December 2007
38 posts
“In many ways, my enthusiasm is my most scarce resource”
– Adam Gomma, a guy I work with
“Liberty itself has allowed the American public to freely choose passivity,...”
– Jim Kunstler (via AZspot)
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im on ur tumblr.. commentN ur postz
i wish these things allowed me to comment.. i’d be commentin on morgan’s page like cuh-razy! :)
— ashter0id
But it’s a TumbleLog, not a blog!
laura: yeah, it's been like that every time i've cooked in here.
tara: you haven't cooked in here!
laura: yes i have!
tara: yeah, microwaved.
laura: tara, we don't have a microwave.
“At the time the book was written, this idea, that human beings are given free...”
– Aldous Huxley on Brave New World.
“You are so easily taken…”
– morgan, taking a good swing at me :)
“It looks like a low income housing project.”
– Some random blog on my university.
“Why don’t you sit awkwardly in my big, stupid, round papizan chair over...”
– Every girl ever
I just saw The Golden Compass on impulse. The movie wasn’t as heretical as some wish it were. I think the most powerful atheist symbol in the movie, though, is the souls. In the story, people carry their souls externally, represented by animals.
When they die, their souls merely evaporate and disappear. Nothing more, nothing less.
“We just ordered pizza… an American food.”
– An Italian on IRC
“Formula for freedom:
1. Find out what you want.
2. Get it.
3. As it slips...”
– A note in a used bookstore near campus.
“Of all my muscles, my brain is one of them.”
– Crimson Chin from The Fairly OddParents
Cut to the Chase
For people who enjoy socializing, but don’t like getting drunk, there are not a lot of options. In New York, most apartments are small so you can’t really have guests.
What if there were something like a bar: an indoor environment where people could congregate. But instead of expected to buy drinks, you pay for the right to be there. This would simultaneously cut out the two worst things about...
Roughly how I felt after learning Python →
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