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A religious act is performed out of good motivation and with sincere thought for the benefit of others.

This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy.

Your own mind, your own heart is the temple; your philosophy is simple kindness.

- Dalai Lama

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they say
never cared for games they play
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
and I know

Apparently I'm part of a select few who are regular readers of Cosma's blog who care about things like power laws, or rather, about abuse of them---yes, this is me commenting first on Aaron's blog. To prevent further abuse & bad statistics, please read their paperIt's been a while since I blogged. Sorry :P I just don't get a lot of time these days ( Read more... )

Got my book from Amazon today. Looks good. A nice blend of current work (evolution) and old (development). Biological systems are just so fascinating. A pity I have to put it on the end of my reading list. Currently reading this publication on Afghanistan. Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get a picture of the complexities and challenges ( Read more... )

Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to his left. Then he says, "It's not as if our lives are divided simply into light and dark. There's a shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does. And to acquire a healthy intelligence takes a certain amount of time and effort."There ( Read more... )

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Thanks to lanataxia for pointing me in the direction of this song:

Thanks to lilredbite for linking to the first chapter of 村上春樹の"After Dark"

Well I really, really, really have finally, after months, as in almost a year, of waiting for others to edit, of making a million changes in between a busy work schedule, of working so much just in the last week alone fixing lots of little things, finished with my thesis. I'm printing it tomorrow and making softbound copies and burning DVDROMs and ( Read more... )