June 2012
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May 2012
37 posts
“Not infrequently, noble-minded and ambitious men have to endure their harshest...”
“When entering a marriage, one should ask the question: do you think you will be...”
“Everyone carries within him an image of woman that he gets from his mother; that...”
“To learn many languages fills the memory with words instead of with facts and...”
“It is much more agreeable to offend and later ask forgiveness than to be...”
“We fear the hostile mood of our neighbor because we are afraid that this mood...”
“Sometimes in conversation the sound of our own voice confuses us and misleads us...”
“There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation,...”
“Sympathetic natures, always helpful in a misfortune, are rarely the same ones...”
“One unlearns arrogance when he knows he is always among men of merit; solitude...”
“Whether a man hides his bad qualities and vices or confesses them openly, his...”
“We often contradict an opinion, while actually it is only the tone with which it...”
Reading Human, all too Human is always such a pleasant and fulfilling experience, even if one just picks it up for five minutes here and there.
Being around drunk people while not drunk never gets less funny.
Sitting outside a house on Elmwood. Neighbor bros in sleeveless shirts playing electric guitar, talking about Coachella and Bonnaroo in 98, whilst enjoying some brews, some pizza, and some Call Me, Maybe. I don’t know how to pigeonhole these guys.
The thing that sucks about entitled people is everything is framed in terms of “I had”. If only I had more time to get something awesome done. If only I had parents who cared. If only I had the ability to do well at standardized tests. If only I had the ability to focus. If only I had.
There’s never room for celebrating others or oneself, any accomplishment is defined by the...
“Think to yourself that every day is your last. The hour to which you do not look...”
Torturous part of getting older is you’ve done enough shit to know exactly what fun you could be having, and you’ve done enough to shit to know why it’s a bad idea.
“Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via nathanielstuart)
I’m super glad I watched the Mad Men episode with ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ right before I went to California for the first time. Late 60s Beatles and California fit like a glove.
Sexpigeon: I Am Accustomed to Being Remembered →
sexpigeon:
I saw a young man on the train this morning whom I met at the party last night. Nodded to him several times in the way of, “Hello, hi, yes, it is I,” but his face just sort of hung there. A relief, honestly. Temperate misanthropy is my preferred mode until about 11:30 a.m. or so. Got involved with…
Filibuster reform →
Harry Reid. Always a day late and a dollar short.
“Goldberg has supplemented his “Battlestar Galactica” references with references...”
– So many people abuse philosophy like this. So few are called on it.
everything is wrong and not right and not in the place where it’s supposed to be.
irrelavant people and goings about and things and places and stuff and etcetera have grown massive and cancerous.
they are a black hole for my time and attention, enough so that the things and people that are important aren’t given care.
it’s easy to say things will get better. but it’s...
