Both taken from cowboyway.com - these are the ones I felt displayed genuine wisdom (or genuine humor) and that I wanted to pass on:

• Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.
• Don't judge people by their relatives.
• When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer ( Read more... )

Thanks are due to Mitch Benn for creating this song and video, Fuck All, and to canisrufus_uk for bringing it to my attention. :)



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The concept of lies-to-children, referring to a simplified explanation of a complex topic that the explainer knows isn't strictly true but intends to augment later on, i. e. an intentional untruth intended to help with the learning process, is often said to have coined by the Science of Discworld authors - Wikipedia certainly makes this claim, ( Read more... )

Thought for the day:


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A thought for the day:

Wanderers in the land of Osten Ard are cautioned not to put blind trust in old rules and forms, and to observe all rituals with a careful eye, for they often mask being with seeming.

The Qanuc-folk of the snow-mantled Trollfells have a proverb. 'He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day:

Modesty is my only vice. If I weren't so modest, I'd be perfect.

- John Horton Conway

I'll have to remember this one - it describes me perfectly as well! :)

"He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step onto the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.'"

- J.R.R. ( Read more... )

From the Quotes-That-Make-Perfect-Sense-In-Context-Yet-Still-Sound-Odd department:

The Arctic Wolf is a members-only land animal that was released December 2012.

From here, referring to one of those "fools and their money are soon parted" online/mobile games.

From the fanfic-writers-say-the-darndest-things department:

"Dash blinked. The elephant in the room was threatening to go crashing through her water-vapor villa, significantly reducing the resale value."

- The Descendant, Every Little Bit

"What happened to the good old days, when a mare could only be in a committed relationship with two other ( Read more... )

Butch Hancock:

Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in Hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on Earth and you should save it for someone you love.

Heh.