Entries Tagged as ‘obiter dictum’

16 June 2008

this ending is fun

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 [...]

27 May 2008

tall place

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
-Robert Frost

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 me.

4 May 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,Washington 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 [...]

24 March 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 [...]

5 March 2008

domo arigato mr. roboto

They are like real robots. They do slow-mo so good.

Do not ever want this piece of creepy. Ahhhh I’m getting the chills just looking at it. Baby robot… more like Human-Eating/Terminator robot.

This skating robot on the other hand, is quite charming. And also does not have [...]

2 February 2008

Yes We Can

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Quite inspiring.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we’ve been told that we’re not ready, or that we shouldn’t try, or that we can’t, generations of Americans have responded with a [...]