"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:
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Checkin In...
Not posting much since I'm putting almost all of my time into my budding eBay business, and the holiday season requires me to work sometimes 12 hours a day or more. Doesn't leave a lot of time for blogging.
I'll go back to a more frequent schedule after Christmas.
In the meantime, I'll post a few snippets as we go along, starting with today's sign that I think should be policy at all retail establishments:
Cuckoo Police in Bamako, Mali, say that Mamadou Obotimbe Diabikile tried to rob a bank, which is a fairly unusual crime in that city. The robber thought he’d get away with it because he figured he was literally invisible, thanks to wearing some magic charms, police say. But the charms not only didn’t make Diabikile invisible, they didn’t make him bulletproof, either: he was shot by a soldier posted to guard the bank, and is recovering in a jail cell. (AFP) ...Always test first. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
