January 2010
December 2009
The Witches Creed By Doreen Valiente
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Hear now the words of the witches, The secrets we hid in the night, When dark was our destiny’s pathway, That now we bring forth into the light.
Mysterious water and fire, The earth and the wide-ranging air. By hidden quintessence we know them, And will and keep silent and dare.
The birth and rebirth of all nature, The passing of winter and spring, We share...
Happy New Year to all. Seriously.
Philophobia: a completely rational and...
“West Mersea police announced tonight that they wish to interview a man wearing...”
– Ronnie Corbett
At The Bar
He: 'Yeah, at college I was captain of the bowling team.'
She: 'You're paying for these drinks, right?'
Sharks Slaughtered to the Brink of Extinction
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Sharks have lived in the oceans for 400 million years and since they are at the top of the food chain, they have shaped the evolution of pretty much everything else that lives in the sea. It means that anything that puts sharks at risk could have profound effects on the ecosystem of the oceans.
Right now, sharks are in trouble and it’s mostly because of soup.
Sharks will never...
“Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and...”
– Buddha
Jaws by Shlomi Nissim
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You Know
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So how does this work, then?
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Like Fireflies
like fireflies on a summer’s eve these chances come and go
we look at each other as if struck dumb for a moment
realizing there is so much to say and only able to remark on how cold the soup is
there was a time when the both of us made the other’s heart fiery as a dragon
the embers remain I suppose at least warmer than the soup
and that is where love began, isn’t it,with...
How can it be that one has never visited the National Museum of Funeral History? Shocking. Simply shocking.
Overheard
Didn't I tell you to watch your fucking language?
OOT-fray OOPs-lay
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“Oh to dream, those impotent bones of extinction
Flying graceful and free”
– Moxy Fruvous
You know it’s a slow day when you find yourself looking for rude-shaped pretzels.
The things one hears at Starbucks these days...
Young Boy: "Mom, I needed batteries for my new Nintendo, so I took them from your back massager. Is that okay?"
His Mother: "What back massager, dear?"
Young Boy: "The wiggly one in the drawer of your night-table, in your bedroom."
His Mother: "I don't think I have a back mass-- -- That's fine, Elijah. Just keep the batteries."
“RUMOUR. Open your ears;”
– The lengthiest string of characters matching a passage from a Shakespeare work, according to the Monkey Shakespeare Simulator Project, which began in July 2003.
The string, which was generated in “January 2005, after 2,737,850 million billion billion billion monkey-years of random typing,” matched...
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents and everyone is writing a...”
– -Marcus Tullius Cicero (43 BCE)
The more things change …
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“As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its...”
– George Orwell
“Surfing is very much like making love. It always feels good, no matter how many...”
– PAUL STRAUCH
“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self...”
– Nick Hornby
“Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.”
– Graham Greene
China executes British citizen for drug smuggling. →
Viral Six-word Story: Patient Zero had an infectious laugh.