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bonne_a_rienne When you see this, post your favorite poem in your journal.
OZYMANDIAS
Percy Bysshe Shelley
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
15q logical thinking test
Jan. 6th, 2009 11:56 amI am pleased that I scored 100% on my first try, though I suspect most (if not all) of you will do the same.
Excerpt from "Teaching My Son to Be a Man"
Dec. 5th, 2008 10:49 amThis is an excerpt from a guest post by Sean Platt of Writer Dad. Re posted from Art of Manliness.
"I would tell my son that he must never walk away from what he knows is right, and though it may be hard to stand tall against our enemies, it is even harder to reach for the sky opposite our friends. I would tell my son that he must do both, always and without fail. A man who goes along with that which he knows is wrong, whether it is to be a part of something or simply because it is easier, will see less than he wishes when looking in the mirror...
...A man, above all, recognizes his duty and therefore does not accept it lightly. He understands that his word is his bond, exercised by everyday actions and daily decisions. He will not waft through life selfish or disconnected, like someone who carries a fickle mind. A man, a real man, will not make promises he cannot keep, and chooses his words as carefully as he does his commitments. And because this man honors his words, he is in turned honored in his actions."
During my trip to Huntsville recently, my family and I went to Synagogue together. While there we went around and reminisced a bit, and one of the things we looked at was my father's (and Grandfather's and Grandmother's) memorial plates. We also went to his grave, and it made me think a lot about him this last week and how he influenced my life (and continues to do so). Hopefully you will understand why this resonates so strongly with me. I'm not sure my father ever said these things to me out loud, but instead showed me through his actions, and how he lived.
Roots
Very do want.
A meme I like
Jun. 27th, 2008 11:16 amRIP Kenny Wiederecht
May. 14th, 2008 07:20 pm![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silvertabby), Daniel's girlfriend. Im really at a loss for words right now, but Daniel is driving down to Alabama tonite to bury Kenny in his parents back yard (a 13 hour drive). He asked that if anyone wanted to, feel free to call him - especially during the night while hes driving. If you dont have his number, I will be more than happy to give it to you. Im just at a loss for words.
I generally have mixed feelings about my childhood-nostalgia enhanced memories being sold back to me. I have even more reservations regarding my childhood cartoons being made into movies... Either they're fantastic revivals that embody what I loved about them updated for the modern day, or utter crap. This one I may have to see (though I wasn't originally going to).
That's cool.
Now you're a hero.
Apr. 12th, 2008 02:39 pmYou have to burn the Rope
Hint: You have to burn the rope.
Fansplosion
Mar. 24th, 2008 10:44 amPeep it here.
“It’s the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to.” Says Whedon.
“Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” will star Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer, Felicia Day as Penny and a cast of dozens.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html
EDIT: PA did one too
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/04
Gary Gygax dies at 69
Mar. 4th, 2008 03:19 pmMILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.
He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.
Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.
Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game's legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family's home in Lake Geneva, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee, his wife said. Despite his declining health, he hosted weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons as recently as January, she said.
"It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them," Gygax said. "He really enjoyed that."
Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Besides his wife, Gygax is survived by six
Calculating THAC0
Feb. 20th, 2008 04:21 pmFrom SlashDot:
"Robert Scoble had an interesting post on his blog a few days ago on obsolete technical skills — 'things we used to know that no longer are very useful to us.' Scoble's initial list included dialing a rotary phone, using carbon paper to make copies, and changing the gas mixture on your car's carburetor. The list has now been expanded into a wiki with a much larger list of these obsolete skills that includes resolving IRQ conflicts on a mother board, assembly language programming, and stacking a quarter on an arcade game to indicate you have next. We're invited to contribute more."
I was intrigued by how many of these things i can do. See how many obsolete skills you have.
Words at work
Feb. 6th, 2008 03:43 pmDue to this, I spent a little more time outside on my break enjoying the coolness. When I came back in, I expressed to my co-workers that it was very nice outside and that coming back in was like "The breath of Hell". Mild hyperbole to be sure, but my boss responded with "That's such a Dan saying" followed by a brief discussion with my other co-workers of my descriptive, expansive, and apparently quite noticeable vocabulary.
I took it as a compliment, and felt like sharing.
