"It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions ( Read more... )

"The ax asked the tree for its handle, and the tree complied."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

Facebook, Instagram, and Tinder all suffering outages? THE HORROR! Thanks, Snowbama!

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."

Harlem

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

--Langston Hughes

It's late, but I had a midday nap and I suddenly want ice cream even though I ought to be going to bed.

Me: "Is it too late for ice cream?"
Trowa: "Never too late for ice cream!"
Me: "What, never?"
Trowa: "No, never!"
Me: "What, never?"
Trowa: "Hardly ever!"
Me: "Hardly ever too late for ice creeeeeeaaam…"

I just happened across this quote tonight and am sticking it here for my own remembrance ( Read more... )

A quote from a Salon.com article from Monday, titled "Why are women scared to call themselves feminists?"
You can call yourself or not call yourself whatever you want, but consider this. Nobody enjoys it more when a woman says she's not a feminist than a misogynist. Nobody gets more gloatingly self-congratulatory about it, or happier about what " ( Read more... )

One of the reasons I liked the ST:TNG episode "Darmok" so much is that I often do think in stories and metaphors and use them to explain my point of view.

Lately politics has got me feeling a lot like this: On two occasions I have been asked,-"Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am ( Read more... )

Scene: We're hanging out in the living room. He's playing a video game and I'm nursing Xander while browsing FB.

Me: *giggle*
Trowa: What?
Me: I can't really turn the laptop around because your tea is in the way, but I have a few little words for you: Steampunk. Meets. Tentacle porn.
Trowa: ...No.

(For those who are now curious, you can see it ( Read more... )

Mom and I watched three episodes of Glee last night, since we were both behind on it (still need to see the "Funeral" episode, though).

Anyway, we were watching the prom episode, and now I have to wonder if the writers named Darren Criss's character "Blaine" simply because somewhere down the line they wanted to be able to have Kurt ask him, "What ( Read more... )