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Mon 14 May 2012

O sole mio!

Posted by PJ under conversations, music, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“I think to talk well a rare gift—quite as rare as singing; and yet you expect every one to be able to talk, and very few to be able to sing.”

—Benjamin Disraeli, Lothair

 

 


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 May 2012

Signs I thought I saw

Posted by PJ under misreading, signs
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TEENAGE GIRL LOOKING FOR SUMMER JOB –

BABYSITTING, ASSASSIN,* PET SITTING

 

 

 

 

*assistant (although I will admit that assistants can turn into assassins in the right circumstances)

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Thu 10 May 2012

Forcing the issue

Posted by PJ under nature, quote of the day, science
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Don’t fight forces, use them.”

—R. Buckminster Fuller, Shelter

 

 

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 May 2012

Infinite gestation

Posted by PJ under physics, quote of the day, science, the universe
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Physicists are increasingly accepting the idea that there are infinite realities stacked together like the pages of a never-ending book.  So there are infinite versions of you, living out infinite different lives in infinite parallel realities.”

—Marcus Chown, The Universe Next Door: The Making of Tomorrow’s Science

 

 


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 8 May 2012

Seriously?

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

 

“Serious writers, I should say, are on the whole more vain and self-centered than journalists, though less interested in money.”

—George Orwell, “Why I Write”

 

 

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 7 May 2012

Perfection

Posted by PJ under art, music, perfection, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“My life is music. And in some vague, mysterious, and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost compulsively reach for perfection in music, often—in fact, mostly—at the expense of everything else in my life.”

—Stan Getz, quoted in Stan Getz: A Life in Jazz by Donald L. Maggin

 

 

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 4 May 2012

Release

Posted by PJ under letting go, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past.  Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.”

—Brooks Atkinson, “December 31,” Once Around the Sun

 

 


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 3 May 2012

Henri, le chat noir

Posted by PJ under cats, existentialism, video
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Some of you may remember this video of Henri, Le Chat Noir. Thanks to dalaruan, I’ve found the original film. I hope there will be more, although Henri may be too weary to go on…

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Thu 3 May 2012

Caught in the act

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, right and wrong
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Random quote of the day:

 

“We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.”

—Mark Twain, “A Double-Barrelled Detective Story”

 

 

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 2 May 2012

Interconnected wonder

Posted by PJ under conscious and subconscious, craft, illusion, quote of the day, the universe, wonder
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Consciousness itself may be the primary creative force in the universe, and our knowledge of the physical properties of the physical world is far from complete.  The emerging picture is a cosmos that is an interconnected harmonic web, vibrating with creativity and intelligence, in which separateness is an illusion.”

—John E. Mack, “Messengers From the Unseen,” Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Fall 2002, Vol. 98, No. 2

 


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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