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<h3>Current reading list:</h3> | <h3>Current reading list:</h3> | ||
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| − | <li> | + | <li>Physics of the Impossible (Michio Kaku)</li> |
| − | <li> | + | <li>When Gravity Fails (George Alec Effinger)</li> |
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<h3> Quotations: </h3> | <h3> Quotations: </h3> | ||
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<blockquote> All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. (Samuel Butler) </blockquote> | <blockquote> All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. (Samuel Butler) </blockquote> | ||
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| − | <blockquote> | + | <blockquote> If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin."(Charles Darwin) </blockquote> |
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<blockquote> There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. (Douglas Adams) </blockquote> | <blockquote> There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. (Douglas Adams) </blockquote> | ||
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<blockquote> Give the FBI unchecked domestic spying powers and instead of focusing on preventing terrorism, it will revert to doing what it does best -- monitoring, harassing, and intimidating political dissidents and thousands of harmless immigrants. (Wendy Kaminer) </blockquote> | <blockquote> Give the FBI unchecked domestic spying powers and instead of focusing on preventing terrorism, it will revert to doing what it does best -- monitoring, harassing, and intimidating political dissidents and thousands of harmless immigrants. (Wendy Kaminer) </blockquote> | ||
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| + | When I'm not working or doing Freegeek, I meditate at Dharma Rain Zen Center,, drum, cycle and love to cook. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:33, 26 April 2008
Just call me 'Aj'. Adrienne works too.
Current reading list:
- Physics of the Impossible (Michio Kaku)
- When Gravity Fails (George Alec Effinger)
- Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Quotations:
But for the grace of evolved moral sentiments and a guilt-laden conscience go I. (Michael Shermer)
All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. (Samuel Butler)
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin."(Charles Darwin)
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. (Douglas Adams)
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference. (Richard Dawkins)
Give the FBI unchecked domestic spying powers and instead of focusing on preventing terrorism, it will revert to doing what it does best -- monitoring, harassing, and intimidating political dissidents and thousands of harmless immigrants. (Wendy Kaminer)
When I'm not working or doing Freegeek, I meditate at Dharma Rain Zen Center,, drum, cycle and love to cook.