December 2011
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“Jesus is our comfort and consolation for things unfinished, for futures unknown....”
– from this article by Margie Haack
via wesleyhill
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“Because of piety’s penchant for taking itself too seriously, theology does well...”
– Tom Oden (via Philip Tallon on Twitter)
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“…Was not His pity towards thee wondrous high,
That would have need to be...”
– excerpted from okigetit: recycled soul: “Nativity” by John Donne
(n.b. pity = compassion, love from one high for one lowly)
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Xmas Vs. Christmas -or- Everyone Please Just Calm...
photolodico:
“The word “Christ” and its compounds, including “Christmas”, have been abbreviated in English for at least the past 1,000 years, long before the modern “Xmas” was commonly used. “Christ” was often written as “XP” or “Xt”; there are references in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as far back as AD 1021. This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek letters χ and ρ used in ancient...
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Cutest B&E Ever →
Annette Swoffer fell victim to a home invasion – of cuteness!
Lucky the seal pup, named for his knack for crossing busy streets without a scratch, wound up asleep on Swoffer’s couch after apparently entering her home through a cat door, Dec. 11, 2011, according to The New Zealand Herald.
This is why I need to live in New Zealand!
(Also, I would love to have seen the cat’s reaction...
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One of the saddest things in the world
is a good dog who is loyal to a bad man.
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“Inexperience is a quality of the human condition. We are born one time only; we...”
– Milan Kundera (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
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Frank Chimero: The Hyperlist: A List of Desired... →
viafrank:
Suggested Names for the Dogs I See in the Neighborhood All the Time
Elvis Costello Albums We Should Pretend Do Not Exist
Grievances Against America, Volume XII
Books We Should Collectively Opt Out of Believing We Should Read
Cheese Rank Index
Preferred Pirate Nicknames
List of People I Know Who Ball Their Socks
Lucky Ones
Crazy Ones
Unnecessary Flavors of Ice Cream
Things...
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Frank Chimero: Seven Incredible Things from Today... →
viafrank:
A man helped a woman carry her stroller down the stairs to the subway. They got to the bottom, and he saw another woman approach the top of the stair with her stroller, and he went back up to help her, too.
I realized that fire breathes just like we do. Oxygen in, carbon dioxide out.
I waved at someone, thinking I saw a friend. It wasn’t my friend, but they still waved back.
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“I want to explain something to you. On the day when the last of the undead...”
– (via petrellica)
The Mountain Goats | News Archive | 2012: Putting the Cyborgs On Notice
And I will be there: both at the tour of the American South in January and at the tour of the bio-pods underneath the ruins of former cities. I’m saving up my blood.
(via swordgirl)
This is why I’m...
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Myths About Introverts →
(via livinginghostcolours)
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk. This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.
Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of ...