Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness. -Lao-Tzu, philosopher (6th century BCE)

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On this day in 1980 Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building. There are two books by him (In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works), and many about him, but the book which will forever be associated with Lennon is The Catcher in the Rye. After shooting Lennon four times, Chapman sat down on the ( Read more... )

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...I've got the "mean reds"...
and there's not a Tiffanys in sight...

Today's Quotation:

"Droll thing life is-that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself-that comes too late-a crop of unextinguishable regrets."

Joseph Conrad, who was born on this day in 1857; this is Marlow speaking in Chapter 3 of "Heart of Darkness."

scry (skry) verb intr.

To predict the future by crystal-gazing.

[Shortening of descry (discover), from Middle English descrien, from Old French descrier (to call or cry out), from dis- + crier (to cry out).]

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"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."

T. S. Eliot, in "Little Gidding"

i need one of these...

http://www.cafepress.com/circleoflife.14509484

no, seriously...I do