2.29.2008, Fri
Jermil and pictures and words.
2.29.2008, Fri
2.21.2008, Thu
From The State Of…
“Man remains the slave of anything which he has not renounced; of that which he has renounced he becomes king. This whole world can become a kingdom to a person who has renounced it. Renunciation depends upon the evolution of the soul. One who has not evolved spiritually cannot really renounce. Toys so precious to children mean nothing to the grown-up; it is easy to renounce them; and so it is for those who develop spiritually; for them all things are easy to renounce.”
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2.21.2008, Thu
Tyler Durden over at the RealSocialDynamics blog wrote a really good article explaining how people are socially conditioned to think things that are bad for us are actually good and enjoyable.
For example, most people enjoy donuts. But there’s not one thing in a donut that makes it worthwhile to put in your body. And things like donuts make for bad news when it decides to come back out.
A lot of people enjoy reality tv. But I wonder how many people stop and think about all of the valuable time they’ve wasted after watching the latest episode of whatever and how that time could have better been used.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with relaxing and rewarding yourself from time to time. But you shouldn’t have a nightly ritual of donking off the evening by staring at a glowing box of cable or satellite signals. Think of the children!!!
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2.09.2008, Sat
There is this crazy looking, nerdy old guy at my new job. I don’t work with him but for some reason. I see him everyday in the halls. He wears his pants up above his belly button and his watch halfway up his forearm (because he’s a really skinny old, nerdy version of Dr. Emmett Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy). He has stringy white hair like a mad scientist and he’s always mumbling to himself in the hallways.
I usually steer clear of him but when I saw him the other day, he was leaning against a wall in the direction that I was going. He was reading a bulletin board and started walking as I turned the corner. He was far enough ahead of me that I figured it would be safe to walk at my current pace.
But NO!
He turned and looked at me with a Gargamel-esque grin. He stopped directly in front of the lab that I was about to infiltrate!
I’ll admit, I did get a bit apprehensive even though the guy probably weighs 57 pounds.
He said to me, “You know, the Romans sure had a lot of gall.”
I said, “Uh… why’s that?”
He said, “You know Gaul… with Caesar… they seized it.”
I said, “Ohh… (nervous laughter because he might rip my throat out of my neck with his toenails).” And I immediately leapt behind him for the lab door.
But I did hear him mumble, “Well, so much for that one.”
He’s going to eat me for lunch one day.
Beware the Revenge of the Nerds.
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