Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Great Quotes
When we cannot, by searching, find the bottom, we must sit down at the brink and adore the depth.
—Matthew Henry
You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.
—C.S. Lewis
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
—Douglas Adams
You might find that smoke blown out cleared your mind of shadows within. Anyway, it gives patience...
—Gandalf the Grey, JRR Tolkien
Changing your mind is a form of intelligence.
—Guy Kawasaki, on 12 lessons he learned from Steve Jobs
Cultivate the poet. The poet is the unacknowledged legislator of this universe and the sooner we knock under to that the better.
—Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Lost Trust
Ohio Congressman William Stanton said that “The Air Force has suffered a great loss of prestige in this community … Once people entrusted with the public welfare no longer think the people can handle the truth, then the people, in return, will no longer trust the government.”
Monday, March 26, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Respite & Nepenthe: The Raven (HD) for iPad For FREE!
View In iTunes
- Category: Books
- Updated: Apr 22, 2011
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 20.2 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Architectural Electronic Systems Pty Ltd
- © 2011 vNovel Interactive
Rated 9+ for the following:
- Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
via itunes.apple.com
Six Tips on Writing from John Steinbeck | Brain Pickings
1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.
3. Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theater, it doesn’t exist. In writing, your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person—a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
4. If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it—bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn’t belong there.
5. Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be found that it is out of drawing.
6. If you are using dialogue—say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Investigating Free Apps: Contact Cleaner,
View In iTunesThis app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
- Category: Productivity
- Updated: Mar 01, 2012
- Version: 2.0
- Size: 0.5 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Zhong Zhang
- © @Zhang zhong
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
via itunes.apple.com
Monday, March 5, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Too Hungover from #FatTuesday, but Sober Enough to Drive? - Spirituality Commofidfied
From The Belfry / joker takes flight
via pinterest.com
Is the skateboard photoshopped in? Who cares...
Originally: Single greatest picture ever. Heath Ledger skate boarding over Christian Bale while they take a break on set of TDK. https://twitter.com/#!/suicidalidol/status/171243873669099520/photo/1
From The Belfry / joker takes flight
via pinterest.com
Is the skateboard photoshopped in? Who cares...
Originally: Single greatest picture ever. Heath Ledger skate boarding over Christian Bale while they take a break on set of TDK. https://twitter.com/#!/suicidalidol/status/171243873669099520/photo/1
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Cool Free App and a Tool today: Contacts2Calendar and ChipIt!
via letschipit.com
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand...
- Free
- Category: Business
- Updated: Feb 04, 2012
- Version: 1.01
- Size: 2.3 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: ScanBiz Mobile Solutions L.P.
- © 2011 ScanBiz Mobile Solutions LP
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
via itunes.apple.com
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Free App Love...It must be Valentine's Day
DOKOBOTS: augmented reality game
EPICURIOUS: food stuffs, man
GOOGLE TRANSLATE: 'nuff said, at least in swahili
MYFITNESS PAL: gotta get myself together
WEAVE: for tasks not for hair
NOTEPAD WITH AUTO VOICE RECORDER AND CAMERA: can it top Evernote?
PHOTO FUN BOOTH: put a wig on a baby or a beard on your dog
AIR MEDIA CENTER: really? all my digitals?!?!?!?
VINTAGE CAMERA PRO: you NEED another camera app
BABY'S COLORS (ANIMALS): pink elephants, purple bears
RECIPE COFFEE TIMER: snobbery
RECIPE GRILL TIMER: if i pay that much for beef, I better be able to eat it medium-rare
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Upon Turning 40: What I Really Wanted For My Birthday
A chocolate cake with white, confectioner's icing
A steak, medium-rare
A tall glass of water or wine or whiskey
The clamor of close friends at ease with one another
The silence to find my own thoughts
Two hours to buy new boots and a jacket
The pinch of her jewelry as I squeeze my wife's hand
An extra hour each day to hear my children giggles
More failth and patience and passion
Less trepidation
Greater understanding and wisdom
Enough money to make life easier but not so much I forget who I am
Friday, February 10, 2012
Flightplan - a poem
Take my life and make it thine.
Fuel the stars, on me to shine.
Take these all, I beg of Thee.
Open my eyes, Thy will to see.
Guide me down the narrow path.
Praise you for salvation's bath.
I trust in Thee, O Lord Most High
And on Hope's wings again will fly.
-mja
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Real bird that inspired Poe's 'The Raven' stuffed, now in a museum
When it comes to literary greats, inspiration can come from anywhere. For famed gothic writer Edgar Allen Poe, one idea came from a raven, which inspired his famous poem of the same name about the foreboding bird. Now, that little black muse is enshrined in a history exhibit for all to see.
The actual bird that inspired the gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door can now be found by the public in the flesh (well, you know what I mean), as part of a new exhibit at the Philadelphia Public Library.
Named Grip, the pet raven was actually owned by author Charles Dickens - and was preserved by a taxidermist upon its death. The archive exhibit is in honor of what would be Dickens' 200th birthday.
The raven appeared as a minor character in Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge, which Poe panned in a Saturday Evening Post review of the book in 1841. His biggest gripe? The raven didn't get enough play.
The creepy bird imagery apparently stuck with Poe, because in 1845, he decided to give the raven the terrifying tale he deserved, writing "The Raven."
Taught in high schools and colleges around the world, the poem would go on to be regarded as one of the best examples of gothic poetry ever written.
If you're a fan of literary history and live in Philly, the stuffed raven is just a small part of the exhibit, which also features more than 1,000 letters written by Dickens.
via blastr.com
This is was too good to NOT pass along.
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