…without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment
goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or
impossible to execute.
The Daily Show has shown us how to truly regard Fox ‘News’. One of the best bits of reporting of the year. Funny, acid genius. Michael Moore wishes he was this good.
…man is just another penguin - different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business.
Amazing remix of this great BBC ad has turned this into a fantastic Linux ad:)
…knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
So, now we have done melancholy, let us look at finding contentment. This was a timely article, and just what I wanted to dwell further on today.
For if melancholy is the gentler brother of sorrow and grief, then surely contentment is the valued, wiser brother of that frenetic whirlwind happiness. I have known great, searing happiness, and the anguish of pain, loss, and grief. Both the heights and depths have taught me to value that self effacing, humble gift of contentment.
If happiness chooses to come again, it will be celebrated as the ephemeral event it is. But I will remain a devoted follower of that quieter, peaceful joy, contentment.
…who was a student of history and archeology to go back to a medieval period and really live it.
I am a complete history nerd. The more ancient, the more intruiged I am. A Time Team marathon can make me squeal like a little girl. So this is right up my alley, so to speak.
The animated history of Stonehenge. So very very cool:)
