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Wilful Naïvety
seems a pretty good term to sum up something I try to live by. Or perhaps trying to be "consciously innocent."
Wilful: of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
Naïve: Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank.
(Ingenuous: Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; ( Read more... ) -
If you're headin' to the grave, you don't blame the hearse
The context: Russia has declared September 12th a public holiday - it's exactly nine months before Russia's national day, and you're meant to spend the day having unprotected sex
"Last year, President Vladimir Putin called the demographic crisis the country’s most acute problem and announced a broad effort to boost the birthrate, including cash ( Read more... ) -
Itinerary for Curious Folk
So this is the rough plan for my trip, which I'm putting up here so next time someone asks me, I can just send them the link instead of writing it out again.
This much is locked in:
Monday 8th October, 2:20pm, depart Sydney
Arrive in San Francisco about 11am, Monday 8th October*
Things to do include: eating at every organic/vegan/macrobiotic cafe I can ( Read more... ) -
On Anorexia
So I was about to write about how much it annoys me when people react to anorexic women with scorn and contempt. As though it were something they did because they thought it was cool. They are greeted with sneers and derision, when clearly the appropriate reaction to a mental illness is something along the lines of sympathy, or pity, or compassion ( Read more... ) -
Today's Oracle (from The Free Dictionary)
morass
(noun) A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
Synonyms:
quagmire, mire, swamp
Usage:
The path from the wood leads to a morass, and from thence to a ford, which, as the rains have abated, may now be passable.
which, as the rains have abated, may now be passable. Isn't that so touching? So poignant? It's a message of delicate ( Read more... ) -
Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.
Nepal Airlines, which has two Boeing aircraft, has had to suspend some services in recent weeks due the problem.
The goats were ( Read more... ) -
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Be patient, be patient, be patient ( Read more... )
