May 2013
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“I begin to wish for firelight, and privacy, and the limbs of one person.”
– Virginia Woolf “The Waves”
(via good-morning-scarecrow)
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Adventure of the Day
On May 17th (that’s today!), 1970, Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl and his multinational crew set sail from Morrocco in an effort to cross the Atlantic. Made entirely of papyrus reeds, and crafted after ancient Egyptian sailing vessels, Heyerdahl named his boat the Ra II, after the Egyptian Sun God, and this voyage was an attempt to prove that Mediterranean civilizations...
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Apple Dictionary: Word of the day
attenuate verb |əˈtenyo͞oˌāt| [ with obj. ] reduce the force, effect, or value of: her intolerance was attenuated by a rather unexpected liberalism. • reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation). • (usu. as adj. attenuated) reduce the virulence of (a pathogenic organism or vaccine): attenuated strains of rabies virus. • reduce in thickness; make thin: the trees are...
The Biggest Psychological Crisis of Our... →
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“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
– Carl G. Jung
April 2013
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“She wasn’t in a strange place, just a new one. After all, she had always dreamt...”
– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
and before I knew it, right before my eyes
winter has come and gone
leaving me stripped and bare.
the darkness lifts and the fog clears
sunshine enters early into a clear sky
and sets with a warm breeze;
I am reassured.
That with spring comes new growth and life within all of us;
for the seeds we planted last fall have transformed
and the changes we made are challenged.
I am stripped...
March 2013
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February 2013
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“There is no time like the present, for postponing what you ought to be doing,...”
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“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of...”
– Plato
January 2013
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December 2012
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[as freedom is a breakfastfood]
BY E. E. CUMMINGS 1894–1962
as freedom is a breakfastfood
or truth can live with right and wrong
or molehills are from mountains made
—long enough and just so long
will being pay the rent of seem
and genius please the talentgang
and water most encourage flame
as hatracks into peachtrees grow
or hopes dance best on bald men’s hair
and every finger is a toe
and any courage is a fear
—long...
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“Humans have overwhelmed the natural, slow changes that occur on geologic...”
– NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E. Hansen
November 2012
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Why does everything have to match?
Coordinating colors, texture, aesthetic appeal, togetherness, accepted, functionalist.
Uncomfortable, awkward, noticeable, uneasy, pressure, anxiety, frustration, negative reinforcement, reflection, conflict.
“Don’t look at me like that, this is what the University gals call “matching.” Symbolic intetractionism
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“If you ever lose faith in humanity…drop a Macbook”
– Liz- Clemson EcoRep
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September 2012
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“There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and...”
– Anton Chekhov
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“Do or do not, there is no try.”
– Yoda
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“Don’t seek closure. The notion that saying goodbye closes a chapter of your life...”
– Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Harvard sociologist, Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free
(via stirmymind)
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“I’m not sure I’m going to state this exactly right. But I think there are some...”
– Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (via kileyrae)
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August 2012
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