"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Oh Little Town of Barbeque
Found this in a local Barbeque joint in South Carolina. Barbeque is a huge part of the Christmas season for a lot of people in that area. When they think of "home cooking" it's usually barbeque of some sort.
On a deeper level, perhaps a "Christmas Pig" is a far more accurate symbol than many we currently use...
Yeah, That’ll Work Kim Sutton, 23, has attempted suicide four times, a court in Bath, England, was told. Usually she has tried to drown herself: she has had to be rescued at least three times from the river Avon. So magistrates have issued an order prohibiting Sutton from “going into rivers, canals or any open water in England and Wales,” as well as any railway line or the roof of any parking garage. “You are not to dip one toe, or one finger, in a river or a canal,” she was told. If she violates the order, she faces a jail sentence. (London Guardian, London Telegraph) ...A life sentence, if she succeeds. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
