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it was SO frustrating taking my laptop to work this morning to read this and then be unable to reply all day(they cut our net, so i often open a bunch of threads to have some reading material). |
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The virgin offering insights into sex :shake: |
This is what's on my mind:
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'Mystery Race' Dwarves and giants among us Our numbers yet untold Though we exist in the day At night are we most bold You may reach for us Yet not a one can you hold Name to you our closest member And you shall take the gold |
I've had this piece stuck in my head for weeks.
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It's like Johann figured out the mathematical progression to unlock the emotional centers of the brain. You find yourself powerless in it's grasp. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8eN9kiyIv-Q&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8eN9kiyIv-Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> |
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Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long; His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate’er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter’s voice Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother’s voice Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night’s repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend. For the lesson thou hast taught! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) |
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If Plato is the topic I must confess that every time I start reading The Republic (it's not an easy book to read straight through) two things cross my mind:
1. It's hard not to agree with everything Plato writes. 2. Some of his points would make even a Fascist dictator seem liberal. I've never finished it because it either wears me out or I start to think about how he's wrong (or right) so much that I get sidetracked. I would run from anyone who quotes from The Republic as a concrete guide to governance but there is far too much good stuff to dismiss. It also goes a long way to showing that many of the problems we have today have been around a long time and no one has come up with the "right" answer. |
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But good for you picking apart a throwaway joke and looking like a jackass on two levels. |
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