good morning

Our New Friend, originally uploaded by DBCondit.

happy saturday. i saw this and it put a huge smile on my face.

i've got two words for you...

i've got two words for you..., originally uploaded by emdot.

My Gmail is basically down, so if you've sent me an email and I haven't responded in a basically decent amount of time, this is why. I guess I need to report this to Google but blech, the last thing I want to do is troubleshoot this problem via FAQs or web forms. Boo.

are you a digital packrat?

It seems that yes, yes I am. This link asks you ten questions, yes or no. I answered yes to nine. Which makes me 90% digital packrat.

» Are you a digital packrat?

for your wednesday pleasure

funny face, originally uploaded by good morning stradivari.

god damn i love this photo. :) good doggie. ;)

Rob Brezny I'm Counting on You

beaks and blue, originally uploaded by emdot.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Why fight for rights that are already yours, Virgo? Why sacrifice yourself for the benefit of people who wouldn't fully appreciate your gifts? And why are you even thinking about dividing when you should be multiplying? Any of these acts would be a crime against yourself. So listen up: You just have to hold out a little longer. If you can avoid running up a big karmic debt in the next few days, if you can refrain from hurting yourself in a misguided attempt to fix situations that can't be fixed, you'll be home free. Soon the whole cast of monsters, demons, and goons will pack up their inane torture devices and go trundling back to the hells where they came from.
(this week from brezny)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): ... It's a favorable time to forge a new spirit
of cooperation between the two parts of your psyche -- let's call them
the rational and the transcendent -- which so many of today's thinkers
have told you cannot possibly co-exist. — Brezny

So now I am left with the following question: which do I abhor more: today's thinkers or today's stinkers?

China is insane

Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and deeply Buddhist people.

"The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid," according to the order, which comes into effect on September 1.

» Read the article

cuter than possible

, originally uploaded by heather.

this photo kills me. in a good way.

and now for a shot of happiness for your working wednesday

MEETING AND GREETING, originally uploaded by METAL-ARMZ.

what's cuter than this? not a thing. not a thing.

part of one. part of another.

part of one. part of another., originally uploaded by emdot.

THE WAY IT IS

There's a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn't change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can't get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.
You don't ever let go of the thread.

- William Stafford

Sometimes you read things and you think, yes, exactly that is me. Sometimes you read things and it reminds you that other people have their shit, too. And no matter how much you wish it went differently, it won't. It can't. They can't. They've got their thread, see? And they can't let go.