Saturday, March 17, 2012

ACBC

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"Marianne insists throughout the course of her narrative that she is not an author (“je ne suis point auteur”) and that she knows neith...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Another pwning forum exchange

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"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." - Juan Ramon Jiminez *** Me : A: ‎Insulting people is not a good way to...

Death and Taxes

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

The perils of taking psychic harm to be real harm: even Christmas Trees are harmful

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"Stupid people are not necessarily hateful. In fact, some stupid people are quite nice." - David Low *** Christians have no ri...

Points of View and being "Deserving" of Misfortune

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"I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room." - Blaise Pascal *** ...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Observations - 14th March 2012

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"So little time and so little to do." - Oscar Levant *** [ On it taking 2 hands to clap ] "Geylang is just a part in Sing...

Links - 14th March 2012

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"This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it." - William Goldman *** Evgeny Morozov: The IGod: Stev...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The perils of truly engaging people

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Addendum : Woman : I like men who are confident in any situation. Dilbert : Within that subset of men, do you prefer the phonies or th...

Australia 2011 - Day 7, Part 3 - Alice Springs, Darwin

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"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week." - Will Rogers *** Australia 2011 Day 7 - 4th August ...

Breastfeeding as Religion

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"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can n...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Australia 2011 - Day 7, Part 2 - Alice Springs Desert Park

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"Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves." - J. B. Priestley *** Australia 2011 Day 7 - 4th ...