"Tycho [Brahe] concluded that the substance of the heavens was a continuous fluid of some sort, that the planets moved freely through this medium, and that the orbs of the planets were not physical objects but geometrical constructions representing boundaries in this medium."

what the hell were people smoking?

-e

i will not be torn asunder.
not with two weeks to go.
oh, oh sweet.
beautiful!
oh, oh sweet spring.

-e

simply ruminating on why saddam's video execution has been so widely anticipated but so widely disagreeable at the same time.

is it because we are, as a people, "justice hungry"? is it simply because we, as a people, can't get enough carnage? is it because we have nothing better to do with our time? is it because we actually sympathize with the ( Read more... )

i'm in desperate need of some rigorous creative output.

-e

fancy night out with friends.

friday, december 15th.
tchaikovsky's nutcracker (with sets by maruice-fucking-sendak).
7:30 pm.
mccaw hall @ seattle center.
dress fancy.

elliott needs a suit.

-e

is it a shame that i really like the bass/drum line that comes in at 3.40 in phil collins' in the air tonight?

-e

wtf?

-e

"Glory to the noble men of science!" -Flaubert

-e

"...the party of FDR, the party of Harry Truman, has become the party of cut-and-run..."

the party of Abraham Lincoln and other greats such as...erm...Taft and Coolidge, i guess (but not really)...has become the party of the ill-advised.

-e

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