February 2012
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“Her father told his children to pray for patience, for courage, for kindness,...”
– Marilynne Robinson, Home p. 69
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“All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away...”
– Haruki Murakami, Kafka On the Shore
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“Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous ‘I don’t know’.”
– Wislawa Szymborska, from her Nobel Prize acceptance speech
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What Not to Say to an Introvert
“‘Why don’t you like parties? Don’t you like people?’ is a common remark introverts hear,” says Marti Laney, a psychologist and the author of The Introvert Advantage. “Usually we like people fine,” she insists. “We just like them in small doses.” Cocktail parties can be deadly. “We’re social but it’s a different type of...
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Revenge of the Introvert
Neuroimaging studies measuring cerebral blood flow reveal that among introverts, the activation is centered in the frontal cortex, responsible for remembering, planning, decision making, and problem solving—the kinds of activities that require inward focus and attention. Introverts’ brains also show increased blood flow in Broca’s area, a region associated with speech production—likely...
Do you want to see the Artist? [One Act]
Friend: Do you want to see The Artist this weekend?
Me: Ugh.
Friend: I heard it's really good.
Me: Ughhhhhhhh.
Friend: It's mostly silent! Isn't that fun?
Me: Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Friend: I've heard it's a thrilling experience!
Me: Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Friend: There's a little dog in it.
Me: Uh?
Friend: It was nominated for Best Picture!
Me: Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Friend: I'll ask Cheryl.
(There is no Cheryl, but I assume Cheryls everywhere are really jazzed about The Artist)
-FIN-
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“What would happen if everybody ate lots and lots of fresh organic food that was...”
– Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D., Food Matters
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January 2012
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John Steinbeck in a letter to his son, on falling...
New York November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a...
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"If you don't want to buy insurance, then you have... →
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“Every woman I know – scratch that, every person I... →
Every woman I know – scratch that, every person I know – has wasted years of their life stressing over someone they would eventually find to be awful and overlooked someone who would have devoted everything to them. If I could have any super power it would be to love that desperate ass person who would be my bitch throughout this life. But, alas, I’m only human. Fine as hell, but a human all the...
“Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.”
– Alain de Botton, (Status Anxiety)
“We need his calm, we need his correction, and we need his leadership. His...”
– Andrew Sullivan on HardBall, defending his defense of Obama (via kateoplis)
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A X O N - A X O F F: Ten Reasons Why You Should... →
axon-axoff:
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well…
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“So a little spring prays to the ocean, so the beating heart prays to the heart...”
– Anna Kamienska, In That Great River: A Notebook
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“There is a God of solitude. He covers me closely, like the air. I study Him...”
– Anna Kamienska, In That Great River: A Notebook
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“The paralytic, happy, healed through Christ’s miracle—how reluctantly he parts...”
– Anna Kamienska, In That Great River: A Notebook
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“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
– Antonio Gramsci
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December 2011
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WatchDrunk History Christmas
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My The Grinch’s Daily Schedule
4:00, wallow in self pity
4:30, stare into the abyss
5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one
5:30, jazzercize
6:30, dinner with me - I can’t cancel that again!
7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing
9:00, lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness
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