I was in Girl Scouts for a unexplainably long period of time. I can't remember why now, but most of my leaders were subhuman in their cruelty. One time when I was twelve we went to Washington, DC. It was a guided tour, and you know the kind of waiting and milling around involved with those. At Arlington Cemetery we were sitting next to a monument ( Read more... )

Hung-jēn was growing old and wished to choose his successor. He therefore instituted a poetical competition in which each monk was required to epitomize in a quatrain the essence of Zen. The poem composed by Shēn-hsiu, the most scholarly of his five hundred disciples, ran as follows:

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Yeah, people straight up loathe the mall. What gives? I went yesterday, and let me tell you people, it was just plain fantastic. Who can complain about free chocolate samples! The Discovery Store! 50% off of everything! Cute little babies everywhere! That fabulous mocha cherry thing I got! H&M salespersons all up in your grill about winter hats! ( Read more... )

"Overheard in New York"

The title of this website is self-explanatory. The simultaneously funniest and saddest quotes are from homeless people...

Hobo: Can you spare the love and help a brotha out? Even some change. I'll remember it...I'll remember you when I win the lottery. I'll come looking for you in my helicopter.
--115th & Broadway

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"Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around."
Penn Jillette

He wrote a whole essay: There is No God

Happy Thanksgiving!!! <3

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