February 2012
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“‘Indeed, I thought, slipping the silver into my purse, it is remarkable,...”
– Virginia Woolf, A Room Of Ones Own.
January 2012
7 posts
This modern era is characterised by technological advances, where science is perceived as the idol that has removed the romance and mystery that allowed us to perceive death positively. Today, most of our deaths occur in hospitals, in beds that are not our own and behind curtains that are not even brocade. We are taken out of God’s hands and into a doctor’s who, like God, may or may not save us...
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New Year's Resolutions
How many is a good number? I mean, 10 is obvious, but if I actually want to get them done that may be too many? I’ll stick to 5.
As someone said to me recently: ‘25 - Gonna Thrive’
Five New Year’s Resolutions for my 25th year.
1. Lose 20kg. Seriously. I know I can do it.
AND 1(b). Learn to enjoy running.
2. Send more letters/postcards/respond to e-mails...
December 2011
5 posts
November 2011
74 posts
WatchFaulty bulb.
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Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff... →
“By turning suffering into images, harsh and uncompromising though they are, it...”
– From ‘Commitment’ by Theodor Adorno. Discovered in Beyond Grief and Grievance: The poetry of 9/11 and its aftermath by Philip Meters. (via bookoflead)
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“For myself, I have no aim. I have no ambition. I will let myself be carried on...”
– Virginia Woolf, the Waves (via magneticism)
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All the libertarians I know are jerks. →
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Exit, pursued by a bear →
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Chapter Three just hit 8,000 words
and I am going to sleep.
