Monthly Archives: May 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31

I don’t understand the CA high court ruling: old gay marriages = OK, new gay marriages = not OK? What is the difference? CA Court = fail. # Watched Neverwhere yesterday and it made me want to have a Floating Market in Chicago… like a Maker’s Fair I guess… # Thanks to @dirty_snowflake I am [...]

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The Art of Worldly Wisdom: 8

Many of Gracian’s maxims cause conflict in me and this one seems aimed at the core of my being.Β  Passion, I believe, is what drives people to personal success.Β  When you care about something to such an extent that it goes beyond a goal but is an emotion, the steps you need to take to [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-24

RT @windycitizen A Montana BoyΒ΄s Rules for Driving in Chicago http://tinyurl.com/pm2pyt // I’m from MT, MT has its own weird driving ‘rules’ # RT @whedonesque Dollhouse 1×13 “Epitaph One” will be aired on Fox. http://tinyurl.com/rbxvt6 # Is @feliciaday on Attack of the Show today? # rt @PurgatoryChi Help Get Purgatory more adds If we get [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17

I am increasingly becoming unable to do the most basic of tasks with any level of competence. # Putting together ideas for a #dollhouse podcast discussing the dollverse and the philosophy and ethics presented by the concepts of the show # Illinois government is frakked, from the bottom to the top. # RT @moryan Joss [...]

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The Art of Worldly Wisdom: 7

I won’t lie and say that I don’t struggle trying to interpret the seventh maxim. This maxim is the second one that feels manipulative and less than ethical in the modern sense of the word. I am not a person who is willing to sell myself short in order to gain advancement in life. I [...]

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The Cowboys on Dinosaurs

Sheriff Buck Houston kicked a burnt and charred piece of wood, the remains of a small campfire, from a ring of stones with his booted foot.Β  He knelt down next to the ring of stones and picked up a small piece of cloth, the edges burnt away by the fire.Β Β  The centrosauruses tethered to the [...]

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