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From Facebook today
The worst people are not the depraved and the amoral. The worst people are those who are good because they have been told not to be bad, and threatened with perdition thereby. Because these pe...
Oh yeah, I've still got it
I just can't remember where I kept it.
Had me totally fooled
An acquaintance, KK, has had a lot of problems with his church scheduling activities during the rare free time he has on weekends (he's in the army at the moment), and he missed a major photoshoo...
Strength and trappings (cont'd from previous)
Back to the question: How can you create a strong female character? And bluntly, the answer is you can't. Because all the attributes that people accept easily and instinctively, as "strength" a...
I am
It is impossible to be given an identity. Those who tell you otherwise are giving you nothing; merely chains and restraint dressed as armour. If you say I am a... anything, that is not an identi...
Seen on Pharyngula
APP: I don’t agree with treating political ideology, preferences, opinions, and ideas as identity. ... These things shouldn’t become ingrained as part of our identity, because that encourages p...
From Facebook last year
The nearest monster is closer than you think, and he hides behind the eyes that stare back at you from the mirror. That is why we have to work to be kind; that is why we have to work to be dece...
Parental bliss
Def: Those moments -- the rare and precious moments-- when the uncomplicated love of your child is almost enough to offset the annoyance you feel at her misbehaviour two minutes prior.
Home
Some things you don't realise you'll miss until they're gone. And some things you don't even realise you've missed until they're in your arms again, as if they'd never left, and all those momen...
The difference between a conservative and a liberatarian.
One hates being told what to do more than he fears not being told what to do. The other disagrees.
God: the only thing standing between a believer and mass murder
From nanowrimo forums: TH: However, my Dysinuss don't have the . . . distinct pleasure of possible paradise or eternal damnation. .... That means Dysinuss parents can't waddle a finger and say y...
Silent e
In order to be able to show your faces in public, it is first necessary to not throw faeces in public. Metaphorically or literally, it's all good.
From work: Dark Impulses
Highlight of the week: Equating the US to the Empire for not using metric units, turning my back and having the entire class chant the Imperial March at my back.
Everything is awesome, boom da ya da
I don't care if everyone instantly thinks of the Lego movie when they hear this, because this is by way of being one of the truisms I live by and have lived by for years. There is a reason why a...
Bumble
It must suck to be a bee. Imagine spending your existence as a glorified sex aid to flowers.
From Nanowrimo forums: Robot Rock
GCW: I have a question. I have a scene that involves a battle looking like Optimus Prime versus a dragon and: Me: Did someone say OPTIMUS PRIME VERSUS A DRAGON? http://youtu.be/nyFKkXnOaVI GCW...
Animate
The body is an instrument of your will. The body is an imperfect instrument of your will. Practice and training make this less true, but it never becomes a lie. But as long as your oppositi...
Full summons
A large part of becoming ready for something-- anything -- is the willingness to go ahead when you're sure that you're not ready. That's why the second time is easier than the first--because yo...
Nanowrimo forums: Raising the Steaks
AHoW: I'm looking for interesting and unique magical powers. So far I have (list) and Jurassic Necromancy. L: This has been my dream since I was five. Me: LTW: THAT IS AWESOME. Harry Dre...
Try for satisfaction in a job well done, instead
Don't have children for happiness. That's not what they're for. They're conversion engines: you put in your happiness and, if you did it right, you get the reward in eighteen years of knowing yo...
Spirit of yamato
There is a school of thought that suggests the warrior spirit lies at the intersection of talent, wisdom and will. And perhaps you can only have the talent you are born with, and perhaps there ...
Bogged down.
Heard in the toilet while I was, um, occupied. Little boy's voice: Wow, daddy, your noing noing is really big! pause Father's voice: Why, yes it is. Thank you for noticing.
Warning, explicit
If you get butthurt by homosexual sex, you should have used more lube.
From work
Me: drawing free body force diagram So I'll just let this body hit the floor... Student: Was that a music reference? Me: No, it was not a music reference and it was most specifically not a refe...
No, I don't miss it
But there are times when I fondly remember the moments when I was stifling my laughter at something Xueling had done (or was doing) and trying not to feel like a bad parent. Actually, come to th...
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Epiphanies, sarcasm, opinions and thoughts that may or may not fit in 140 characters.
