April 2011
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“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall...”
– Greek proverb
Apr 30th
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Apr 27th
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“I always hear you guys picking on Arial. Who is this chick? She must be severely...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
Apr 27th
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Yard sale treasure map →
Type in your zip code and this site will comb Craigslist for all the upcoming tag sales in your neighborhood. Add your address for a personalized itinerary with sale-to-sale driving directions.
Apr 27th
Is there anyone else out there
who read “Fight Club” and really didn’t like it? I’m 96 pages into the book right now, and my brain feels like it needs to shower off and forget it ever started reading “Fight Club.” Is that the usual effect?
Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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“Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.”
– My dad
Apr 25th
“The trouble with going to see bands is that there wasn’t much else to do...”
– author Nick Hornby in “Juliet, Naked”
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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“No one imagines that symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that...”
– Alan Watts, philosopher, writer, and speaker (1915-1973)
Apr 16th
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“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.”
– Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899)
Apr 13th
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“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,...”
– George Washington Carver, scientist (1864-1943)
Apr 13th
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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything...”
– John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)
Apr 13th
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Apr 11th
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The "Nonplussed" Problem: How long should we cling... →
Apr 10th
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Millions Watch Twin Baby Boys Babble: Are They... →
Apr 10th
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“While language is forming, writers are applauded for extending its limits; when...”
– Isaac Disraeli, writer (1766-1848)
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 8th
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Church of the Latter-Day Geek Stirs Controversy... →
What started as a joke on the Australian television program Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight, is now an actual church. Uniting Church minister Rev Dr Avril Hannah-Jones will be leading the first service of the ‘Church of the Latter-Day Geek‘ at the Romsey Uniting Church, north of Melbourne, at 4:00pm on April 10, 2011. Rev Hannah-Jones is encouraging people to dress-up in sci-fi costumes, and...
Apr 8th
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“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when...”
– Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)
Apr 5th
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“You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away...”
– Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918-2008)
Apr 5th
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“What’s the secret, Max?” “The secret?” “Yeah,...”
– Rushmore
Apr 5th
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