Kirk Kittell

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Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture

by José Saramago

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Orbital

by Samantha Harvey

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Practical Time Series Analysis: Master Time Series Data Processing, Visualization, and Modeling using Python

by Avishek Pal

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Kirk’s Notes & Highlights

Get in the Van by Henry Rollins

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There’s something about your eyes when you haven’t eaten for awhile and you’ve been fucked with by skinheads that just says don’t fuck with me.

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“It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's

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“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

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“The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?"
It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period.
This is it: "Nothing.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

tags: future, hope, mankind

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“Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

tags: artists, self-aggrandizement

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