For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of 'brainwashing under freedom' to which we are subjected and which all too often we serve as willing or unwitting ( Read more... )

Today's quotes come from Plato:
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

Mmmmm. Yes. I have been very blessed in this area, and for that I am most grateful.

However, Plato also said: Love is a serious mental disease.

*bwahahahahaha* Oh, alas... also true. :D

C'mon home, Nomad. I miss you. :)

Forwarded email from the grumpy Anglo-Saxonists list:

This report from a visitor to the _Beowulf_ production offices presents some pretty interesting details on the production values and artistic choices of the forthcoming film. Note that Grendel's mother [a CGI'd Angelina Jolie] has definitely been 'sexed up' as they say..."Which led to the ( Read more... )

She is willing to accept that she creates her own reality
except for some of the parts where she can't help but wonder
what the hell she was thinking?

-- Brian Andreas

( Thoughts for today... )

"The symptoms of depression (according to the National Institute of Mental Health)
include anxiety, pessimism, loss of interest in sex, insomnia, thoughts of suicide,
restlessness and chronic headaches. These are also the symptoms of being smart."

-- Chuck Klosterman's sarcastic NYT book review
of "Real College: The Essential Guide to Student

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.  --James Nicoll.

*bwahahahaha!*

Happy St. Patrick's Day, folks... Here's a little something celebratory here and here...

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Stolen from quotitudes:

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?
They never mention that part to us, do they? -- George Carlin ( Read more... )

"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all"

- Anna Quindlen

For inexplicable reasons, I love Vanilla flavored teas and coffees. (As the Tin Man (Mr. 2.0) once pointed out, "Well, you gotta have something in your life be vanilla, eh ( Read more... )