ: ุฃู†ุงุณ ูŠุญูƒูˆู† ุญูƒุงูŠุงุช ูˆุญุณุจ.
These are the blogs that interest me: the people that just tell stories.
ูˆุฅุญุฏู‰ ุงู„ู‚ุตุต ูƒุงู†ุช ุนู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู„ูˆุฏุŒ ุงุณู…ู‡ ุฃูˆุฏูŠู†
One story is about this baby, and his name is Odin.
ูˆูˆุงู„ุฏู‡ ูƒุงู† ู…ุฏูˆู†ุง.
His father was a blogger.
ูˆูƒุงู† ูŠูƒุชุจ ููŠ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุชู‡ ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู† ููŠ ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุชู„ุฏ ุฒูˆุฌุชู‡ ู…ูˆู„ูˆุฏู‡ุง ููŠ 25 .. ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุณุจูˆุน ุงู„ุฎุงู…ุณ ูˆุงู„ุนุดุฑูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุญู…ู„.
And he was writing his blog one day, and his wife gave birth to her baby at 25 weeks.
ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฃู…ุฑ ู„ู… ูŠุชูˆู‚ุนู‡ ุฃุจุฏุง.
And he never expected this.
ูŠูˆู… ุนุงุฏูŠ ุชู…ุงู…ุงุŒ ุซู… ููŠ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุชุงู„ูŠ ุชู…ุงู…ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุฌุญูŠู….
One day, it was normal; the next day, it was hell.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ูˆู„ูˆุฏ ุจูˆุฒู† ุฑุทู„ ูˆุงุญุฏ.
And this is a one-pound baby.
ูˆู‡ูƒุฐุง ุญูŠุงุฉ ุฃูˆุฏูŠู† ูƒุงู†ุช ุชูˆุซู‚ ูƒู„ ูŠูˆู… ุนู„ู‰ ุญุฏุฉ.
So Odin was documented every single day.
ูˆุตูˆุฑู‡ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชู„ุชู‚ุท ูƒู„ ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ุŒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ.
Pictures were taken every day: day one, day two ...
ุซู… ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู…ุซู„ุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุชุงุณุน .. ูŠุชุญุฏุซูˆู† ุนู† ุนุฏู… ู‚ุฏุฑุชู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชู†ูุณุŒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุชุงุณุน ูˆุงู„ุซู„ุงุซูˆู† .. ูŠุตุงุจ ุจุงู„ุชู‡ุงุจ ุงู„ุฑุฆุฉ.
You have day nine -- they're talking about his apnea; day 39 -- he gets pneumonia.
ู‡ู†ุง .. ุทูู„ู‡ ูƒุงู† ุตุบูŠุฑุง ุฌุฏุงุŒ ูˆุฃู†ุง ู„ู… ุฃุตุงุฏู ุฃุจุฏุง ู…ุซู„ุŒ ูŠุงู„ู‡ุง ู…ู† .. ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุตุงุฏู…ุฉุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุชู„ุงู…ุณ ุงู„ู‚ู„ุจ.
His baby is so small, and I've never encountered such a -- just -- a disturbing image, but just so heartfelt.
ูˆุŒ ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ุชู‚ุฑุฃ ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู…ุง ูŠุญุฏุซุŒ ูููŠ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฎุงู…ุณ ูˆุงู„ุฎู…ุณูˆู†ุŒ ุงู„ูƒู„ ูŠู‚ุฑุฃ ุฃู†ู‡ ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠู…ุฑ ุจุนุฏุฉ ู…ุชุงุนุจ: ู…ุดุงูƒู„ ููŠ ุงู„ุชู†ูุณ ูˆุงู„ู‚ู„ุจุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุนู…ู„ ุฌุณู…ู‡ ูŠุชุจุงุทู‰ุกุŒ ูˆุฃู†ุช ู„ุง ุชุฏุฑูŠ ู…ุงุฐุง ุชุชูˆู‚ุน.
And you're reading this as it happens, so on day 55, everybody reads that he's having failures: breathing failures and heart failures, and it's slowing down, and you don't know what to expect.
