"The mind is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding...as difficult to subdue as the wind." -Bhagavad Gita
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Brain Power
Sunday, February 27, 2011
DIY
"We're too friendly here." -the librarian at the Los Alamos library asks me to use the self check-out computer to help raise its stats -- apparently the machine has experienced a decline in use because everyone prefers the cute little librarian ladies to check them out. Lucky for me, even though I went over to the self checkout, the librarian still scanned my books.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Il bel far niente
"The beauty of doing nothing is the goal of all your work, the final accomplishment for which you are most highly congratulated. The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement." -Italian philosophy, according to Eat, Pray, Love.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Ad pages. Duh.
"I want to know why this magazine doesn't have page numbers." -some irate older man who wanted to know why every single page of the April 2010 issue of Outside didn't have a page number. Clearly the guy has a lot of time -- and anger -- on his hands.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Overheard in the Locker Room
"I did have a cold a while back. But the truth is, I was just plain lazy." -a little old lady explains to her little old lady friend why she's been missing water aerobics class.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Making Piece
"Book deal or not, I love writing. I love the process of writing, of turning the noise inside my head into prose on the page, words that may be of guidance, or at least entertainment, to others." -Beth Howard, a writer, baker and soon-to-be author of a book (about pie) that I am quite excited to read. Check out her blog, Web site or her awesome house.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Solo
"A human being is a very social creature, and ninety percent of what he does is done only because other people are watching. Alone, with no witnesses, he starts to learn about himself -- who is he really? Sometimes this brings staggering discoveries. Because nobody's watching, you can easily become an animal ... you have to have something -- some force, which allows and helps you to survive without witnesses." -a passage from The Tiger, by John Vaillant.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Hunger Strikes
"I just want a breakfast burrito." -some guy in the lane next to me at the pool. Guess he was having a tough morning workout.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Moo?
"Anything on your yak?" -a waiter at the Cowgirl asks a fellow intern what he wants on his yak burger. Yes, yak burger.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Celebrations
"Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made." -Robert Browning
Happy birthday to my husband!
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Up, Up and Away
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings." -William Blake
Photo taken on Saturday's run
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Oh Buddha...
Photos from yesterday's long run to the Stupa.See individual post
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Jeffersonian
Check out the other designs here -- these Valentine-esque cards feature cities all around the world.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
That Smell
"No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils." -Henry Ward Beecher
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Atalaya Ascent #2
"Come live with me and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove, that valleys, groves, hills, and fields, woods or steepy mountain yields." -Christopher Marlowe
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
YeeHaw
Outside the Cowgirl. I didn't think the car was quite dirty/rusty enough to pull this off, but it's still very "Santa Fe."
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
More Snow?
"Brew me a cup for a winter's night. For the wind howls loud and the furies fight; Spice it with love and stir it with care, all I'll toast our bright eyes, my sweetheart fair." -Minna Thomas Antrim
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sweet Talk
"You'll have to excuse me, I'm eating a piece of candy." -the 74-year-lawyer I had to call for a fact check this week. I guess when you've been a successful attorney for more than half a century you can do whatever you want on the phone.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I Do (Exercise)
"The surest way for a marriage to accommodate an intense exercise regimen is for both spouses to engage in it." -WSJ article discussing the effects of exercise on relationships. Nothing particularly surprising, but good food for thought.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Midwest Musings
"It was kind of like a Christmas morning for a lot of people ... it happens in the middle of winter when you're thinking about sunshine and summer; it brightens your day." -the RAGBRAI director reflects on this year's route announcement party. Read my post here.
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