August 2008
37 posts
“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool...”
– Ray Bradbury (via srsly: stare-at-walls) (via into) (via buyhercandy) (via tarts)
Today I had a lot of self-doubt as I struggled with an outline for an idea.
When will I know I’ve arrived?
“Turn your mind away from things which are not permanent. - Buddha”
– amidabuddha.org - Daily Meditation
Sounds simple enough, right?
I admit, I spend too much time playing old movies in my head while fretting about an uncertain future — both of which are not permanent by definition, since the past it gone — I mean really gone — and the future...
iCan't Believe This Crap
“Access to Apple’s online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes have been downloading and possibly listening to a pro-Tibetan music album in a subtle act of protest against China’s rule over the province. The album, called Songs for Tibet, was produced by an a group called The Art of Peace Foundation, and features 20 tracks from...
“The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the family into...”
– C. Wright Mills, quoted in Sunbeams.
WatchMartha Kelly - Office Job | Premium Blend | Comedy Central
“We do not need to know “how” or “where”, but there is one question that we...”
– (The Valkyries)
Quote of the Day at Paulo Coelho’s Blog
This is kismet for today.
OK, I admit it: I clean my apartment to avoid writing, and while I’m cleaning I get frustrated because I think I could be writing instead of doing housework.
“For those who are ready, the door
To the deathless state is open.
You that...”
– Majjhima Nikaya
tuneage:
Dave Brubeck - “Take Five”
...
“The existing regulations create unnecessary conflicts and delays…The...”
– Bush to relax protected species rules - Environment- msnbc.com
In other words: fuck worrying about anything else on the planet except a handful of overstuffed stockholders.
So long, polar bears.
“A ‘natural high,’ that pleasant feeling one experiences during and...”
– It’s better than sex, they say - CNN.com
Yeah, but still…
“Material stuff won’t make you happy.”
– -Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist on Get Rich Slowly
I suppose when you’re a millionaire, it’s easy to give flippant comments about how money can’t buy happiness.
For all those suffering from the misery that having money brings — the overindulgences, the messy divorces,...
Dear iPhone Smart Keyboard
openletters:
Quit being such a prude. You can’t possibly think I want to type the word “ducking” that often, so stop correcting me already.
Profanity is a fact of life.
Sincerely, saramcpherson
Not having reverted to the hunt-and-peck method it took years to undo, I kind of like the autocorrection thing. But, despite spending the better part of my day writing copy (i.e. searching for just...
THE ORWELL PRIZE →
70 years after they were written, George Orwell’s diary entries will be published online, blog-style.
“You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in...”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
Too true. The irony is that most people spend the better part of their lives working to buy stuff because they think it will make them happy to have a nice house, a nice car, nice clothes, etc. Having done all that and now that I’m living — well, let’s...
