Wed 5 Jun 2013

You are the world

Posted by PJ under courage and fear, darkness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“If fear predominates, then you can’t see what is actually going on around you, because fear is darkness, and in darkness you can see absolutely nothing. If you realize that, then you can see the world actually as it is, then you can see yourself actually as who you are. Because you are the world, and the world is you; they are not two separate entities.”

—J. Krishnamurti, “How To Live In This World,” The Urgency of Change

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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 4 Jun 2013

Here on Earth

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

“Perhaps all our earthly trials will appear foolish to us after a while; perhaps they seem so now to angels. But we are ourselves…and this is now, not some time to come, a long, long way off. And we are not angels, to be comforted by seeing the ends for which everything is sent.”

—Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters

(Thanks to sartorias for this quote.)

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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 3 Jun 2013

She’s so fey

Posted by PJ under fairies, meme
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I’ve done this one before, but it bears repeating. Or maybe not.

Get your own fairy name from the fairy name generator!My fairy name is Meadow Flamewitch
She lights fires in the heart.
She lives in fields where wild flowers and poppies grow.
She can only be seen in the enchanted moment between sleep and waking.
She wears a skirt made of red petals and has fiery orange butterfly wings.
Get your own fairy name from the fairy name generator!

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Mon 3 Jun 2013

Half empty

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

“Pessimism never won a battle; pessimism never made a hero; pessimism is death.”

—Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker, “Cincinnati Society Dinner,” New York Times, February 23, 1901 (often attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower)

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Fri 31 May 2013

Lie, Lay

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

“As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.”

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

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Thu 30 May 2013

Another sign I thought I saw

Posted by PJ under misreading, signs
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Edenist*
 
 
 
I’m on a roll, folks, but I do think this is one of my better ones. What sort of occupation to you suppose an Edenist is?
 
 
 
 
 
*A giant tooth icon seen from the side + Dentist. I had to drive up and look at it face on before I knew what it was.

 

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Thu 30 May 2013

Un-nihilistic

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

“Skepticism or debunking often receives the bad rap reserved for activities—like garbage disposal—that absolutely must be done for a safe and sane life, but seem either unglamorous or unworthy of overt celebration….Proper debunking is done in the interest of an alternate model of explanation, not as a nihilistic exercise. The alternate model is rationality itself, tied to moral decency—the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.”

—Stephen Jay Gould, Forward to Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer

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Wed 29 May 2013

Signs I thought I saw

Posted by PJ under dogs, misreading, signs
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Marina Poodle* Boards
 
 
 
(Seems like all that fur would be a drag in the water.)
 
 
 
 
 
*Paddle

 

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Wed 29 May 2013

A dream within a dream

Posted by PJ under dreams and dreamtime, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.”

—Jorge Luis Borges, Doctor Brodie’s Report

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Tue 28 May 2013

These days we do dress the way we talk

Posted by PJ under fashion, quote of the day, talking
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Random quote of the day:

“If we went into the streets dressed the way we talk, we would be arrested for indecent exposure.”

—James Thurber, quoted in “The Tulle and Taffeta Rut: A Conversation with James Thurber,” by Henry Brandon, 1961

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