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Quotation Bricolage; or, Whimsical Cherrypicking

Quotation Bricolage; or, Whimsical Cherrypicking

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“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.” ~ Andre Gide “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” ~ H.G. Wells “When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche “Let’s think the unthinkable, let’s do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.” ~ Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective…

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Imitation, Mitosis, Osmosis

Imitation, Mitosis, Osmosis

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“Imitosis” – Andrew Bird He’s keeping busy Yeah he’s bleeding stones With his machinations and his palindromes It was anything but hear the voice anything but hear the voice It was anything but hear the voice That says that we’re all basically alone Poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions When he put his Bunsen burners all away And turning to a playground in a Petri dish Where single cells would swing their fists At anything that looks like easy…

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My Favorite Actors

My Favorite Actors

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For whatever reasons – talent, fondness, favorite movies/shows – these are my favorite actors. Adam Sandler Alan Alda Alan Rickman Andy Griffith Annette Bening Angela Lansbury Angelina Jolie Anjelica Huston Anne Bancroft Annie Potts Anthony Hopkins Antonio Banderas Arnold Schwarzenegger Ashley Judd Audrey Hepburn Barbara Stanwyck Barbra Streisand Bebe Neuwirth Ben Kingsley Bernadette Peters Bill Hader Bill Murray Bill Pullman Brad Garrett Brian Dennehy Bruce Willis Cameron Diaz Catherine Zeta-Jones Charlie Chaplin Charlize Theron Christian Slater Christopher Lloyd Christopher Walken…

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Father’s Day – and Fathers’ Day

Father’s Day – and Fathers’ Day

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Happy Father’s Day! Empathies and condolences to those whose dads have died or disappeared, and to those have, or had, or are, or must deal with “difficult” fathers. If Father’s Day brings you pain, this post is for you. If it’s Father’s Day, and there’s no father, or it’s Father’s Day, but there just isn’t a card you could possibly give your father, or it’s Father’s Day, but you’re struggling to play double as a single mom, or it’s Father’s…

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Watchtower Society/Jehovah’s Witnesses GUILTY – Must Pay Millions in Punitive Damages in Child Sex Abuse Case

Watchtower Society/Jehovah’s Witnesses GUILTY – Must Pay Millions in Punitive Damages in Child Sex Abuse Case

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I am overjoyed to see some traction on this issue at last. The jury found that the elders who managed the Fremont congregation in the 1990s and who were under the supervision of Watchtower knew that Kendrick, a member, had recently been convicted of the sexual abuse of another child, but they kept his past record secret from the congregation, said Simons. Kendrick went on to molest the plaintiff, who was a Jehovah’s Witness member in Fremont, over a two-year…

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