ูˆู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ูŠุฃุฎุฐ ุจุงู„ุชุญุณู†. ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุณุงุฏุณ ูˆุงู„ุชุณุนูˆู† ูŠุนูˆุฏ ู„ู„ู…ู†ุฒู„.
But then it gets better. Day 96, he goes home.
ุชุฑู‰ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชุฏูˆูŠู†ุฉ.
And you see this post.
ูˆู‡ูŠ ู„ูŠุณ ุจุงู„ุฎุจุฑ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุณุชุฑุงู‡ ููŠ ุฌุฑูŠุฏุฉ ุฃูˆ ู…ุฌู„ุฉ ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‡ุง ุดูŠุก ุดุนุฑ ุจู‡ ูˆุงู„ุฏู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู…ู‡ุชู…ูˆู† ุจู‡.
That's not something you're going to see in a paper or magazine but this is something this person feels, and people are excited about it -- 28 comments.
ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ 28 ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชุฏูˆูŠู†ุฉ. ู„ูŠุณ ุจุงู„ุนุฏุฏ ุงู„ูƒุจูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ู„ุซู…ุงู†ูŠุฉ ูˆุนุดุฑูŠู† ุดุฎุตุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ู‡ู…ุง.
That's not a huge amount of people reading, but 28 people matter.
ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ู‡ูˆ ุทูู„ ู…ุนุงูู‰ุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆุŒ ู„ูˆ ุญุฏุซ ูˆู‚ุฑุฃุชู… ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุฉ .. ุฅู†ู‡ุง snowdeal.org ู…ุฏูˆู†ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฏู‡ .. ู‡ูˆ ู…ุงุฒุงู„ ูŠู„ุชู‚ุท ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ู…ุงุฒุงู„ ุงุจู†ู‡ ุงู„ู…ู‡ู… ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ู‡ ูˆู‡ูˆุŒ ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏุŒ ูŠู†ู…ูˆ ุจุงู„ู…ุนุฏู„ ุงู„ุตุญูŠุญ ู„ุนู…ุฑู‡ ุงู„ุญุงู„ูŠ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ุญุตู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุนู†ุงูŠุฉ ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุณุชุดูู‰.
And today, he is a healthy baby, who, if you read his blog -- it's snowdeal.org, his father's blog -- he is taking pictures of him still, because he is still his son and he is, I think, at his age level right now because he had received such great treatment from the hospital.
ุฅุฐู†ุŒ ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช.
So, blogs.
ูˆุฅู† ูŠูƒู†ุŸ ุฑุจู…ุง ุณู…ุนุชู… ุนู† ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„.
So what? You've probably heard these things before.
ุชุญุฏุซู†ุง ุนู† WELL ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ุฌุชู…ุน ุงู„ูƒุชุฑูˆู†ูŠ ุงูุชุฑุงุถูŠุŒ ูˆุนู† ู…ุฎุชู„ู ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุงู„ุดุจูŠู‡ุฉ ููŠ ุฎู„ุงู„ ุชุงุฑูŠุฎู†ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุดุจูƒุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุชุฑู†ุช.
We talked about the WELL, and about all these sorts of things throughout our online history.
ู„ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช ู‡ูŠ ุชุทูˆุฑุŒ ู„ูƒู„ ู…ุงูˆุตู„ู†ุง ู„ู‡ ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
But I think blogs are basically just an evolution, and that's where we are today.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชูˆุซูŠู‚ ู„ู…ู† ุชูƒูˆู†ุŒ ู…ู†ู‡ูˆ ุดุฎุตูƒ.
It's this record of who you are, your persona.
ุงู„ุจุญุซ ุงู„ุฎุงุต ุนู†ูƒ ููŠ ู‚ูˆู‚ู„ุŒ ุญูŠู†ู…ุง ุชุจุญุซ ูˆุชู‚ูˆู„ุŒ ู…ุงู‡ูŠ ู…ูŠู†ุง ุชุฑูˆุชุŸ
You have your Google search, where you say, "What is Mena Trott?"
