May 2013
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Late night ponderings
Suppose God created a universe, but completely removed himself from it and erased all traces of his existence.
How closely would that universe mirror the one we live in (assuming we live in an anomalous universe)?
Could you ever tell the difference between the two?
What would be different?
What would cause one of the subsequent creations to acknowledge his existence despite observing no...
April 2013
9 posts
sonder
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear...
Happy Birthday, Grumpy Cat!
iheartchaos:
I love this cat so much it makes me want to vomit.
Via
March 2013
3 posts
Visiting The Dentist
fakescience:
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February 2013
9 posts
I have this problem with music and life. I discover a band or song that I like and listen to them/it a lot. While I’m on this new music kick, things are going on in my life: traveling, friends, girls, work, frustrations, pleasures, highs, and lows. Those feelings and experiences get permanently associated with the music. I can even usually tell you where I was, who was there, what we were...
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Spring is coming and with it, spontaneity.
Giving up my Facebook addiction for lent.
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January 2013
7 posts
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Now if there’s a smile on my face
It’s only there trying to fool the public
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“But Allison loves you.”
*nods*
“How do you know?”
“Because she knows the worst thing about me and it’s OK.”
December 2012
5 posts
Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime; and every kindness we birth our future.
Sonmi-451 “Cloud Atlas”
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“…measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.”
-Warren Buffett
Short-term solution: Fill the void.
Difficulty: Medium.
Result: Void still present, just filled with new stuff; void has potential to reappear.
Long-term solution: Realize there is no void.
Difficulty: Expert.
Result: Void disappears; no potential to reappear.
November 2012
4 posts
Scientists offer quantum theory of soul's... →
What am I going to do to remember tomorrow 5 years from now? What are you going to do?
October 2012
1 post
In my head are rows and rows of shelves and drawers
Every thing I’ve never done
Every person I’ve never met
Every conversation I’ve never carried
Every relationship I’ve never enjoyed
Every fight I’ve never had
A million different lives with a million different outcomes
All organized and locked away
September 2012
2 posts
August 2012
2 posts
June 2012
17 posts