As far as I can see, most people don't think very much about what they believe. They get by, reacting, living with and for what they love or like, and in opposition to what they find unpleasant.
When I was younger, I thought that was a frightening, horrible thing -- that people like that were some kind of zombie or monster.
Now, somehow, I find...
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When I was younger, I thought that was a frightening, horrible thing -- that people like that were some kind of zombie or monster.
Now, somehow, I find...
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"We can no longer allow the world's worst leaders to control the world's worst weapons."
Am I the only person who sees the irony in that statement?
Am I the only person who sees the irony in that statement?
If it's true, as some of the Utilitarians say, that we are the connections we make in the world, then most of us won't last a week when we're gone from it.
But then, some of us have pictures...
But then, some of us have pictures...
"I'd rather be a good bad poet than a bad great poet."
-- Ogden Nash (...who would be 100, today)
-- Ogden Nash (...who would be 100, today)
Downside of aging, #725 in a series:
Whenever I think I've thought of anything insightful to say, I realize that I've already said it somwhere else...
Whenever I think I've thought of anything insightful to say, I realize that I've already said it somwhere else...
maxx:
Dude. Stop repeating entries. You said that like 2 days ago.
"We used to say that Frisbee is really a religion -- 'Frisbyterians,' we'd call ourselves. When we die, we don't go to purgatory. We just land up on the roof and lay there."
-- 'Steady Ed Headrick, inventor of the modern frisbee
-- 'Steady Ed Headrick, inventor of the modern frisbee
"Pound the prarie pavement
A losin' proposition
Quittin' school & goin' to work
& never goin' fishin'
Water all around
Never learn how to swim now..."
-- Paul W.
Gotta find a job...
A losin' proposition
Quittin' school & goin' to work
& never goin' fishin'
Water all around
Never learn how to swim now..."
-- Paul W.
Gotta find a job...
"Well, a person can work up
A mean, mean thirst
After a long hard day of
Nothing much at all..."
-- Paul Westerberg
A mean, mean thirst
After a long hard day of
Nothing much at all..."
-- Paul Westerberg
It's a cliche, sure, but I still wonder: When people look back on the '90s, will it seem to them like the '20s seem to us?
People think that the market crashed in October 1929. But it didn't; it stumbled over a few weeks around that time, and then steadily declined. Kind of like it has over the past three years.
When they talk about...
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People think that the market crashed in October 1929. But it didn't; it stumbled over a few weeks around that time, and then steadily declined. Kind of like it has over the past three years.
When they talk about...
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It's very easy to confuse the underlying cause for doing something with one's reason for doing it.
Example: The underlying cause for my perpetual search for sexual and emotional bonding is the complex of instincts surrounding reproduction. But that's got nearly nothing to do with my personal reasons for seeking those things.
It seems to me that Libertarians and Supply-Side zealots make this error most...
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Example: The underlying cause for my perpetual search for sexual and emotional bonding is the complex of instincts surrounding reproduction. But that's got nearly nothing to do with my personal reasons for seeking those things.
It seems to me that Libertarians and Supply-Side zealots make this error most...
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goatlove:
Exterminate all rational thought.
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