April 2011
40 posts
6 tags
Racism will never disappear so long as people...
4 tags
“You cannot love someone if you do not understand him or her. If you don’t...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
“90 percent of schools are still spending the recommended 60 weekly minutes...”
– 5 Bad Ideas Humanity Is Sticking With Out of Habit (via flyinghellfish)
I knew this in 3rd grade.
(via goodreasonnews)
I may claim to hate people... but I would risk my...
2 tags
The Riot: Cops Bust Homeless Woman for Sending... →
garlandgrey:
Cops Bust Homeless Woman for Sending Child to School
cnt-:
A homeless woman from Bridgeport has been arrested for enrolling her 6-year-old son at a Norwalk elementary school.
Tonya McDowell, 33, is accused of stealing $15,000 — the cost of her son’s public education —…
What in the hell is this nonsense?
4 tags
Goals for Summer
Specific:
Decide which grad programs I am going to apply to.
Take the GRE
Work on writing sample for grad application(s)
Get my driver’s license
Get down under 200 lbs
General:
Minimize spending
Reduce amount of “stuff” I have
Spend less time on electronics and more with books and nature
Eat better
Sleep less - I need to not feel like I need 9+ hours a night
I...
it's just me.: On Agnosticism →
cultivatingty:
I’ve been thinking a bit about this perspective on agnosticism, shared recently by Sharanam. In response, I thought I’d share another perspective that particularly resonates with me:
The force of the term “agnosticism” has been lost. It has come to mean: not to hold an…
3 tags
I don't think I am ever going to be convinced that...
2 tags
Life is not a series of goals to be reached, nor...
3 tags
Moments Of Distraction: RUN It's an opinion →
alexds1:
I’m getting a little tired of this idea that everything eventually needs to be made into a movie, as if the film format is the ultimate validation of an idea. To my biologist brain, it reminds me of the misconception that humans are at the top of the evolutionary ladder because we…
3 tags
Life only asks of you what it knows you can handle
I have grown to rather despise this quote over the years… it seems to be quoted continuously by some, in an attempt to feel strong or in control. This idea of taking control is erroneous, and so is the quote.
Life doesn’t ask anything - it simply happens.
3 tags
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.”
– Oscar Wilde
3 tags
War →
bwnblog:
I’m not very political and can’t honestly say I have a big opinion on things like the war (besides the obvious fact war is bad); but when someone you went to school with was killed in action, it makes it a little more real. I didn’t know him but it still puts things in perspective. That is one thing I think many politicians fail to recognize. How many of them know someone killed in the...
All people must all be free or none shall be.
6 tags
“As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings...”
– Dumbledore
I start everyone I meet off assuming they are...
3 tags
For the last time... Jews, Christians, and Muslims...
3 tags
We are all creatures of habit.
2 tags
If I ever do decide to...Tattoo idea
3 lotus’, connected by their roots.
Blue on the mid of my back, under my neck - representative of wisdom
Red on my left shoulder/upper arm - representative of compassion (heart side of body)
White on my right shoulder/upper arm - representative of purity, natural
5 tags
Purpose...?
I’ve lost any sense of purpose in my life over the past few months… nothing seems to hold much point anymore and it can’t continue this way. The problem is, I have far from been wallowing in it, just blindly giving up - I have put myself through plenty of thought and I just get nowhere.
I don’t hold any value on accumulating wealth, I have no faith in some...
4 tags
Just Another Wannabe Classic: Opinions and... →
justanotherwannabeclassic:
When I was walking to class yesterday, I expected to see my friends, and possibly even a large tour group of prospective students and their families getting their first look at the University of Kentucky. What I did not expect to see in the main quad of campus were larger black letter’s spelling…
6 tags
I have a question... how exactly do people in...
5 tags
RAGE
Reposted some bull—— on rape a minute ago and tags failed to go through…
it should be noted here: I was reposting in the hopes that people would realize how idiotic it is and respond accordingly to those who buy it.
My mission failed :(
Non-existent 'Rape Culture'
libertarians:
Society teaches girls how “not to get raped” instead of teaching boys “not to rape” because rapists aren’t rational fucking people. I would much rather spend an entire year teaching a girl how to properly use a handgun as opposed to teaching some jackass why it’s bad to rape.
2 tags
“A woman who would steal your love when your love is all you really have...”
– Johnny Depp
5 tags
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in...”
– Buddha
2 tags
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to...”
– Winston Churchill
“Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in...”
– ~ Socrates, Phaedo
4 tags
I want sincere proof that humans do in fact...
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the...
I see the world without purpose... there is no...
