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Fri 18 Nov 2011

Sand never sleeps

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

 

“It is not the road that wears you out, it is the grain of sand in your shoes.”

—Arabian 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 17 Nov 2011

What you don’t know

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, wonder, writing
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Random quote of the day:

 

“We write not what we know, but what we wonder about.  A novel is about uncertainties.”

—Richard Peck, Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young

 

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 16 Nov 2011

Letting go is the hardest part

Posted by PJ under dreams and dreamtime, growing up, letting go, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

 

“If growing up is the process of creating ideas and dreams about what life should be, then maturity is letting go again.”

—Mary Beth Danielson, column, Journal Times of Racine, Wisconsin

 

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 15 Nov 2011

Those wonderful holiday traditions

Posted by PJ under humor, the onion
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As filtered through The Onion, that is.

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Thousands Gather For Stuffing Of Giant Rockefeller Center Turkey.

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Tue 15 Nov 2011

Longer not better

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:


“There are two ways of extending life: firstly by moving the two points ‘born’ and ‘died’ farther away from one another…The other method is to go more slowly and leave the two points wherever God wills they should be, and this method is for the philosophers…”

—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms

 

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 14 Nov 2011

Heroines of fantasy

Posted by PJ under fantasy, stories, writing
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Terri-Lynne DeFino (bogwitch64) has started a collective story over at Heroines of Fantasy. It’s loads of fun. Bring your imagination and join the party!

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Mon 14 Nov 2011

Do the math

Posted by PJ under being human, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Each of us is all the sums he has not counted: subtract us into the nakedness and night again, and you shall see begin in Crete four thousand years ago the love that ended yesterday in Texas.”

—Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel

 

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 11 Nov 2011

Conjoined

Posted by PJ under knowledge, power, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:


“Knowledge and human power are synonymous…”

—Sir Francis Bacon, Novum Organum

 

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 10 Nov 2011

Not to mention a coach or two

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


“College football would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the trustees played.  There would be a great increase in broken arms, legs and necks, and simultaneously an appreciable diminution in the loss to humanity.”

—H. L. Mencken, Minority Report: H. L. Mencken’s Notebooks

 

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 9 Nov 2011

Too much is never enough

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

 

“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”

—William Blake, “Proverbs of Hell,” The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

 

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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