To quote the Judge: "Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard. "
Dharma Punx by Noah Levine a very good memoir of transformation from addiction/delinquent/punker through recovery and spiritual growth fusing punk and buddhist practice.
I try to be a good man but all that comes
of trying is I feel more guilty.
Ikkyu
"The Heart of the World" a fantastic journey through the Tsangpo Gorge to "discover" the last few miles of the Tsangpo River in SE Tibet. A truly awesome book.
I try to be a good man but all that comes
of trying is I feel more guilty.
Ikkyu
Do you really think so? Well, OK, the thing with children is a little low-rent. But beyond that, I think the judge has a realistic outlook on the condition of mankind. It might be a horrifying philosophy, but it has the stench of truth.
How did the book make you feel at the end? Depressed? Miserable? I thought there was a beauty to it, a celebration of the bloody glory of man, unfettered with all the moral trappings.
Muir wrote of Kentucky, "The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm. Kentucky is the greenest, leafiest State I have yet seen. The sea of soft temperate plant-green is deepest here."
"Those iron spikes you use have shortened the life expectancy of the Totem Pole by 50,000 years."
Just finished Chesapeake by James Michener and was just as impressed by that as I was with Hawaii. Now I'm on We The Living by Ayn Rand, which I'm enjoying since it's teaching me about Russia in the early 20th century, about which I knew pretty much nothing before this book.
"I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory." --Paul
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According to Collins' History of Kentucky, A squirrel could climb up a tree at the Ky. Tennessee border and climb down another tree at the Ohio river,never having touched the ground.
"Everyone should have a plan for the zombie apocolipse" Courtney
