Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
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lilyfly:
Thank you for my appreciation thread. I was having a bad day and this helps. 
lilyfly:
Hey...just thought of you again and smiled. 
By request....now for something funny.
lilyfly:
Yay! Haha, I don't know if that video makes me want to laugh or cry.
I'll choose laugh...2008 is right around the corner.
I'll choose laugh...2008 is right around the corner.
lilyfly:
I don't use myspace anymore, it's too addicting. I only need a few vices. 
What's yours?
What's yours?
I'm standing on the border between our lands.
Flags are flying, absolutes are drawn. I am here, and you are there. This is mine, that is yours.
There is perhaps nothing so absolute as a border. It defines people and territory. It sets people apart. It's a bizzare concept, these imaginary lines seemingly drawn arbitrarily. In today's world, they seem almost old-fashioned.
Our government is...
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Flags are flying, absolutes are drawn. I am here, and you are there. This is mine, that is yours.
There is perhaps nothing so absolute as a border. It defines people and territory. It sets people apart. It's a bizzare concept, these imaginary lines seemingly drawn arbitrarily. In today's world, they seem almost old-fashioned.
Our government is...
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lilyfly:
Haha, even your "casual" thoughts are profound. I meant for you to be less serious. Oh well, good job.
I remember seeing a Dateline or a 20/20 recently about this group of (maybe 7?) people in Texas. They spend most of their day constructing a barb wire fence to keep Mexicans out of their land. The fence was only about 12 feet long, not even that high, and they thought it was the most imperative task on Earth.
I don't think there should necessarily be a free-for-all, just for the sake of avoiding utter chaos, but I do agree that we should avoid taking measures that perpetuate isolation and paranoia.
I remember seeing a Dateline or a 20/20 recently about this group of (maybe 7?) people in Texas. They spend most of their day constructing a barb wire fence to keep Mexicans out of their land. The fence was only about 12 feet long, not even that high, and they thought it was the most imperative task on Earth.
I don't think there should necessarily be a free-for-all, just for the sake of avoiding utter chaos, but I do agree that we should avoid taking measures that perpetuate isolation and paranoia.
lilyfly:
Pfft..no deal! Can't show a picture of all of me, that would take away my secret, exciting internet life.
Maybe someday. Besides, what if the rest of me shatters whatever image you've imagined in your head? You may be envisioning a redhead with a lip piercing or something...that's not me, haha.
Yes, I got the metaphor thing. Ah, walls...makes me think of Tom Petty:
"You got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down"
Maybe someday. Besides, what if the rest of me shatters whatever image you've imagined in your head? You may be envisioning a redhead with a lip piercing or something...that's not me, haha.
Yes, I got the metaphor thing. Ah, walls...makes me think of Tom Petty:
"You got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down"
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
dmac:
So would that be "mad" as in crazy or "mad" as in pissed off?
Either way, I think that Mr. Twain got it right.
Either way, I think that Mr. Twain got it right.
lilyfly:
Stop being so profound. It's making the rest of us look bad.
For your next blog, I dare you to not use a deep quote. Only your own casual thoughts and words. Then you can go back to your lovely quotage in the blog after that.
Looking forward to reading it, neighbor.
For your next blog, I dare you to not use a deep quote. Only your own casual thoughts and words. Then you can go back to your lovely quotage in the blog after that.
Looking forward to reading it, neighbor.
Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.
Mort Sahl
Mort Sahl
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silencia:
Thanks for the sweet comment on mine and dorsal's set 
lilyfly:
Ah, great (true) quote.
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.
Bono
Bono
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kellymonster:
True words, spoken by a complete cock.
Who'da thunk it?
Who'da thunk it?
albastra:
Fat chance at that.
I intend to live forever.
So far, so good.
- Steven Wright
So far, so good.
- Steven Wright
girlysound:
+1
dmac:
Amen to that!
elizadoolittle:
nice moxie pic
heathen:
Damn you know how to rock a suit
Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Arnold H. Glasow
Arnold H. Glasow
You were dreamin' on a park bench
'Bout a broad highway somewhere
When the music from the carillon
Seemed to hurl your heart out there
Past the scientific darkness
Past the fireflies that float
To an angel bending down
To wrap you in her warmest coat
And you ask, "What am I not doing?"
She says
"Your voice cannot command.
In time, you will move...
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'Bout a broad highway somewhere
When the music from the carillon
Seemed to hurl your heart out there
Past the scientific darkness
Past the fireflies that float
To an angel bending down
To wrap you in her warmest coat
And you ask, "What am I not doing?"
She says
"Your voice cannot command.
In time, you will move...
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ariadnelefay:
Beautiful.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
Confucius
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zarth:
It gratifies me immensely that you got that.
zarth:
Well, that was how I produced it.
Where's that pic from, anyway? It looks like Sting fifteen, twenty years ago.
Where's that pic from, anyway? It looks like Sting fifteen, twenty years ago.