Vampires suck.
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Vampires suck.
Is that a Buffy quote?
Which is why they never use it in mallets.
Why don't we have an emoji for "rimshot"?
"When we know our true selves, we will know others are as we are. None of us, as we really are, are capable of acting destructively. These actions come from our wounded and conditional personalities." Alicia Adams, Friends Journal, Mar. 1, 2011.
I hope she's right. I take great solace from this.
I hope she's right. I take great solace from this.
"I have found that you . . . have to take that one step toward the gods and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will be supported."
Diane K. Osbon, Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion (Harper Collins 1991) p. 10.
Diane K. Osbon, Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion (Harper Collins 1991) p. 10.
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." George Carlin
... all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
- Billy Collins
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
- Billy Collins
"I'm the kina guy who'd sell you a rat's asshole for a wedding ring." - Tom Waits
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
(Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)
(Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)
"10 years or 1 hour. Those are the two time frames worth prioritizing.
10 years is shorthand for thinking longer-term than nearly everyone else and doing things that are really ambitious or meaningful. Most of the deeply meaningful things in life require long time horizons: building a business, cultivating a happy marriage, growing a family, getting in the best shape of your life, etc.
How do you work toward the 10-year things? In 1 hour increments. 1 hour is shorthand for doing things that can be accomplished from start to finish in a single session like a good workout, a good writing session, reading a chapter of a book, going on a fun date, etc. The key is that you finish with something accomplished, not with half-work still waiting to be completed.
If you spend 1 hour working toward a 10-year project—and you repeat this day after day—you’re going to end up living a lovely life."
- James Clear
10 years is shorthand for thinking longer-term than nearly everyone else and doing things that are really ambitious or meaningful. Most of the deeply meaningful things in life require long time horizons: building a business, cultivating a happy marriage, growing a family, getting in the best shape of your life, etc.
How do you work toward the 10-year things? In 1 hour increments. 1 hour is shorthand for doing things that can be accomplished from start to finish in a single session like a good workout, a good writing session, reading a chapter of a book, going on a fun date, etc. The key is that you finish with something accomplished, not with half-work still waiting to be completed.
If you spend 1 hour working toward a 10-year project—and you repeat this day after day—you’re going to end up living a lovely life."
- James Clear
"There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists".
-attributed to an anonymous Yellowstone park ranger, in reference to the difficulty of designing "bear-proof" trash receptacles
Yes. I can't recall how many stories I've heard about tourists who wanted a selfie with a bear, or tried to find bears when they were hibernating. One near-Darwin Award went to a tourist who smeared honey on her child's face, so she could take a photo of a bear lick it off.
The ranger stopped her before this could happen, thank goodness!Bears are majestic creatures, but they are big, fast and dangerous. They might look like cute fuzz-balls, but they're not. Leave the bears alone!
(Sorry. I'm sure nobody here will do something that boneheaded).
Or the ones who wanted to put their kids on top of those big shaggy cows to take a picture at Yellowstone Park.
One of the things people in the Adirondacks used to do was to visit the town dump and observe the bears as they went through the trash. But we stayed safely in our cars and parked about thirty yards away.
"Only those who know darkness can truly appreciate light; only those who acknowledge darkness can even see the light."
Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection (Bantam 2002) p. 61
Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection (Bantam 2002) p. 61
Interesting quote. Do fish, who have never been outside water, appreciate water? When they are hooked and brought into the boat, is their first impression "Something is very wrong here"?
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