February 2012
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---lauren asked: What is a memory of your childhood that stands out the most to you as of right now?
Anonymous asked: What is the meaning of life?
Reblog if you'll answer anything that gets put in...
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Another Job Offer
Got another job offer today from Anheuser-Busch for the Merchandiser position. It’d be a way to pay my dues and get in on the ground floor. Pay is good, full benefits, they give me a company car with a gas card/expense account. It’d be hard work but if I make a name for myself I could be fast-tracked for management. Something more to think about…
*Free beer!
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“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via avaraephotography)
(via veryhappyvegan)
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Amazing Insights on Life
You are not your mind. The first time I heard somebody say that, I didn’t like the sound of it one bit. What else could I be? I had taken for granted that the mental chatter in my head was the central “me” that all the experiences in my life were happening to. I see quite clearly now that life is nothing but passing experiences, and my thoughts are just one more category of things I...
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Do As One: Color Breathing Room →
Doesn’t matter if you believe in chakras or spirituality as it exists for some people, breathing exercises WILL improve your health. Take the short time to concentrate on your breathing and experience it for yourself.
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For all you book nuts: "What Should I Read Next?" →
Plug in a book you’ve read recently and it suggests other books that might appeal to your interests.
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To All Writers...
“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte Jess was both.” Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White.
My friend Jess is creator and editor of The Golden Triangle. She really is an amazing friend/person and I think her work to both inspire and collect writer’s works is absolutely necessary. There are those of you out there that write,...
fantasin asked: it's fact. you have become my tumblr crush
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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
– The Great Gatsby
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Common Misconceptions Explained →
Highlights:
The word “fuck” did not originate in Christianized Anglo-Saxon England as an acronym for “Fornication Under Consent of King”; nor did it originate as an acronym for “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”, either as a sign posted above adulterers in the stocks, or as a criminal charge against members of the British Armed Forces; nor did it originate during...
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SCHOPENHAUER'S 38 STRATAGEMS, OR 38 WAYS TO WIN AN...
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), was a brilliant German philosopher. These 38 Stratagems are excerpts from “The Art of Controversy”, first translated into English and published in 1896.
Schopenhauer’s 38 ways to win an argument are:
Carry your opponent’s proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. The more general your opponent’s statement becomes,...
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The Myth of the 8 Hour Sleep →
Apparently there was a time in the 17th century and before when there were two times appropriate for sleep. Once, one or two hours during dusk, and again an hour or two after that. People would do activities and be productive during their waking period and then go back to sleep. It’s interesting to note the change in societal sleeping patterns.
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Word of the Day: pelf
wordsblogger:
pelf: money, riches
pronunciation: \ PELF \
example: a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy
Original Article
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big night on the town
henrycharlesbukowski:
drunk on the dark streets of some city,
it's night, you're lost, where's your
room?
you enter a bar to find yourself,
order scotch and water.
damned bar's sloppy wet, it soaks
part of one of your shirt
sleeves.
It's a clip joint-the scotch is weak.
you order a bottle of beer.
Madame Death walks up to you
wearing a dress.
she sits down, you buy her a
beer, she stinks of...
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Valerie's Letter
cl4rinet:
An inch. It’s small and it’s fragile and it’s the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it, or sell it, or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.
I don’t know who you are. Or whether you’re a man or a woman. I may never see you or cry with you or get drunk with you. But I love you. I hope that you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and...
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WatchSound of My Voice.
In SOUND OF MY VOICE, Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (Brit Marling). Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and each other as they unravel the...
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“By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.”
– Faust (via fuckingdone)
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drugsdestroylove asked: so funny story. i was watching King of the Hill (I don't know why because I don't even find that show funny) but they mentioned and explained "wabi sabi" and I was like omg his tumblr name makes sense to me now. lol. learn something new everyday and I just wanted to share this for no reason. that is all. :) wait but what is hygge? nevermind I just googled it. okay time for bed...
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“The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on.”
– Persian proverb
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WatchAnthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic — love –- and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.