January 2012
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“Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of...”
– Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A beautiful sentiment from one of my favorite books
December 2011
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Reasons why I love my father...
After treating me to a massage, followed by martinis at the carolina inn, he asked where on the biscuit gradient would I like my last breakfast to be while in town… biscuity or more scone-like, to go with the souffle…
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I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing; everything is sacred.
“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent...”
– Rabindranath Tagore
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an amazing week in review
sunday > charleston:
quick dip in the frosty atlantic
christmas oyster roast
old friends, new friends
tuesday:
dinner out at Lucca, best meal i’ve had in a long time
wednesday > columbia:
cracker barrel and hanging out with the nieces, family time begins…
thursday:
arts and crafts and climbing trees
family run
friday:
feed the geese at sesqui park
riverbanks zoo
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“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so...”
– J.K. Rowling
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Japan to release packs of wild monkeys to test...
maxistentialist:
The Telegraph:
Wild monkeys in nuclear-hit Fukushima are to be fitted with special radiation-reading monitors in order to measure contamination levels in forests.
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‘… a sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised…’
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“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither...”
– Milan Kundera- “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
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“Every person I interact with is part of the person I am becoming.”
– Patricia Moreno
Anonymous asked: Where are you in OD school?
What happens when the self is digitized? →
tacanderson:
I know the feeling well. I often describe this change to people as “becoming fuzzy.”
The edges of our identity and the perception of ourselves is extending digitally. I imagine it like a cotton seed. The core part of our “self” is still in tact but we’ve grown these tendrils that allow us to extend beyond ourselves, to float along the winds of the internet. To take flight.
COHORTONS: The Evolution of Monsters →
cohortons:
Interesting and amusing article at Salon exploring the origins of monster myths. Absolutely the best part is the explanation offered for the prevalence of Dragons as a monster archetype:
Jones argues that the image of the dragon is composed of the salient body parts of three predator species…
Can You Tell The Difference Between A Men’s...
fitvillains:
Surprising?
A new study conducted by the University of Surrey suggests that messages contained in men’s magazines sound more like those coming out of the mouths of convicted rapists, than solid, lady-friendly man-advice.
The study took quotes from several men’s magazines and combined them with quotes from convicted rapists. They showed the list to participants and asked them to...
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rubus-ursinus:
ANTHROPOLGOISTS HAVE FOUND YOU TO BE A COMPLETE IDIOT.
haha i don’t know why i think this is so funny.. probably because i tend to think most people fall into the dumbdumb category.. real nice, i know
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“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a...”
– Bertrand Russell (via philphys)
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