Mon 10 Dec 2012
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, teachers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“But you can’t teach writing, people will tell me. And I say, ‘Who the hell are you, God’s dean of admissions?'”
—Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Disclaimer:Â The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 5 Dec 2012
Posted by PJ under misreading, signs
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(although that would make an interesting visit to the vet)
Wed 5 Dec 2012
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, self-knowledge
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Random quote of the day:
“The fox condemns the trap, not himself.”
—William Blake, “Proverbs of Hell,†The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Tue 4 Dec 2012
Posted by PJ under coffee, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
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“Without my morning cup of coffee I’m just like a dried up piece of roast goat.”
—Johann Sebastian Bach, The Coffee Cantata
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Disclaimer:Â The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Mon 3 Dec 2012
Posted by PJ under discoveries, paradigm, quote of the day, science
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Random quote of the day:
“Discovery commences with awareness of anomaly, i.e., with the recognition that nature has somehow violated the paradigm-induced expectations that govern normal science.”
—Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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Fri 30 Nov 2012
Posted by PJ under government, politics, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“They tell us that in a democracy, we can have anything we want. True. But it is also true that in a democracy, we get exactly what we deserve. We’d better figure out what we deserve.”
—Edward Albee, “Humans: the artsy animals,†Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2006
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Disclaimer:Â The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 29 Nov 2012
Posted by PJ under illness, mom
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 25 Nov
At the ER for the second time in 2 days.
We’re in ICU now. Mom’s getting emergency dialysis. Doctors confident that will stabilize her. I’ll let you know.
Mom still in ICU but stabilized. Thanks for all the well wishes.
Mom doing better. They hope to move her out of ICU today.
ICU psychosis: I do not recommend it.
Mom’s stable. The ICU nurse and I agreed: it’s probably best I come back to work. So here I am.
Thu 29 Nov 2012
Posted by PJ under food, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naïve, it may be overly sophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk’s leap towards immortality.”
—Clifton Fadiman, Any Number Can Play
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Tue 20 Nov 2012
Posted by PJ under food, holidays, love, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it, and the hunger for it…and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied…and it is all one.”
—M. F. K. Fisher, The Gastronomical Me
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Mon 19 Nov 2012
Posted by PJ under future, history, quote of the day, the past
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Random quote of the day:
“I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.”
—Patrick Henry, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death†speech, March 23, 1775
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Disclaimer:Â The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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