ูˆู…ู† ุซู… ุชุฌุฏ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู†ุชุงุฆุฌ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู‚ุฏ ุชุฌุนู„ูƒ ุณุนูŠุฏุง ุฃูˆ ุบูŠุฑ ุณุนูŠุฏ.
And then you find these things and you're happy or unhappy.
ูˆู„ูƒู†ูƒ ุฃูŠุถุง ุณุชุฌุฏ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุช ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุซุงุฆู‚ ุนู† ุฃู†ุงุณ ูŠูƒุชุจูˆู† ูŠูˆู…ูŠุง .. ู„ูŠุณ ุจุงู„ุถุฑูˆุฑุฉ ุนู† ู†ูุณ ุงู„ู…ูˆุถูˆุนุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุชุจุนุซ ุงู‡ุชู…ุงู…ู‡ู….
But then you also find people's blogs, and those are the records of people that are writing daily -- not necessarily about the same topic, but things that interest them.
ูƒู†ุง ู†ุชูƒู„ู… ุนู† ูƒูŠู ูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ู…ุณุทุญุง ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุจู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชู‚ู†ูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุฃู†ุง ู…ุชูุงุกู„ุฉ ุฌุฏุง. ูƒู„ู…ุง ููƒุฑุช ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุชุŒ ุฃุดุนุฑ ุฃู†ู†ุง ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ู†ุตู„ ู„ูƒู„ ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต.
And we talk about the world flattens, being in this panel, and I am very optimistic -- whenever I think about blogs, I'm like, "We've got to reach all these people."
ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ูˆู…ุฆุงุช ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ูˆุจู„ุงูŠูŠู† ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต.
Hundreds of millions and billions of people.
ูˆุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ู†ุญู† ู†ุตู„ ู„ู„ุตูŠู†ุŒ ู†ุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ู†ุตู„ ู‡ู†ุงูƒุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู„ุงูŠู…ู„ูƒูˆู† ุงู„ู‚ุฏุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู†ุดุงุก ู…ุฏูˆู†ุฉ.
We're getting into China, we want to be there, but there are so many people that won't have the access to write a blog.
ูˆู„ูƒู† ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุดูŠุก ู…ุซู„ ุงู„ุญุงุณูˆุจ ุจุณุนุฑ ู…ุฆุฉ ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ุฐู‡ู„ุŒ ู„ุฃู† .. ุจุฑู†ุงู…ุฌ ุงู„ุชุฏูˆูŠู† ู†ูุณู‡ ุจุณูŠุท ุฌุฏุง.
But to see something like the $100 computer is amazing, because blogging software is simple.
ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ู†ุญู† ุญุตู„ู†ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุดุฑูƒุฉ ู†ุงุฌุญุฉ ุจุณุจุจ ุงู„ุชูˆู‚ูŠุชุŒ ูˆุจุณุจุจ ุงู„ู…ุซุงุจุฑุฉุŒ ู„ูƒู†ู‡ุง ูƒุงู†ุช ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุจุณูŠุทุฉ .. ู„ูŠุณุช ูƒุนู„ู… ุงู„ุตูˆุงุฑูŠุฎ.
We have a successful company because of timing, and because of perseverance, but it's simple stuff -- it's not rocket science.
ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ุฐู‡ู„ ู„ูˆุถุนู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุงุนุชุจุงุฑ.
And so, that's an amazing thing to consider.
ุฅุฐู†ุŒ ุณุฌู„ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏูˆู†ุฉ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู…ุฑ ุฃุฌุฏู‡ ููŠ ุบุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู‡ู…ูŠุฉ.
