Posted in Quotations on Nov 7th, 2009
And still The Weaver plies his loom, whose warp and woof is wretched Man. Weaving th’ unpattern’d dark design, so dark we doubt it owns a plan.
-Sir Richard Francis Burton; The Kasidah of Haji Abdu al-Yazdi
Jack
I Listen.
Quotations 1
The Weaver
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Aug 2nd, 2009
The mountain is cold and steep. The walk is not easy. Your muscles ache and your bones feel brittle from the cold. The thought of turning back constantly sneaks into your mind. Your destination is still very far off, and you are acutely aware of this as your bones shake and [...]
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Posted in off-topic on Mar 11th, 2009
Things are very, very hectic right now. The economy is killing me, literally. this site’s domain expires at the end of this month, and I doubt very seriously I’ll have the $10 to renew it. Yes, it really is that bad.
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Posted in The Cost of Magic, fiction on Mar 4th, 2009
This is the 22nd section of my novel. If you haven’t read the first 21, you might want to start here.
The Birth of an Aesir
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Minus wasn’t certain what day it was. He awoke in the midday sun to the cawing of a raven. Or, more accurately, two ravens. There was a small [...]
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Posted in update on Oct 27th, 2008
So yesterday wordpress ate my post. First time that has ever happened to me. Here’s some of the things I’d written about:
Fable 2 has sucked the life out of me all week. I’m on my second play through. My friends come over to play it constantly. It’s a pretty big deal. hah. I have 39 [...]
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Posted in linux on Jan 9th, 2008
So, the year has ended, and I’ve learned a lot in my migration to ubuntu. Here’s My Must have’s and where to find ‘em.
1, ubuntu 7.10(Gutsy Gibben) – Release of the year no doubt. Smooth and easy clean install. They’ve probably doubly general user appeal with this release.
2. Flock – [...]
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Posted in fiction on Jun 25th, 2007
Loki is feeling very funny. You can tell this because I just referred to myself in the third person. I feel like doing thought flow writing, so, most of you can just ignore the following.
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Posted in linux on Apr 27th, 2007
Is Ubuntu for You? – Ubuntu Forums
I really hate to post twice in one day, but I am going to be incommunicado until late Sunday/early Monday.
If you are thinking about switching to Ubuntu, check the link above. Very informative.
So, I finally tinkered with Ubuntu 7.04(Feisty Fawn) on my frankenputer. I screwed up. [...]
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Posted in Developmental Theology on Mar 30th, 2007
Many of you out there are up in arms about “The Secret.” Well, it’s never been a mystery to me. “The Secret” basically boils down to a writing called The Emerald Tablet, attributed to Hermes Trismegustus. Some people doubt he ever really existed and say that the translations of The Emerald Tablet [...]
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Posted in social commentary on Mar 23rd, 2007
Saint Patrick’s Day. A holy high holiday in my circle of friends.
Where was I? Why, how nice of you to ask.
The wife and I headed over to The Local Performance Hall to celebrate with a lot of friends. My great friends, The Molly Maguires, were playing the party that night.
This was sort [...]
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