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duality
On a low level, one has to believe either that suffering is redemptive, or it is to be avoided at all costs. Some people will initially say that both are true, but that's really avoiding the question. Knowing that I'm in the latter category may help explain why I have problems understanding those in the former, and why I might come off as cold to -
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"Musically, Body Talk is single-minded in its pursuit of dancefloor frenzy. Synths ripple, drums pound, massive choruses explode outward at the exact right moment. Robyn knows better than anyone else how to make efficient house-pop bangers like these; these tracks' moving parts work together in mechanistic harmony. But at its most transcendent, ( Read more... ) -
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I don't generally like posting pictures of myself on the interwebs, but I thought this one turned out well, so fuck it...
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"But the wings I have seen moving about are those of suspicious umbrellas under which heavy eyelids are lowered; there are people who believe they are flying, but it is already an achievement if they can get off the ground flapping their batlike overcoats ( Read more... ) -
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OMG! Vegetables=socialism!
Of course, here outside of Teabagger Headspace, in the real world, the US government spends about $8 billion a year subsidizing pretty much anything edible that isn't a fruit or vegetable. Apparently the limited government rhetoric falls by the wayside when dirt-cheap hamburgers and Coke are at stake. -
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So it's all official now: I got the new job/promotion I applied for! Soon I will be a Technician instead of an Operator on paper (nice because the extra projects I've been doing at work for years are way beyond the Operator job description ( Read more... ) -
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( geekery )