"Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is 
about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer."

Mark Danielewski.

Originally posted on coffee.vox.com

it is something o'clock and
as usual
i have a cat on my lap
this time
as usual
it is kate
and she is small
little purring fur machine
shedding her love like 
cherry blossoms
 in a DC spring

Originally posted on coffee.vox.com

At work the other day, one of our CRNPs asked me what my enneagram was. I told her it was 7. Phil is 9.
She said "You are NOT!"
I looked at her. I wonder what she thought I was.
I didn't ask though.
Maybe I'll ask on Monday.

Sevens

Characteristic role: The Enthusiast[12]
Ego fixation: Planning[13]
Holy idea: Work[14]
Basic Fear: Boredom[23]
Basic Desire:  ( Read more... )

"Life shrinks or expands in direct proportion to one’s courage." Anaïs Nin

Originally posted on coffee.vox.com

May 29th, 2010

today
I tell you
eat what you want
eat anything that you want
I tell you
no guilt
I give you permission
to eat bacon and home fries
I tell you life is too short
not to eat things you want

you turn that laser gaze on me
and ask if you are dying
you ask me if that is why
I am telling you these things

I am not prescient
I am not a fortune teller
I do not have a ( Read more... )

I know that you are
all about
the information

I don't have any
for you
today I have
emotions

today I tell you
that you need to
drop
pretense
drop
science

today and tomorrow
you need to spend
time
with your wife

no information
no recrimination
no tussles over food choices

you need to sit
and spend time with your wife
you need to order
chinese take out
to order a pizza
and ( Read more... )

One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn’t
have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able 
to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too
deep.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Originally posted on coffee.vox.com

iPad. Srsly. Best bit of gadgetry ever.

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