Random Quote
“A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be lead.” [Source]
Quotes
Being A Grown-Up
From Brian Bunny:
English Language
You’ve just got to love the random nature of the English language. This was sent by a friend, and has been posted here for future reference: We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,Yet the plural of moose should never be…
“cafediem”
From Urban Dictionary: cafediem Word of the day…Definition: To caffeinate the day Usage:“To ask someone if they want a coffee, say “cafediem?“
Kottke on Productivity on Twitter via Kottke.org
“Getting stuff done always feels so satisfying. Why can’t I ever remember that when I have things to do?” – Jason Kottke
Preaching: Approval and Applause
“If I’m to preach to people effectively, I must be freed from my need for their approval and applause. As long as I am chained to that need, then my preaching will really be trying to fill up something in me that I can never fill.”Source: Out of Ur – Out of Context: John Ortberg
“epiphanot”
Word of the day from Urban Dictionary: epiphanot An idea that at first seems like an amazing insight (at least to the conceiver) but later turns out to be pointless, mundane, stupid, or incorrect, and often is the root cause of bad decisions. Mostly occurs under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
All at once the crowd begins to sing…
“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.”All At Once – The Fray
Atheism…
“If atheism is a religion then ‘not collecting stamps’ is a hobby…” – Anon [hattip to Tom Coates @ Plasticbag]
Erikson on Intimacy…
I’m currently studying for my “Learners and Learning: Individuals” module – looking particularly at identity in adolescence. It’s interesting to overlay the theories of Erikson and others to my personal development and see how well they fit. The following quote in particular struck me as I applied it to my life. “Intimacy is the ability to fuse your identity with…
Living in two worlds…
“The opaque glance and the pimples. The fancy new nakedness they’re all dressed up in with no place to go. The eyes full of secrets they have a strong hunch everybody is on to. The shadowed brow. Being not quite a child and not quite a grown-up either is hard word, and they look it. Living in two worlds at…