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Geek Quote of the Day

The Great Geek Manual | December 17th 2009

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. - Adlai Stevenson read more

Chookooloonks

view 12 - love thursday: colours and auras

Chookooloonks | December 17th 2009 by Karen

Beautiful People * I have a friend who reads people's auras.  He sees all sorts of colors like green & red & purple.  He says anyone can do it.  All it takes is forgetting everything you think you know & just looking.&nb read more

GrimCris

Merry Christmas Quotes

Famous, Inspirational, Wisdom Quotes | December 16th 2009

- “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale - “Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home.” – Ca read more

Pipedreamergrey

Geek Quote of the Day

The Great Geek Manual | December 16th 2009

Definitions of the intellectual are many and diverse. They have, however, one trait in common, which makes them also different from all other definitions: they are all self-definitions. Indeed, their authors are the members of the same rare species read more

mariacriselda

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mariacriselda | December 14th 2009 by Maria

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tgace

duty…honor…country

the things worth believing in | December 14th 2009 by Tom Gerace

An excerpt from Gen. MacArthur’s Thayer Award Acceptance Address at West Point. The entire speech can be heard here. read more

Mental attitude and healing

Raw Living Foods Education and Training | December 13th 2009

We've noticed at Creative Health Institute that guests that say, "I can, I will and I do," get better; those who say, "I can't, I won't and I don't," don't. [This is a summary only. Click on the link for the full text.] read more

Acquafortis

What if it breaks? / E se si rompe?

A Gay Heart Flutter | December 13th 2009 by Acquafortis

“Why do you have to take everything apart?”“So I can figure out how it fits together.”“What if it breaks? Don't talk. Shut up and feel.”Taken from: Empress of the World“Perché devi dissezionare il tutto?”“Cosi posso capire come il read more

mitison

Quotation of the day – H. L. Mencken

Fun axe | December 13th 2009 by Aleks

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. H. L. Mencken (1880 – 1956) read more

Shaun

It's time for...

Upper Left | December 13th 2009 by Shaun

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jonismuse

Quotation Saturday

One Voice, A writers blog | December 12th 2009 by joni

Isaiah 17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.***The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is g read more

Khephra

Mutuality & Teleology –

Sophrosyne Radical | December 12th 2009 by Khephra Maley

“It has been axiomatic in traditional Judaism that each person inhabits a universe filled with purpose and meaning. True, the Hebrew Bible offers very little explicit material about life after death. Aside from the brief, enigmatic descripti read more

Pipedreamergrey

Geek Quote of the Day

The Great Geek Manual | December 12th 2009

The idea that people could use computers to amplify thought and communication, as tools for intellectual work and social activity, was not an invention of the mainstream computer industry or orthodox computer science, nor even homebrew computerists; read more

missfootloose

EXPAT LIFE: WORDS OF WISDOM, MAYBE

LIFE IN THE EXPAT LANE - Stories of the Globetrotting Life | December 12th 2009 by Karen van der Zee

Miss Footloose has a collection of quotations related to travel and life abroad and hopes you might find in the selection below a bit of comfort, wisdom or humor to sustain you in your daily struggles.The real act of discovery is not in finding new l read more

egujarati

बुद्धि का प्रयोग

sanjay v shah's blog | December 11th 2009 by sanjay v shah

रणकार ऐसा माना जाता है कि बुद्धि का प्रयोग करने से हर समस्या का निवारण मिल जाता है, मिल सकता है. प read more

mikemilton

Advent Quotes for Reflection on the Nativity of Jesus Christ

MikeMilton.Org | December 11th 2009 by mam5032

I always seek to place a “reflections” in the bulletin. I believe that for most people the Church, and in particular the liturgy of the Church, is the primary way that the sacred words and the familiar words and the poetry and literature read more

soulistic

My favourite quotation

Soulistic : Candy's Blog | December 11th 2009 by Candy

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tiffho

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Sincerely, Tiffany | December 11th 2009 by Tiffany

Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation.-Craig Bruce read more

mredfellow

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Malcolm Redfellow's World Service | December 11th 2009 by Malcolm Redfellow

Losing the wheels ... and the willYesterday's Guardian Technology supplement did a timely review of the 100 essential websites. Yeah, yeah: the old stand-by when copy is short. But still ...There was this:Blogger Fast way to start blogging; training read more

johnbakeronline

Bolaño’s Vast Forest of Literature

John Baker's Blog | December 11th 2009 by John Baker

“… i would never manage to create anything like a masterpiece. You may say that literature doesn’t consist solely of masterpieces, but rather is populated by so-called minor works. I believed that, too. Literature is a vast forest a read more

Nubia

Obstacles & Success

Good Morning Nubia_group | December 11th 2009 by Nubia

you like this card ? don't copy and paste from here and don't forward from the BLOGsave the picture on your hard disk - clic right and "save target as"These cards are for the exclusive use of Nubia_group members, subscribers and followersyou can send read more

anamchara

Quote for the Day

The Website of Unknowing | December 11th 2009 by Carl McColman

Goodness of will in a person is God’s infused love, with which a person practices the things of God and all the virtues. Goodness of will is God’s grace and our own supernatural life, with which we struggle against every sin and win the v read more

Khephra

A Stoic Perspective on the Relevance of Philosophic Inquiry –

Sophrosyne Radical | December 11th 2009 by Khephra Maley

“The adjective ’stoic’ elicits in most people’s minds the idea of simply not showing one’s emotions. This attitude is unappealing to people in our age, who have been constantly enjoined to ‘get in touch with your read more

Pipedreamergrey

Geek Quote of the Day

The Great Geek Manual | December 11th 2009

An organization that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only. - The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup, February 15, 2000. read more

umertoor

A PhD Dr. in Deception

Umer Toor Blog | December 10th 2009 by Umer Toor

"Dajjal means one who deceives. So Anti-Christ (Dajjal) has a Ph.D in deception."-Imran Hosein. read more

soulistic

kissing the sky

Soulistic : Candy's Blog | December 10th 2009 by Candy

Excuse me while I kiss the sky. Jimi Hendrix read more

Pipedreamergrey

Geek Quote of the Day

The Great Geek Manual | December 10th 2009

I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone. - Bjarne Stroustrup, 1990. read more

Word of the Day: festinate

Twists & Turns | December 9th 2009

festinate (adj, tr. v)Hasty, or to hurry away."He rocketed almost uncontrollably to the piano, but once there, played a Chopin nocturne with exquisite control and timing and grace--only to festinate once again as soon as the music ended."--Oliver Sac read more

Unquote

Futility Closet | December 9th 2009

“Honesty is praised and starves.” — Juvenal read more

umertoor

Buyers of 'Idle Tales' & Sellers of Distraction

Umer Toor Blog | December 9th 2009 by Umer Toor

"But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah and throw ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty."-Al- Quran: Chapter-Luqman, verse # 6. read more