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First, a ran­dom thought:
“I am con­vinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women tram­ple them­selves and die. Some­thing mag­nif­i­cent is tak­ing place here amidst the cru­el­ties and tragedies, and the supreme chal­lenge to intel­li­gence is that of mak­ing ( Read more... )

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First, a ran­dom thought:
“The God of the Old Tes­ta­ment is arguably the most unpleas­ant char­ac­ter in all fic­tion: jeal­ous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unfor­giv­ing control-​​freak; a vin­dic­tive, blood­thirsty eth­nic cleanser; a misog­y­nis­tic, homo­pho­bic, ( Read more... )

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First, a ran­dom thought:
“The inter­net hasn’t made peo­ple more stu­pid. The inter­net has just made a lot more stu­pid peo­ple much more eas­ily acces­si­ble.” Richard D Cough­lan
And now, the actual content:
This month’s NaBloPoMo theme is “Jump.” All the prompts have been cen ( Read more... )

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First, a ran­dom thought:
“Remem­ber no one can make you feel infe­rior with­out your con­sent.” Eleanor Roo­sevelt
And now, the actual content:
Plinky asked, “Who’s the most famous per­son you’ve ever met?


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First, a ran­dom thought:
“I know I have the body of a weak and fee­ble woman, but I have the heart and stom­ach of a king, and of a king of Eng­land too.” Eliz­a­beth I
And now, the actual content:
I’m so tired of all the depress­ing sto­ries in my Face­book news feed. Every day ( Read more... )

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First, a ran­dom thought:
“Some peo­ple think hav­ing large breasts makes a woman stu­pid. Actu­ally, it’s quite the oppo­site: a woman hav­ing large breasts makes men stu­pid.” Rita Rud­ner
And now, the actual content:
Plinky asked, “What ener­gizes you?”


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I’ve fallen out of the practice of writing book reviews, for some reason. There are two little widgets there to the side of the blog that always show the covers of the books I’m currently reading and some of those that I’ve recently read, though.

Yes, I do keep that many books going at once because I keep one ebook in progress each on my Nook, ( Read more... )

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First, a ran­dom thought:
“Nations have recently been led to bor­row bil­lions for war; no nation has ever bor­rowed largely for edu­ca­tion. Prob­a­bly, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civ­i­liza­tion. We must make our choice; we can­not have both.” Abra­ham ( Read more... )

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. You can comment here or there.

First, a ran­dom thought:
“Nations have recently been led to bor­row bil­lions for war; no nation has ever bor­rowed largely for edu­ca­tion. Prob­a­bly, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civ­i­liza­tion. We must make our choice; we can­not have both.” Abra­ham ( Read more... )

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First, a ran­dom thought:
“When some­one does some­thing good, applaud! You will make two peo­ple happy.” Samuel Gold­wyn
And now, the actual content:
Plinky asked, “Have you ever bro­ken a bone?”


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