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What Eyebrows Taught Me
Two fistfuls of cuteness plumetted to the floor wedged shoulder deep into a blizzard cup and all I could think was, “We’re a lot like cats.” How inevitable our failures must seem from the outside. That’s what Eyebrows taught me.
Eyebrows, a pint of kitten fuzzy wuzzy awesomeness which strayed into my life a couple Wednesdays [...]
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When God hath ordained a creature to die in a particular place, He causeth that creature’s wants to direct him to that place.
Liet-Kynes quoting OC Bible in Frank Herbert’s Dune
One of my favorite quotes from Dune. The power of desires over humanity permeates from it, nevermind God. Or even keeping God in, what are desires [...]
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Fanatics… Unite!
I consider myself a tolerant person, especially on the subject of religion. I think this may come from being one of three Catholics among my peers growing up, they being mostly Protestants. Children can be pretty hateful, and I remember some extreme little “Churchies” (Thanks to Spicy for that one) who literally avoided me like [...]
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Colores del alma
I found some interesting websites on color while looking for ideas for website color schemes.
http://www.viewzone.com/luscher.html – Max Luscher, a psychologist, did a lot of work on people and colors. That’s what this website is about. It has a color test in which you select between several colors, basically making a list of the color you [...]
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Recently, I read Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, her ode to Man’s Self. I was a little apprehensive about reading a book exalting the ego of Man, fearing it would be saturated with overtones of narcissism and self-worship: Qualities I believe lessen a human being by limiting their ability to transcend their individuality. Equality 7-2521, Rand’s [...]
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Truly, whitespace makes a most intimidating opponent in ye old staring contest. And its snide companion, the Cursor, blinking mockingly:
Blink… blink…
The ancient curse: Writer's Block. I wonder how much trouble the first writers had, staring at a rock wall, or whatever they first wrote on. I wonder how much time occured between writing as an [...]
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