March 2012
February 2012
“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re...”
– Jeffrey McDaniel (via fleurishes)
“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for...”
– Charles Bukowski (via 1000scientists)
“A tree is a tree—although its meaning to the man who views it (“the truth”)...”
– Homer and Buhler, Surveying Kierkegaard, 1969 (via heartmindspirit)
“Who made me?” asks the child.
“God,” comes the ready answer....”
– Yatri. Unknown Man. via whiskey river.
The death of Hunter S. Thompson
The last three paragraphs…
Thompson died at his “fortified compound” known as “Owl Farm” in Woody Creek, Colorado, at 5:42 p.m. on February 20, 2005, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The fatal gunshot was fired from a Smith & Wesson Model 645 handgun.
Thompson’s son (Juan), daughter-in-law (Jennifer) and grandson (Will) were visiting for the weekend at the time of his...
“Science is an inherent contradiction — systematic wonder — applied to the...”
– via Brain Pickings
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Brilliant. via lickypickystickyfree
The several disorders and degrees amongst our idle...
1. Rufflers (thieving beggars, apprentice uprightment) 2. Uprightmen (leaders of robber bands) 3. Hookers or anglers (thieves who steal through windows with hooks) 4. Rogues (rank-and-file vagabonds) 5. Wild rogues (those born of rogues) 6. Priggers of prancers (horse thieves) 7. Palliards (male and female beggars, traveling in pairs) 8. Fraters...
“A happy life is just a string of happy moments.
But most people don’t allow...”
– Abraham Hicks (via therese86)
A Collection of Bizarre Gravestone Epitaphs
In a Falkirk England, Cemetery
At rest beneath this slab of stone Lies stingy Jimmy Wyatt He died one morning just at ten and saved a dinner by it.
From Death Valley
Here lies the body of Fat Mary Preston Who’s now moved to heaven to relieve the Congestion.
Here lies the body of poor Aunt Charlottte Born a virgin, died a harlot; For 16 years she kept her virginity, a damn’d...
“This morning, with her, having coffee.”
– Johnny Cash, when asked for his definition of paradise. (via emtc)
“The real trick to life is not to be in the know, but to be in the mystery.”
– Fred Alan Wolf (via nisargam)
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
– Dorothy Parker (via missfolly)
“I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed,...”
– C.G. Jung, near the end of his life, in Memories, Dreams. (via crashinglybeautiful)