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February 15, 2012
NPQiYBM, day fifteen
Am I some dancing Lancelot who only falls in love
with the woman who belongs to someone else?
Is it just the blood of Paris running through my veins
that sees a taken woman, and myself I can't restrain?
Is this knight of cups in his noble stance
just a jack of clubs with an eye askance
at the queen of [...]
with the woman who belongs to someone else?
Is it just the blood of Paris running through my veins
that sees a taken woman, and myself I can't restrain?
Is this knight of cups in his noble stance
just a jack of clubs with an eye askance
at the queen of [...]
February 14, 2012
NPQiYBM, day fourteen
The exchange that encapsulates why this particular relationship worked. From These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Laura hurried, but the colts were pawing and prancing impatiently when she came. Almanzo was holding them with both hands, and said to her, "Sorry I can't help you," as she got herself into the cutter. As soon [...]
Laura hurried, but the colts were pawing and prancing impatiently when she came. Almanzo was holding them with both hands, and said to her, "Sorry I can't help you," as she got herself into the cutter. As soon [...]
February 13, 2012
NPQiYBM, day thirteen
More Bujold! This pretty much captures the intersection between poetry and smartassness that makes her writing so delightful.
You've won a twisted poor modern knight, to wear your favor on his sleeve. But it's a twisted poor world we were both born into, that rejects us without mercy and ejects us without consultation. At least I [...]
You've won a twisted poor modern knight, to wear your favor on his sleeve. But it's a twisted poor world we were both born into, that rejects us without mercy and ejects us without consultation. At least I [...]
February 12, 2012
NPQiYBM, day twelve
I've recently gotten into Lois McMasters Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series. The following quote goes a long way to explaining why.
Welcome to Barrayar, son. Here you go: have a world of wealth and poverty, wrenching change and rooted history. Have a birth; have two. Have a name. Miles means "soldier," but don't let the power of [...]
Welcome to Barrayar, son. Here you go: have a world of wealth and poverty, wrenching change and rooted history. Have a birth; have two. Have a name. Miles means "soldier," but don't let the power of [...]
February 10, 2012
NPQiYBM, day ten
The number one reason people start their own businesses? They're tired of working for other people.
– Babson professor*
*He backed it up with data; it's true. Not only is this the number one reason given, it beats out all the others–"had a great idea," "wanted to be rich," "wanted to set my own hours," etc.–by [...]
– Babson professor*
*He backed it up with data; it's true. Not only is this the number one reason given, it beats out all the others–"had a great idea," "wanted to be rich," "wanted to set my own hours," etc.–by [...]
February 9, 2012
NPQiYBM, day nine
My favorite variant of this one.
The modern magic, like the old, has its boastful practitioners: "I can write programs that control air traffic, intercept ballistic missiles, reconcile bank accounts, control production lines." To which the answer comes, "So can I, and so can any man, but do they work when you do write them?"
- Frederick [...]
The modern magic, like the old, has its boastful practitioners: "I can write programs that control air traffic, intercept ballistic missiles, reconcile bank accounts, control production lines." To which the answer comes, "So can I, and so can any man, but do they work when you do write them?"
- Frederick [...]
February 8, 2012
NPQiYBM, day eight
It's not the wind that moves us, it's the set of our sails.
- Jim Rohn
- Jim Rohn
February 7, 2012
NPQiYBM, day 7
House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all, a pretty good day.
- Neil Gaiman
- Neil Gaiman
February 6, 2012
NPQiYBM, day six
I have a vested interest in the future, because I plan on living there.
–Neil Gershenfeld
–Neil Gershenfeld
February 5, 2012
NPQiYBM, day five
I can summon spirits from the vasty depths!
Why, so can I, and so can any man; but do they come when you do call for them?
- William Shakespeare
Why, so can I, and so can any man; but do they come when you do call for them?
- William Shakespeare
