penguingirl's tumbling thoughts

May 06 2008 ∞
“ Nit kain entfer is oich an entfer.
— Yiddish Proverb (source)
May 05 2008 ∞
“ Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren’t distracted by the total lack of content in your writing.
— Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 07-03-05
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Apr 22 2008 ∞
“ Going personally green is a bet, nothing more or less, though it’s one we probably all should make, even if the odds of it paying off aren’t great. Sometimes you have to act as if acting will make a difference, even when you can’t prove that it will. That, after all, was precisely what happened in Communist Czechoslovakia and Poland, when a handful of individuals like Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik resolved that they would simply conduct their lives “as if” they lived in a free society. That improbable bet created a tiny space of liberty that, in time, expanded to take in, and then help take down, the whole of the Eastern bloc.
— Why Bother?
By Michael Pollan
New York Times
Published: April 20, 2008
Apr 15 2008 ∞
“ Observe Everything.
Communicate Well.
Draw, Draw, Draw.
— Frank Thomas
Apr 10 2008 ∞
“ Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
— Parkinson’s Law
Cyril Parkinson, 1957 (from time management talk)
Mar 26 2008 ∞
“ The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Mar 21 2008 ∞
“ inspiring others toward happiness brings you happiness.
— tag on my yogi tea
Mar 18 2008 ∞
“ grace brings trust, appreciation, love and prosperity
— tag on my yogi tea