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  • Yikes, Jung.

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    From quotez: “The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.” -Carl Jung Not sure I’d stretch it to ‘all’ mental illness (though, y’know, out of me & Jung, pick the famous psychologist type. So … ), but I’d pay this one. Avoidance is a mental ouroboros. A green-eyed monster that…

  • Writers talk shop

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    docbrite makes some nice comments about writing rules here and here. I particularly like: “In light of all the recent discussion about “self-indulgence” in fiction writing, I have decided I believe self-indulgent writing is generally of a higher quality, more enjoyable to read, and likelier to touch a chord in readers’ hearts than non-self-indulgent writing.…

  • Crucial poll at metaquotes

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    You should go there & vote because otherwise Pirates will win. Ridiculous! http://www.livejournal.com/community/metaquotes/3762364.html

  • I’m serious, I really want this on a shirt

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    I am pleased to announce that I have discovered the one true way, which I think should be taught in all schools. I am Pastafarian. Of course. Not only because I wish to believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but because …. actually *only* because of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/19/pastafarianism_flyin.html Edit: and also because…

  • Burning Man Just Got Safer

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    Which is good, because strangedave & doctor_k_ will be there this year. Hinkamp, who works as a Burning Man volunteer, said he was riding his bike away from the crowd gathered for the torching of the tall wooden sculpture that marks the festival when he saw the clown coming toward him. “He pushed me over…

  • Protected: Pretty fucking disappointing result, really

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  • Protected: Aw, this one is nice

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  • If you’re going to be a villain, you should be a SUPER villain

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    This delights me is so many ways: The demented De@th Widow (De@th-Widow, De@thwidow, Widow De@th, Widow-De@th, Widowde@th) Power(s): Power mimicry, Pyrokinesis, Juggling Source of powers: Extra-terrestrial mutant cybernetics Weapon: De@th Musket Transportation: Widow Motorcycle From Lee’s Useless Super-hero Generator http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/comics/herogen/ With thanks to seanwilliams (But am I really juggling, or am I *mimicking* juggling? Only…

  • Fragile City

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    Yesterday I saw the homeless guy (the one who lives in front of the church & used to own a spiderman blanket) in the supermarket in the new shopping centre (the one with the white floor). He was buying a loaf of white sliced bread, lining up with everyone else & checking the change in…

  • Who is this ‘they’ of which they speak?

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    “They say money can’t buy you happiness,” I said, “but I say hand it over! Those freaks just aren’t trying.” “Yeah,” said J., “Anyway, I’d rather be rich & unhappy than poor & unhappy any day.” “Good point!” *pause to contemplate all the things we could do with money* “They also say you’d get bored…