June 2010
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“The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
– Neils Bohr
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“We must, incidentally, make clear from the beginning that if a thing is not a...”
– Richard Feynman
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5 Things I Want To Do
… before I turn 30! (That’s in 4 years, ugh.)
1. Finish a Ph.D or a second Masters.
2. Learn to drive.
3. Learn martial arts.
4. Be proficient in (at least) conversational French
5. Lose at least 20 kgs.
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5 Things About Bones
1. I haven’t fallen in love with a show like this since The X-Files.
2. Despite the blood and gore, the show is really funny.
3. I can’t watch the 100th episode, “The Parts in the Sum of the Whole”, because I know I will break down and bawl like a baby in front of the computer screen.
4. I think the characters are some of the most well-written in television right now....
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cause and effect
Booth: You know what if feels like to get your faith back?
Brennan: When I see effects and I'm unable to discern the cause, my faith in reason and consequence is shaken.
Booth: And then what happens?
Brennan: [smiles] Two plus two equals four; I put sugar in my coffee and it tastes sweet; the sun comes up because the world turns. These things are beautiful to me. There are mysteries I will never understand... but everywhere I look, I see proof that for every effect, there is a corresponding cause, even if I can't see it. I find that reassuring.
Booth: And life is good again.
Brennan: [laughs] Life is very good.
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The Wires of the Night Billy Collins I thought about his death for so many hours, tangled there in the wires of the night, that it came to have a body and dimensions, more than a voice shaking over the telephone or the black obituary boldface of name and dates. His death now had an entrance and an exit, doors and stairs, windows and shutters which are the motionless wings of windows. His...
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