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Mon 24 Jan 2011

Cosmic roots

Posted by PJ under goddesses, quote of the day, spirituality
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Random quote of the day:

“Mankind, more than is realised, is an expression of the part of the earth upon which he subsists.  A rose of the West should not aspire to bloom like a lotus of the East.”

—Gareth Knight, The Rose Cross and the Goddess

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 21 Jan 2011

O, Tweetania

Posted by PJ under research, tweets, updates, writing
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Apologies for having so many tweet posts this week.  It’s been a busy/distracted time and I seem to only have to brain for short infoburps.

And….scene.  21 Jan

My quest for chocolate chocolate chip muffin foiled again this AM. Had to settle for a cranberry scone. As a second, it was right up there. 21 Jan

Done that RT @literaticat:When should authors on submission keep their traps shut? Well, almost always, actually. http://tinyurl.com/4cxthyh 21 Jan

I think the clock is standing still. I am really convinced of it. 20 Jan

We’re even. 20 Jan

Earlier last eve she scared the bejabbers out of me by making me think she’d gotten out of the house, hiding, & not answering when I called. 20 Jan

I think Min was trying to tell me something last night: she kept slapping the Droid as I was reading email. 20 Jan

Ha! My friend, Artur, tells me I got spammed in Russian for “high quality porn”! Someone will be getting acquainted with the banning club. 20 Jan

if I can’t picture the place I’m writing it seriously messes up my pantsing. And research shows the image template I had isn’t correct. 20 Jan

I’ve really jacked myself up with the research. Part of me just wants to write and worry about making right later, but… 20 Jan

That last statement has many parallels to “I can see your house from here” or “My sister used date the roommate of FamousGuy’s cousin.” 20 Jan

Huh. I just learned I went to high school with someone who lived on the same street as the famous “The Entity” haunting house. 20 Jan

Anyone speak Russian? I just got Cyrillicized in a comment over on LJ. 20 Jan

What is Microsoft’s problem? Instead of improving their product they reinvent Word each and every version. Idiots. 19 Jan

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Fri 21 Jan 2011

Berlusconism

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, stories, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“It doesn’t matter if something is true as long as it makes a good story.”

—Italian proverb

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 20 Jan 2011

The grassy sky

Posted by PJ under conspiracies, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“If I put you over at Justice, I want you to find the answers to two questions for me.  One, Who killed JFK?  And two, Are there UFO’s?”

—President Bill Clinton to Webb Hubbell, reported in Hubbell’s book, Friends in High Places: Our Journey from Little Rock to Washington, D.C.

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 19 Jan 2011

Tweety, ah sugar sugar, you are my candy girl

Posted by PJ under tweets, updates, writing
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I must remind myself not to fall too much in love with the research. Too much is as bad as too little, I think. 19 Jan

I can’t find my research notes for the novella I’m currently turning into a novel. Which means I’ve had to start all over again. *sigh* 19 Jan

And so, another story committed to the winds of fate. Or editors, which is almost the same thing. 19 Jan

Looks like the Poe Toaster is gone for good, alas. http://tinyurl.com/yccv9tx 19 Jan

Happy birthday, Edgar Allan! 19 Jan

The worst part of this AM’s NPR tribute to Don Kirshner? I’ve got “Honey, sugar sugar, you are my candy girl…” earworming thru my brain. 19 Jan

Alas, I had to settle for poppyseed. 18 Jan

Time to go see if there are anymore chocolate chocolate chip muffins left in the cafeteria. 18 Jan

I long for the days when I can play Fallen London again. Mostly these days I’m just too tired. 18 Jan

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Wed 19 Jan 2011

Words

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, words, zen
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Random quote of the day:

“Zen is the fight against reliance on words.”

—Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 18 Jan 2011

Books I’d like to see

Posted by PJ under books, humor
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Eat Brain Love

The story of a privileged white zombie who travels the world seeking enlightenment, especially from those cute ethnic types who have centuries of wisdom she can gobble right up.

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Tue 18 Jan 2011

Ideation

Posted by PJ under art, genius, ideas, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.”

—Eugène Delacroix, diary, May 15, 1824

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 17 Jan 2011

My album cover

Posted by PJ under meme, randomness
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This meme which I got from hominysnark:

Go to Wikipedia.org. Select ‘Random Article’. Whatever comes up is the name of your band.
2. Go to quotationspage.com. Select ‘Random Quote’. Choose any quote you like on the page, the last few words of the quote are your album title.
3. Go to flickr.com. Select ‘Explore’. Select ‘Interesting photos from the last 7 days’. The third image is your album cover.
4. Go to any photo editing site or use Photoshop/Gimp/…, and put your mad editing skillz to work.

Confession of slight cheat:
I did use the third picture, but I clicked random three times before I came up with a third picture that didn’t involved somebody’s girlfriend sticking their mug or their a** into the camera. I am SO not going there.

And I did this once before, long time ago. Everything old is new again.

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Mon 17 Jan 2011

The mission

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, religion
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Random quote of the day:

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.  They said, ‘Let us pray.’  We closed our eyes.  When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”

—Desmond Tutu, as quoted in Desmond Tutu: A Biography by Steven Gish

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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