can't see the end: December 2003 Archives

life is like a grapefruit. it's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.

on December 28, 2003 10:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (11) | TrackBacks (0)

"flesh is a lesson, we learn & pass on" ~erica jong (i think)

"i cannot be taught, i can only learn" ~me (although that is not entirely true, i am often taught, only my teachers are generally unaware of it at the time. i do however make it a point to acknowledge this to them at some point.)

"Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn -- when they do, which isn't often -- on their own, the hard way." ~robert a. heinlein

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. " ~douglas noel adams

"If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it's because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that's the most revolutionary insight of all." ~erica jong

"If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves. " ~douglas noel adams

"Call this free love / Activate the mission to be on / The same timeline / Call this free love / Get a ticket on the master plan / On the freedom climb / Call this free love / You can activate this message / On the concourse of your fine mind / Call this real love / Get off those chains, get off those chains / Get off those changes coming to you" ~yes (real love, from "talk", 1993)

"Beware of the 'Black Swan' fallacy. Deductive logic is tautological; there is no way to get a new truth out of it, and it manipulates false statements as readily as true ones. If you fail to remember this, it can trip you -- with perfect logic. The designers of the earliest computers called this the 'Gigo Law,' i.e., 'Garbage in, garbage out.' Inductive logic is much more difficult -- but can produce new truths." ~robert a. heinlein

"Beware of the man who praises women's liberation, he is about to quit his job." ~erica jong

"He believed in a door. He must find that door. The door was the way to... to...
The Door was The Way.
Good.
Capital letters were always the best way of dealing with things you didn't have a good answer to." ~douglas noel adams

some great minds have taught me to think. as to the lesson of the flesh, we're all on our own.

the drunk email

lizard

on December 18, 2003 1:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

it helps if you have the latest windows media i think. click more, you'll see what i mean.

Continue reading the drunk email.

unchained medley / broken routine

lizard

on December 10, 2003 8:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBacks (0)

You say, I cannot get there from here, baby
Then I don't care where I'm goin'
Here's to your thin red line
Mmm, I'm stepping over

Change, nothin' stays the same
Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin'

I know, I don't ask for permission
This is my chance to fly
Maybe enough ain't enough for you
But it's my turn to try

Change, nothin' stays the same
Unchained, and ya hit the ground running

person c, a child, must be at school at eight am with a ten minute grace period. person a, an asshole, wakes up fifteen minutes before eight & announces that person c is going to be late & launches into the routine. the routine is sacred & must remain unbroken, person c is delivered to the office with an apology some thirty minutes late.

on a different morning person a is absent. person b, a bitch (just ask person a), wakes up at seven minutes before eight am & bounces into action & routine is sent scattering out of the way & shortcuts are taken & person c is delivered to the back gate amidst the other last minute parents, (who drive entirely differently than the normal timers, person b notes) at ten minutes past eight seconds from late enough to face the office twice in one week.
Unchained, and ya hit the ground running
person b wishes to state for the record that the obvious change of plans written between these lines represents necessary flexibility & nothing else; circumstances are what they are & also reminds you that life is for living & hair is for dyeing. daffodil.