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element of style
I get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult. -- E.B. White -
Pagkahaba-haba man daw ng prusisyon, sa simbahan din ang tuloy
(Yeah, it's Tagalog).
No matter how long the procession, it still ends up in church.
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
-- R. D. Laing -
another bachelorhood
I get to be a bachelor for five days. Freedom from television! All the reading light I want! And many fewer dishes to wash.
"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty."
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if only I'd had my morning coffee!
I wouldn't have imagined that less than 240 ml of coffee could possibly make such a mess ..
.. except that, in attempting to catch the dropped cup, I nearly succeeded -- in such a way as to spray coffee across the room, such that the cup hit the floor before the coffee hit everything. -
Warning: dates in calendar are closer than they appear
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
-- Ronald David Laing
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not quite stepwise incrementally
One way to improve the behavior of a complex system is to add more good behavior to the system.
"Alle beetjes helpen," zei de mug en hij pieste in zee.
"Every little bit helps," said the mosquito, as he peed into the ocean.
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Expanding Torrent
If we watch a torrent bearing down on each successive bank or earthen dam in its path, we see that it first beats against the obstacle, feeling and testing it at all points.
Eventually it finds a small crack at some point. Through this crack pour the first driblets of water and rush straight on.
The pent-up water on each side is drawn towards ( Read more... ) -
Effective Rational Discussion (from T. Edward Damer)
A Code of Conduct for Effective Rational Discussion
The Fallibility Principle
The Truth-Seeking Principle
The Clarity Principle
The Burden of Proof Principle
The Principle of Charity
The Relevance Principle
The Acceptability Principle
The Sufficiency Principle
The Rebuttal Principle
The Resolution Principle
The Suspension of Judgement Principle
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Een schip op het strand is een baken in zee.
A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
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¡A Zaragoza, o al charco!
An Aragonese peasant walks down the road, and meets two travellers who are really St. Peter and Jesus in disguise.
"Where are you going?" asks St. Peter.
"To Zaragoza," says the peasant.
"You should not say that," chides St. Peter. "You should say, if the good Lord wills it, you are going to Zaragoza."
"I am going to Zaragoza," replies the ( Read more... )