December 2009
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Books are notes from the field, bound and domesticated, life brought into narrow...
– Joshua Ferris, writing against culling your book collection. (via gregbrown) (via thebronzemedal)(via jeanhannah) (via buyhercandy)
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And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain...
– Life After God, Douglas Coupland (via lyriquediscorde) (via northerndownpour) (via buyhercandy)
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You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I...
– George Bernard Shaw (via mab397)
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If we listened to our intellect we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a...
– “If we listened to our intellect…” - Ray Bradbury (via thechocolatebrigade)
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Human dignity requires the love of ideals for their own sake, but nothing...
– Susan Neiman
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It is true that words drop away and that the important things are often left...
– Light Housekeeping by Jeanette Winterson (via thechocolatebrigade)
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☮The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit...
– PeaceQuotes (via philjengkane)
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Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental...
– Hunter S. Thompson (via poortaste) (via bmichael) (via thedarkspark) (via buyhercandy)
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Christmas, truly a time for giving (..credulity...
fromFeenaz Ibrahim <feenazibrahim@gmail.com date22 December 2009 19:02 subjectFrom Feenaz Ibrahim
Dear One, With respect and humility I decided to send this proposal to you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will. Your profile pushed me to send you this mail, I am Feenaz Ibrahim, 21years old and the only daughter of my late parents...
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The Lord's Teaser Campaign
In the little town of Bethlehem, an agent of the Lord appeared to Mary. It said unto her, “Blessed are you, for you have been chosen to implement the Lord’s vertical integration strategy. You shall do so by bringing forth a line extension of the family of David.”
And so it came to pass that after a teaser campaign lasting several centuries, the Lord began pursuing his disintermediation strategy....
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Flash Talk
philjengkane:
FLASH: the cant language used by the family. To speak good
flash is to be well versed in cant terms.
FLASH: a person who affects any peculiar habit, as swearing,
dressing ina particular manner, taking snuff, etc., merely
to be taken notice of,is said to do it out of flash.
FLASH: to be flash to any matter or meaning, is to understand
or comprehend it, and is synonymous with...
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Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I effuse...
– Walt Whitman
(ping @gctim)
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gratitude: three good things
Inspired by my friend Wednesday, today I’m counting my blessings - just three little things that make my world sing.
1) My downstairs neighbour has finally turned the corner with her cello practice. I’m glad I didn’t complain when first she was screeching and sawing at the strings in a desperate tuneless frenzy, because it’s been a pleasure hearing her improve over the...
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