Wed 11 Jan 2012
Amen
Posted by PJ under books, reading, video
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Wed 11 Jan 2012
Plug nickels
Posted by PJ under gods, prayers, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
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“If you cannot pray sincerely, offer your dry, hypocritical, agnostic prayer; for God in His mercy accepts bad coin.â€
—Jalaluddin Rumi, “What Is Bounty Without a Beggar?†(tr. Robert Bly)
Disclaimer:Â 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.
Tue 10 Jan 2012
Everyday miracles
Posted by PJ under driving, miracles, moon, scenes from the commute
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The moon was a miracle last night. A common miracle, but a miracle nonetheless. As I drove the elevated section of the 105 heading east to pick Mom up from dialysis, it rose large as a golden ghost galleon, floating along the bridge at the Hawthorne Avenue Green Line station. Nestled in amongst the lights of flights coming in to LAX, floating gold amongst their bright white, every once in awhile one of the planes crossed its face, entering movie cliché time as they became silhouetted against it. Beneath the moon, the lights of the Los Angeles basin spread out like a host of firefly fairies, glimmering off to the horizon before disappearing at the backdrop of the black San Gabriel mountains.
The Metro Green Line runs down the center of the 105 at this stage of its journey. On nights with a hint of moisture, the electric lines flow with little lightlings hurrying ahead of the trains as if to declare with joy, “She’s coming, she’s coming! The Great Mother of us all is coming!” Once the train passes, they rush in her wake, “Wait for us, wait for us!”—electric ducklings following Mama back to swim in the great lake of light, away from the shore that is not their true home.
My heart lifts when I see those little guys. For a moment, I am somewhere else, not driving that freeway, but watching the play of some separate existence intersect briefly with the mundane world. And for a moment last night, the moon became my buffer, my salvation, my miracle of the moment.
Tue 10 Jan 2012
My memes know me so well
Posted by PJ under meme, resolutions
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Since I don’t do resolutions in real life…
In 2012, 
pjthompson resolves to…
pjthompson resolves to…
Apply for a new byzantium.
Volunteer to spend time with gods.
Go scrying three times a week.
Eat more spirits.
Go to the vampires every month.
Spend more time with my mazes.
Volunteer to spend time with gods.
Go scrying three times a week.
Eat more spirits.
Go to the vampires every month.
Spend more time with my mazes.
Tue 10 Jan 2012
We ourselves are the strange and miraculous
Posted by PJ under belief, miracles, quote of the day, weird
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Random quote of the day:
“It is we who are the measure of what is strange and miraculous: if we sought a universal measure the strange and miraculous would not occur and all things would be equal.â€
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms
Disclaimer:Â 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.
Mon 9 Jan 2012
Horrifying
Posted by PJ under aging, cats, vanity of vanities
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You know, there’s a lot to be said for growing old gracefully. There’s also a lot to be said about people looking like people, not some over-idealized ancient supermodel. However, I’m not going to say it. Talk amongst yourselves.
Mon 9 Jan 2012
The luxury of time
Posted by PJ under aging, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:
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“If you’re a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he’s good, the older he gets, the better he writes.â€
—Mickey Spillane, interview with Jon Winokur, Writers on Writing
Disclaimer:Â 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.
Fri 6 Jan 2012
You’ve got to come back a star*
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, stars
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Random quote of the day:
“He whose face gives no light shall never become a star.â€
—William Blake, “Proverbs of Hell,†The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
*Extra bonus points to whoever gets the obscure movie reference.
Disclaimer:Â 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.
Thu 5 Jan 2012
Stephen Hawking and women
Posted by PJ under science, sexism, women
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Yeah, when you take them for granted, work them into the ground, then announce you have fallen in love with your nurse they get mad and dump your butt to the curb. Big mystery there. But I’m sure all your male colleagues laughed in smugly when you made that remark. You probably don’t have any women “colleagues.”
Sexism is a lot like rust. It never sleeps.
Wed 4 Jan 2012
My fairy name—tra la tra la
Posted by PJ under fairies, meme, video
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My fairy name is Fidget JupiterglitterShe is mysterious and secretive.
She lives in rotting woodlands near poisonous toadstools.
She is only seen in the light of a shooting star.
She wears red with white spots, like toadstools and has deep mauve butterfly wings.
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