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“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
– Ambrose Bierce, Epigrams (via anarchyofthemind)
HAH.
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Similar sentiments, and timely.
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Grateful
…for the close and afar special few who have been there and are there when things look bleakest. Thank you, you do more than you know.
One of life’s seminal wisdoms blossoms in acknowledging this. It is in the darkest hours that the heart of someone’s character is revealed. Never take for granted those who always let you know where they stand, and those who extend compassion...
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Stranger In The Mirror
I am not sure I recognize the woman staring back at me when I rise from my slumber and take that first glimpse in the mirror. There’s a certain familiarity in the features, but this someone gazing through the divide seems unexpectedly older, wiser, bearing a depth hinting at a fair number of scars and triumphs.
Some days this invokes an inspiring curiosity, other days it brings in an...
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“The greatest battle is not physical but psychological. The demons telling us to...”
– Graeme Fife
via 1988:heisjealousforme:Open Fire:aartpixie
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“There is a fundamental reason why we look at the sky with wonder and longing—for...”
– Jerry Waxman, (tnx isitpossible)
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“Whether awake or asleep, the brain constructs a model of reality—consciousness...”
– Stephen LaBerge (via heartmindspirit)
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Microsoft develops shape-shifting touchscreen
November 2010 by Paul Marks
Microsoft this week filed a patent application covering a novel way to construct a “tactile” touchscreen – a display that uses technical tricks to convince users they are actually touching the ridges, bumps and textures of a displayed image.
Whereas previous screens produced only an illusion of texture, Microsoft proposes producing a real texture, using...
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Covet what you cover. →
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“Is death the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.”
– Walter Scott
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NYTimes: Cables Obtained by WikiLeaks Shine Light... →
By SCOTT SHANE and ANDREW W. LEHREN
Published: November 28, 2010
WASHINGTON — A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at backroom bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats.
Some of the cables,...
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Map-based visualization of US embassy cables →
Use our interactive guide to discover what has been revealed in the leak of 250,000 US diplomatic cables. Mouse over the map below to find stories and original documents by country, subject or people
via Guardian.co.uk
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“I drained this cup:
there is nothing, now,
but ecstatic annihilation.”
– Rumi
(via somalogue, clothedinsky)
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“Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person,...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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Anonymous asked: What are your views on same sex marriage?
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