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  • PS - QotD / blog

    skorpionuk Jun 19, 2008 11:25

    Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
    - Kurt Vonnegut

    He was a good man, that Kurt.

    And also, via nannyo, a lovely blog post about knitters, but also about how ordinary people create things of beauty and worth, and thereby put themselves outside ( Read more... )

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  • QotD

    skorpionuk Jun 14, 2008 11:50

    Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
      - Robertson Davies
    I'm pretty annoyed ( Read more... )

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  • Amusement

    skorpionuk Jun 06, 2008 12:31

    Small things amuse me, this we know. I say it's a good way to be, because then I get to be amused a lot :-)

    1. F'list
    One post by tbrd about being bored at work, and looking for a new job, right next to one by denari, who's looking for staff. I have no idea whether those two are a match, but wouldn't it be funny if they were ( Read more... )

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  • A quote that made me laugh...

    skorpionuk Feb 05, 2008 20:02

    ... tho I accept it may be funnier for economists, or those disenchanted with economics:

    The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
      - John Kenneth Galbraith

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