A place for me to work stuff out and to post things that interest me.
Most of us can, if we choose,
make this world either a palace or a prison.
~Lord Avebury
I choose a palace.
~TKF
Do not let your fire go out,
spark by irreplaceable spark,
in the hopeless swamps of the approximate,
the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.
Do not let the hero in your soul perish,
in lonely frustration for the life you deserved,
but have never been able to reach.
Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won.
It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
~Ayn Rand
The democratic society's mythology of equality with its
attendant erasure of difference is an impossibility
in an actual, lived sense.
Therefore, according to this view, this
imaginary erasure cannot achieve an
actual democracy, because a sense of
community can only come with the recognition of difference.
~Slavoj Zizek, as paraphrased by Catherine M. Soussloff
Links!
A brand new link! Check it out!
deviantART
I thought the place was very cool. Oh, and all you Alias fans, you can find a very nice wallpaper there--
or rather, here--and a gorgeous Evanescence one, too!
Watcher's Diary
Slayage; The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies
Convert just about anything
Comes in really handy when you want to convert fahrenheit to celcius and vice versa!
Links to 100s of free calculators online
Everything from your due date to how much a house payment would be to a regular calculator
Reference Guide to Chicago Manual of Style
Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Atlas & Almanac
Quotation Search Engine
Complete HTML True Color Chart
Epicurious Recipes
Inn Recipes; Recipes for all Occasions
JobStar-Resumes & Cover Letters Advice
Overstock.com: Up to 80% off most items
Ediblenature.com
Things My Girlfriend & I Have Argued About
(Trust me--you'll be laughing outloud!)
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Beyond the Invisible
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The tale of the world is like a tree.
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Sturdily rooted in the past, the tale's branches spread out through the days that come. The many stories that make up its substance
unfold from bud to leaf to dry memory and back again, event connecting event like the threadwork of a spider's web, so that each creature of the world plays its part, understanding only aspects of the overall narrative, and perceiving, each with its particular talents, only glimpses
of the Great Mystery that underlies it all.
~Charles de Lint, Moonheart
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Reality Check
Amazing how some things put life in perspective. I was thinking today about how it sucks getting older--gray eyebrow hairs and the stray, gray eyelash. I was thinking that being 38 makes you willing to sacrifice more paycheck for more health insurance and how saving as much as possible for your 401k is more of an imperative.
I was thinking that getting old sucks.
I feel incredibly stupid for thinking that.
I just read a message about Karma and her unborn child. I now think of how devastated her husband and her family must be. I now think of her child who is going to grow up without a mother. I remember how much that hurts. I think of how her friends, both close and merely acquainted, are in pain. I'm lucky that all I have to worry about is some kid calling me "ma'am" in training class today. I'm lucky that I have time with my children and will see them become adults and, hopefully, will see their children born. I'm lucky, gray eyebrow hairs and all.
Karma was a truly sweet, warm, friendly, fun woman who was good to me when I was feeling especially low. We haven't kept in touch, but when we did correspond, she was always the great person that I met several years ago. The world is less without her.
FAREWELL, KARMA
4:51 PM
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