Month: January 2011
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Troubles
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.Dame Rebecca West
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Alienation Index
The Harris Poll Alienation index derives from the average number of people who agree that:The rich get richer and the poor get poorerWhat you think doesn’t count very much anymoreThe people running the country don’t really care what happens to youMost people in power try to take advantage of people like youYou’re left out of…
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What’s your sign?
According to an article today in the Star-Tribune, astrologers haven’t been keeping up with their astronomy and the deterioration of the spin of the planet Earth, and the dates they should assign to the astrological signs should be:Capricorn: 20 Jan – 16 FebAquarius: 16 Feb – 11 MarPisces: 13 Mar – Apr 18Aries: 18 Apr…
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Five stars
Sometimes it’s good to contrast what you like with something else. It makes you appreciate it even more.Darby Conley
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Never enough time to do this
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.Spanish proverb
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Not Rocket Scientists
As I travel the highways, I notice signs that read “Deer Crossing.†How do the deer know to cross at those signs?from a reader in Ovilla, TXWhy are the Three Musketeers always depicted with swords? Why not muskets?Burbank, CAI play racquetball. The court is a large, enclosed room with a 20-foot-high ceiling and one small…
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Back to work
The new is but the old come true; each sunrise sees a new year born.Helen Hunt JacksonFuck. When do I get to retire? Only fifteen more years…