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Shane

About Me

There must be a time of day when the man that makes plans forgets his plans, and acts as if he had no plans at all.There must be a time of day when the man who has to speak falls very silent. And his mind forms no more propositions, and he asks himself: Did they have a meaning?There must be a time when the man of prayer goes to pray as if it were the first time in his life he had ever prayed; when the man of resolutions puts his resolutions aside as if they had all been broken, and he learns a different wisdom: distinguishing the sun from the moon, the stars from darkness, the sea from the dry land, and the night sky from the shoulder of a hill. -Thomas Merton-
In a Past Life...
You Were: A Genius Belly Dancer.

Where You Lived: Iran.

How You Died: Decapitation. Who Were You In a Past Life?

My Interests

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Harpo Marx

My Blog

Assumptive Marketing Tactics

True story. Two days ago, whilst strolling along (down and on, as well) a street, I came across an apparently new marketing strategy. A sign that read:"7 OUT OF 10 FAMILIES MAY NEED A LAWYER THIS YEAR...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:49:00 GMT

The Curious Smell

Today, as I crammed onto the el with 300 other peas in a pod, I picked up a whiff much too familiar to be a whiff that I had not smelled before. From the faint whiff, one could tell that it was an odo...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:08:00 GMT

Assumption-The Mother Of All Evil

Hey everyone. Just came across an article. You should read this article. If only, because we need to see this ridiculousness to understand where all the ridiculousness is coming from. This presidentia...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:29:00 GMT

Happy Birthday, Pop

Strange how it's been almost two years and I can still hear your laugh. I was so afraid of forgetting it, but I still do. It sounds like coffee. It sounds like an early morning. Like dew. Strange how,...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:22:00 GMT

Come on! What the shit is this?

Seriously?
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:30:00 GMT

To A Beautiful Life-Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch passed away today. For those who don't know, he was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. His last lecture on achieving your childhood dreams b...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:38:00 GMT

Julienning Part 2

I got side-tracked last time. I'll try to be more focused this time. I promise.Julienning is funny to me and frustrating, at the same time. Because we are at a point now where no one can cut things in...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:39:00 GMT

Julienning

I really like the idea of julienne cuts. Not necessarily the actual cutting. But, just the idea that somewhere buried far beneath the pages of time, someone left their mark on the world by inventing a...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 14:19:00 GMT

Some Thoughts On A Walk

I walked home from work today-through Lincoln Park where the zoo is free to explore all year. It was too cold for most of the animals. Their homes are warmer climates. But, I did see some sichuan taki...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 17:02:00 GMT

A Delay A Day

> A delay was waiting for me as I got to the train platform. A delay that I arrived in the middle of, but was made aware of by those that were there for its untimely birth. There were clenched fists a...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:56:00 GMT