So -- the life record of a blog is something that I find incredibly important.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ุจุฏุฃุช ุงู„ุนุฑุถ ุจุดุฑูŠุญุฉ ุนู† ู…ู† ูŠุญู…ู„ูˆู† ุงุณู… ุชูŠุฏ ููŠ ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู†ูŠ ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ุฃุถูŠู ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุดุฑูŠุญุฉุŒ ู„ุฃู†ูŠ ุฃุนู„ู… ุฃู† ููŠ ุงู„ู„ุญุธุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃุนุฑุถ ููŠู‡ุง ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ุฃู…ูŠ .. ุฃู…ูŠ ุณุชุทู„ุน ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุจุดูƒู„ ู…ุงุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุชู‚ุฑุฃ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุชูŠ .. ุณูˆู ุชู‚ูˆู„ุŒ "ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ู„ู… ุชูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุตูˆุฑุฉ ู„ูŠุŸ"
And we started with a slide of my Teds, and I had to add this slide, because I knew the minute I showed this, my mom -- my mom will see this, because she does read my blog and she'll say, "Why wasn't there a picture of me?"
ู‡ุฐู‡ ุฃู…ูŠ. ุฅุฐู† ู‡ู†ุง ูƒู„ ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ุฃุนุฑูู‡ู….
This is my mom. So, I have all the people that I know of.
ูˆู„ูƒู†ุŒ ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ู‡ุฐุง ุจุดูƒู„ ู…ุจุฏุฃูŠ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุงู…ุชุฏุงุฏ ู„ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃุนุฑูู‡ ุจู…ุนู†ู‰ ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ ุงู„ู‚ุฑูŠุจุฉ.
But this is basically the extent of the family that I know in terms of my direct line.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ุนุฑุถุช ู„ูˆุญุงุช ู†ูˆุฑู…ุงู† ุฑุงูƒูˆูŠู„ ู‚ุจู„ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุŒ ูˆู‡ุฐู‡ ุฅุญุฏุงู‡ุง ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุดุฃุช ูˆุฃู†ุงุŒ ุฃู†ุธุฑ ู„ู‡ุง ุจุดูƒู„ ู…ุชูˆุงุตู„.
I showed a Norman Rockwell painting before, and this one, I grew up with, looking at constantly.
ูƒู†ุช ู„ุฃู…ุถูŠ ุงู„ุณุงุนุงุช ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃู†ุธุฑ ู„ุตู„ุงุช ุงู„ู‚ุฑุงุจุฉ. ู‚ุงุฆู„ุฉ ู„ู†ูุณูŠ: "ุฃูˆู‡ุŒ ุงู„ูˆู„ุฏ ุงู„ุตุบูŠุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุนู„ู‰ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุดุนุฑ ุฃุญู…ุฑ ุงู„ู„ูˆู†ุŒ ูˆูƒุฐู„ูƒ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ุจุนุฏู‡."
I would spend hours looking at the connections, saying, "Oh, the little kid up at the top has red hair; so does that first generation up there."
ูˆูู‚ุท ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชูุงุตูŠู„ ุงู„ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ. ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู† ู‡ุฐุง ู„ูŠุณ ..
And it's just these little things.
ุนู„ู…ุง ู…ุง ู„ูƒู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ูƒุงููŠุง ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠ ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ุฌุฏ ู…ู‡ุชู…ุฉ ุจุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุชุทูˆุฑ ููŠู‡ุง ูˆูƒูŠู ุจุงู…ูƒุงู†ู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุชุชุจุน ุฃุตูˆู„ู†ุง.
This is not science, but this was enough for me to be really interested in how we have evolved and how we can trace our line.
ู„ุทุงู„ู…ุง ุฃุซุฑ ุนู„ูŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุงู‡ุชู…ุงู….
So that has always influenced me.
ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ุฃู…ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุณุฌู„ุŒ ู‡ูˆ .. ู…ู† ุงุญุตุงุก ุนุงู… 1910 ู„ุดุฎุต ุขุฎุฑ ู…ู† ุนุงุฆู„ุฉ ุบุฑุงุจูˆุณูƒูŠ.. ุฃู‚ุตุฏ ู‡ูˆ ุงุณู… ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู† ุฃุชุฒูˆุฌุŒ
I have this record, this 1910 census, of another Grabowski -- that's my maiden name -- and there's a Theodore, because there's always a Theodore.
