The dead sun drew a smile of blood across my face, spoke to me through the shadow of my voice: “Man”, it said, “this might be next to nothing and drawn through a bitter tap, but it’s all you’ll ever have. Don’t spill a drop.” – John Glenday, from Grain, via Chris Floyd‘s ”Love and...
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An economics professor at a local college made the statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, “OK,...
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Some random lyrics I like to kick off the weekend “And it feels right this time On his crash course with the big time Paid no mind to the distant thunder Today filled his head with wonder… boy Then it comes to be that the soothing light At the end of your tunnel...
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“Commit random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty” Anne Herbert
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The number of 'procedures' on laboratory animals rose by 14 per cent in 2008. It is the seventh year in a row that the figure has gone up and follows pledges from scientists and the Government that they want to reduce animal suffering. "'It has repeatedly been shown how irrelevant to human patients animal...
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After receiving a second round of mail within a month containing a piece by Regina Brett, columnist for Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer, and being tempted to post it up for a second time, I decided to rather go for the lyrics of that one hit wonder “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” by Baz Luhrmann...
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Yes, yes I know, I’m being a cheap skate… “Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you.” ~Author Unknown “We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.” ~Henri Frederic Amiel “People must be taken as they...
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But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom....
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