from dailydharma for Sept. 6, 2010 ( Read more... )

from the signature for the A.Word.A.Day for May 22, 2011 ("tyro"):

"Only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves."
--Paul Auster, novelist and poet (b. 1947)from the sig for ( Read more... )

A teacher, out of compassion and love, seeing that somebody is suffering, gives a path. But each individual has to walk on the path. There is no magical miracle with the teacher. Totally out of the question. He only shows the path. That is the only role of the teacher, nothing else.
--S.N. Goenka

sig for A.Word.A.Day from Feb 2, 2011 ("spartan"):

"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)

A.W.A.D sig for Feb 4, 2011 ("verdigris"Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when you were not: ( Read more... )

Stuff i liked from dailydharma:

2010-05-08:
1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, find harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
--Albert Einstein

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2010-05-09:
In his late fifties, Chao-chou went wandering for twenty years, visiting other teachers. Many of his conversations went like this ( Read more... )

If it wasn't before, the phrase "crypto-flaxen conspiracy" must now be among the top 100 most awesome examples of language use:

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1718

heheheh... the two quotes i posted below are the two Chuck Lorre chose to comment on in this vanity card:

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #227
Dear George Lucas,

May I call you Mr. Lucas? On behalf of the writers of The Big Bang Theory, I would like to thank you for your astounding body of work, which has awakened the child within us and unleashed our ( Read more... )

Thunderbird 3 is now out. But my friends probably don't care... i think i'm the only person i know who uses Thunderbird rather than relying on whatever webmail interface comes with their email service of choice. Sigh ( Read more... )

"Today, America celebrates International Standards Day as one of THREE nations not using the metric system. We are a proud, stupid people."
-- T Campbell

In case you want to know which the other two are, check out the graphic at the beginning of this Wikipedia article, helpfully provided by ktron.

for my fellow children of the '80s:

"Crocodile Dundee is 70. Sigourney Weaver is 60. You're too old. So am I."
-- T Campbell