Entries Tagged as ‘obiter dictum’

June 16, 2008

that’s a different ending

Once upon a time there was a Bear
and a Bee who lived in a wood and
were the best of friends. All summer
long the Bee collected nectar from
morning to night while the Bear lay
on his back basking in the long grass.
When Winter came the Bear
realised he had nothing to eat and
thought to himself “I hope that [...]

May 27, 2008

a tall place

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
-Robert Frost
I like sea kayaking for its depth, but this kind just makes me feel good inside.

Oh, also, the rental guy signed the 2nd and 3rd ‘visit’ when it was only suppose to be the 1st visit, isn’t that awesome? More free stuff for [...]

May 4, 2008

train-spotting

Riding a train always makes me stop and stare outside at the moving 3-D picture outside. Especially so with the Vancouver,Canada-to-Seattle train. First it’s a fifteen minute introduction of urban art, where amateur graffiti artists are trying to thrive on motionless abandoned train car canvases (the basic ‘I’m going to write my name [...]

May 3, 2008

déjà vu

I feel like I’ve shown you this already (I’m pretty sure its in one of the older posts), but I watched this last night and I felt that the message was even more powerful the second time around (or as powerful as it can get at three in the morning). I had the same [...]

April 27, 2008

in-enlightenment?

Today’s Sunday and I have the pleasure of reading 7 chapters of Archaeology in one day (oh wait check that, half a day). I will admit that this first week of midterms has been killing me, and its really my fault. I just don’t have motivation or guilt, two qualities that I am [...]

March 24, 2008

so happy together

“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
- Mark Twain
Happiness is opulent. Or well, at least a long lasting, cuddly, warm hearted, fuzzy, makes-your-heart-want-to-explode-into-more-little-hearts-
so-you-can-feel-your-heart-explode-again-and-again relationship with Happiness is.1 Why settle for the mediocre rip offs? The [...]