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"Covey denigrates "family-centeredness" and "job-centeredness" because these centers can fail. Family members can die or move away. Jobs can end. He promotes "principle-centeredness" because a dedication to "eternal,..." [
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5 days ago
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"Wait until they are away. Have an accomplice lie down in their driveway. Draw a chalk outline around the accomplice. Surround the area with yellow tape; "POLICE CRIME SCENE - DO NOT CROSS" tape, if available. Wait for their return...." [
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3 weeks ago
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"The Player's Handbook may be rather dry reading (the "lexical vagueness" that JHarris refers to), but it serves an important purpose: it separates the core mechanics of the game, specifically the skill check and combat systems, from any..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"The Voynich Manuscript was acquired by Wilfred Voynich in 1912. In 1914, Voynich emigrated to the US and opened a rare book store in New York.
The manuscript may have been written by Roger Bacon (as Voynich believed), forged by Edward Kelly..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"The attributes of an object (mass, charge, spin, etc) can only be determined through interaction with another object. This fact has both scientific and philosophical significance...." [
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4 weeks ago
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"From the age of 2 to 5-1/2, my parents kept me locked alone in a cage. To this day, decades later, I find it impossible to form meaningful social relationships. Frankly, I'm surprised I'm not a serial killer...." [
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"This is a direct assault on the intelligence of China's representatives." [
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"This is why I'm glad I don't have telepathy: the incessant noise from an endless stream of twitterati observing the insignificant aspects of their ordinary lives would drive any sane soul mad...." [
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"Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?
--- Henry the..." [
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2 months ago
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"Basic analysis: what is the benefit of eating the yummy olive salad mix? What is the risk if it turns out to be toxic?
Only you can determine if the potential benefit is worth the potential cost. If it were me: it's just a thing, and things can be..." [
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2 months ago
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"The other day on AskMe, someone wanted ideas on what to name his bong. I suggested, "The Head of Vecna." And you all thought I was kidding." [
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2 months ago
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"Pennywise: They all float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!" [
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2 months ago
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""If Boris Johnson gets elected it would be a case of the lunatic having no clue how to run the asylum. Good luck to Ken, good luck to all of us." --- Alan Rickman
I enjoy imagining Alan saying this in his Hans Gruber/Severus Snape voice...." [
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2 months ago
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"Larson's book was spoiled for me by two things. One, the Chicago World's Fair was, in the end, nothing more than a short-termed theme park. Larson spends too much time on the topic of the Fair turning a profit (for its already wealthy backers) and..." [
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2 months ago
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"The Call of Cthulhu, a well-made "silent" version of the story, is very atmospheric and captures the feel of the original story. I'm looking forward to their upcoming production of The Whisperer in Darkness...." [
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2 months ago
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"Somebody listened to TAL yesterday.
posted by spock at 7:14 AM on April 21 [+] [!]
"Welcome to the Head Museum! I'm Leonard Nimoy."" [
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2 months ago
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"it's really more about my general annoyance
The correct response then, in this case and in every similar case, is to shake your head, exclaim, "well, I never!" and move on to the next question...." [
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3 months ago
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"Did you get removed to foster care? Were there consequences for them for what they did?
There were no consequences for them. They were never caught. They had gone to some lengths to ensure that the neighbors were unaware that they had a child. (I..." [
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3 months ago
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"I've had to wean myself off of reading every question in AskMe. I feel bad about that, since there's a chance I could miss the opportunity to help someone. Worse, I might miss the opportunity to learn something...." [
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3 months ago
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"If you can take photographs of fairies, why not ghosts?" [
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3 months ago
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"Why not just do something you'd normally like to do, but with someone rather than by yourself?
If you dial down your expectations, you'll relieve your stress and maybe actually have a good time, regardless of what does or does not happen...." [
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4 months ago
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"Between Silk and Cyanide: it's not just about cryptography. Leo Marks speaks at length about what it was like, training men and women for spy missions that would likely kill them. And about the challenge of trying to read the mind of the "player..." [
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4 months ago
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"If she's looking for fun projects to brighten her remaining days, she should consider a 90 day suicide-themed advent calendar. Each day could have a little Edward Gorey-style drawing, depicting a ghastly suicide.
Maybe after 90 days of really..." [
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5 months ago
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""For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
--- John Greenleaf Whittier" [
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6 months ago
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"Pudding. Nothing says, "formless spawn from the dawn of time" like pudding." [
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6 months ago
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"Might as well mention Meet John Doe, in which a reporter practically directs a man's suicide for a big byline.
And -30-, which is more or less The Big Carnival played straight, notable for William Conrad's speech, in which he elevates the common..." [
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7 months ago
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"Look at this way: my car's speedometer goes up over a hundred. Potentially, I can drive it at 100 mph. If, however, I do this continuously, my car would soon seize up.
I imagine if you used your brain or body at its maximum rate for more than..." [
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7 months ago
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"OK, this may sound stupid, but think about it: suppose you applied this technique to text? Clearly, some words are more important than others, so by identifying the "less energetic" words and deleting them, you can shrink the text...." [
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7 months ago
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""The best laid plans of mice and men and Rudy Giuliani, the small man who wanted nothing but time. Rudy Giuliani, now just a part of a smashed landscape, just a piece of the rubble, just a fragment of what man has deeded to himself. Mr. Rudy..." [
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7 months ago
