February 2012
111 posts
Charles Dickens liked to walk →
goombi:
Dickens was from childhood an avid, even compulsive, walker. He once wrote. “I think I must be the descendant, at no great distance, of some irreclaimable tramp.” Scarcely a day went by that Dickens didn’t flee his desk and take to the streets of London and its suburbs. He routinely walked as many as 20 miles a day, and once set out at 2 a.m. to walk from his house in London to his...
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Good, Now I don't have to spend hours arguing with... →
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“I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some...”
– Anaïs Nin (via misswallflower)
I'm not a Catholic
and I probably won’t ever be, but I have always viewed Lent as worthwhile exercise in self-discipline.
In the past I have given up chocolate, sex, and online shopping… to varied degrees of success, this year I shall try bacon, and this will be the toughest challenge of my life.
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Wishful Thinking: Phrases And Philosophies For... →
hndrk:
1. There are no guilty pleasures. There is only “guilt” and “pleasure” and you really never should conflict the two.
2. Before you commit to saying you hate something that brings joy to people (and doesn’t hurt others), think long and hard about your reasons for doing so. If in doubt,…
Guideline for life, if you ask me.
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
Dying of Laughter, Dying. →
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“Why these people are called Conservatives is beyond our understanding, as they...”
– Benjamin Hoff, The Te of Piglet
On a trip to Sung
Yang-tse spent the night at an inn. The innkeeper had two wives, one beautiful, the other very plain. The plain one was treated with honor and affection, but the beautiful one was ignored. The next day, Yang-tse asked a boy of the household why. He replied, “The beautiful one knows that she is beautiful; the plain one knows that she is plain.”
When Yang-tse returned, he addressed his...
thebackofyourheadisriddikulus:
Be Be Your Love -...
Some religion says that the earth isn’t worthy saving, anyways, and that when it comes to an end, the Faithful will be transported instantly to heaven. No problem. We’d like to see them explain things to Saint Peter at the Gate, when he asks them what they did with the world that God entrusted to them. That might get a bit tricky.
“There was a man who disliked seeing his footprints and his shadow. He decided to...”