ูˆู‡ู†ุง ุซู…ุฉ ู…ู† ูŠุฏุนู‰ ุซูŠูˆุฏูˆุฑุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ุฏุงุฆู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงุฆู„ุฉ ู…ู† ูŠุฏุนู‰ ุซูŠูˆุฏูˆุฑ. ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ ู…ุง ู„ุฏูŠ. ู„ุฏูŠ ุจุถุนุฉ ุญู‚ุงุฆู‚ ุนู† ุจุถุนุฉ ุฃุดุฎุงุต.
This is all I have, a couple of facts about somebody.
ุชูˆุงุฑูŠุฎ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุฃุนู…ุงุฑู‡ู…ุŒ ู…ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ูŠูุนู„ูˆู†ู‡ ููŠ ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆู…ุง ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ูŠุชุญุฏุซูˆุง ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ู‡ุฐุง ูˆุญุณุจ. ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ ู…ุง ุฃุนุฑูู‡ ุนู† ุฃุฌุฏุงุฏูŠ.
I have their date of birth, their age, what they did in their household, if they spoke English, and that's it, that's all I know of these people.
ูˆู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู…ุญุฒู† ู†ูˆุนุง ู…ุงุŒ ู„ุฃู†ูŠ ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ุงู„ุนูˆุฏุฉ ู„ุฎู…ุณุฉ ุฃุฌูŠุงู„ ุณุงุจู‚ุฉุŒ
And it's pretty sad, because I only go back five generations, and that's it.
ูู‚ุท. ูˆู„ุงูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุญุชู‰ ู…ุนุฑูุฉ ุดูŠุก ุจุฎุตูˆุต ุนุงุฆู„ุฉ ุฃู…ูŠุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ู…ู† ูƒูˆุจุง ูˆุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุฃู…ู„ูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆุซุงุฆู‚.
I don't even know what happens on my mom's side, because she's from Cuba and I don't have that many things.
ูˆูู‚ุท ูุนู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ุฅู…ุถุงุก ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ุจุญุซุง ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุฑุดูŠู .. .. ุณุจุจ ุขุฎุฑ ูŠุฌุนู„ ู…ู† ุฒูˆุฌูŠ ู‚ุฏูŠุณุง .. ุฃู…ุถูŠุช ูˆู‚ุชุง ููŠ ุฃุฑุดูŠู ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ูˆุงุดู†ุทูˆู†ุŒ ุฌุงู„ุณุฉ ู‡ู†ุงูƒุŒ ุจุงุญุซุฉ ุนู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุซุงุฆู‚. ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุขู† ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฅู†ุชุฑู†ุชุŒ
Just doing this, I spent time in the archives -- that's why my husband's a saint -- I spent time in the Washington archives, just sitting there, looking for these things.
ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‡ ุชุญู…ู„ู†ูŠ ุฎู„ุงู„ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ูุชุฑุฉ.
Now it's online, but he sat through that.
ูˆุฅุฐู† ุชู…ู„ูƒ ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุณุฌู„ ูˆุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ู‡ูŠ ุฌุฏุฉ ุฌุฏุชูŠ.
And so you have this record and -- This is my great-great-grandmother.
ูˆู‡ุฐู‡ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ูˆุญูŠุฏุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃู…ู„ูƒู‡ุง ู„ู‡ุง. ูˆุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ
This is the only picture I have.
ููŠ ู…ุง ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุนู…ู„ู‡ ููŠ ู…ุฏูˆู†ุงุชู†ุงุŒ ุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงู„ู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠูƒุชุจูˆู† ู…ู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญูˆุงุณูŠุจ ุจุณุนุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฆุฉ ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑ ูˆูŠุชุญุฏุซูˆู† ุนู† ุฃู†ูุณู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆูŠุดุงุฑูƒูˆู† ู‚ุตุตู‡ู… ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุฉุŒ ู„ู‡ูˆ ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ุฐู‡ู„.
And to think of what we have the ability to do with our blogs; to think about the people that are on those $100 computers, talking about who they are, sharing these personal stories -- this is an amazing thing.
ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุฃุซุฑุช ุจูŠ ูƒุซูŠุฑุงุŒ ุฃูˆ ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุŒ ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‚ุงู… ุจุนู…ู„ู‡ ุฑุฌู„ ุฃุฑุฌู†ุชูŠู†ูŠ ูˆุฒูˆุฌุชู‡.
Another photo that has greatly influenced me, or a series of photos, is this project that's done by an Argentinean man and his wife.
ูˆู‡ูˆ ุจุจุณุงุทุฉ ูƒุงู† ูŠู„ุชู‚ุท ุตูˆุฑุง ู„ู‡ ูˆู„ุฃุณุฑุชู‡ ูŠูˆู…ูŠุง ููŠ ุงู„ูุชุฑุฉุŒ ูƒู… ู…ุถู‰ ู…ู†ุฐ ุงู„ุงู„ู ูˆุชุณุนู…ุงุฆุฉ ูˆุณุชุฉ ูˆุณุจุนูˆู† .. 20ุŒ ูŠุง ุฅู„ู‡ูŠุŒ ุฃู†ุง ู…ูˆู„ูˆุฏุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุณู†ุฉ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ ูˆุงู„ุณุจุนูŠู† .. 29 ุณู†ุฉุŸ 29 ุณู†ุฉ.
And he's basically taking a picture of his family every day for the past, what is '76? -- 20 ... Oh my God, I'm '77 -- 29 years?
ูƒุงู† ุซู…ุฉ ู†ูƒุชุฉุŒ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉุŒ ููŠ ุฅุญุฏู‰ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู„ู… ุฃุนุฑุถู‡ุง ูˆู‡ูŠ ุฃู†ุŒ ู‡ู„ ุชุฑูˆู† ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญุณุงุจุงุชุŒ ุฃู†ุง ุณุนูŠุฏุฉ ุฃู†ูŠ ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ุงู„ู‚ูŠุงู… ุจู‡ุง ุญุชู‰ ุฃุตู„ ู„ู„ู…ุฆุฉุŒ ู„ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุฆุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุฃู‚ุตู‰ ู…ุงูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชุตู„ ู„ู‡ ู…ู‡ุงุฑุงุชูŠ.
There was a joke, originally, about my graph that I left out, which is: You see all this math? I'm just happy I was able to add it up to 100, because that's my skill set.
ุฅุฐู† ู‡ุฐุง .. ุชุฌุฏ .. ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูˆู‡ู… ูŠูƒุจุฑูˆู†ุŒ ูˆู‡ุงู‡ู… ูƒู…ุง ูŠุจุฏูˆู† ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุณู†ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠุฉุŒ
So you have these people aging, and now this is them today, or last year.
ูˆุฌูˆุฏ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ู‡ู…ุŒ ุงู„ู‚ุฏุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุชุจุน ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ.
And that's a powerful thing to have, to be able to track this.
ุชู…ู†ูŠุช ุฃู†ูŠ ู…ู„ูƒุช ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุนู† ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ.
I wish that I would have this of my family.
ุฃุนู„ู… ุฃู† ููŠ ูŠูˆู… ู…ุง ุฃุทูุงู„ูŠ ุณูŠุชุณุฃู„ูˆู† .. ุฃูˆ ุฃุญูุงุฏูŠุŒ ุฃูˆ ุฃุญูุงุฏ ุฃูˆู„ุงุฏูŠุŒ ู„ูˆ ุญุฏุซ ูˆุตุงุฑ ุนู†ุฏูŠ ุฃูˆู„ุงุฏ .. ู…ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูƒู†ุช .. ู…ู† ุฃูƒูˆู†ุŒ ูˆู„ุฐุง ุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจุนู…ู„ ู†ุฑุฌุณูŠ ุฌุฏุง. ู„ุฃู†ูŠ ู…ุฏูˆู†ู‘ุฉ .. ูˆู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฐู‡ู„ ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠู‚ุจุถ ุนู„ู‰ ู„ุญุธุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ู…ู† ูƒู„ ูŠูˆู….
I know that one day my children will be wondering -- or my grandchildren, or my great-grandchildren, if I ever have children -- what I am going to -- who I was. So I do something that's very narcissistic -- I am a blogger -- that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.