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Phrase of the day
Hot Room n. A social setting that involves a mix of people whose relationships to each other are, well, complicated For this and other Gen-Y slang, check this out.… more →
My Brain is a Sieve
Phrase of the day
cheryl wrote 10 months ago: Hot Room n. A social setting that involves a mix of people whose relationships to each other are, we … more →
Three cups of tea
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: “Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan), we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you … more →
Ride a maggot?
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: Giant bugs climbing up the stairs at City Hall (Singapore Biennale 08) One Inch Tall by Shel Silvers … more →
Phrase of the day 08/10/08
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: Today’s phrase of the day is “rational pre-emptive strike”. And the phrase that is … more →
The Man in the Bowler Hat
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: The Man In The Bowler Hat A.S.J. Tessimond I am the unnoticed, the unnoticable man: The man who sat … more →
From my Quiet Time yesterday
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: O Lord, when Thou didst call me, didst Thou know O Lord, when Thou didst call me, didst Thou know My … more →
Phrase of the day 18/09/08
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: Today’s phrase of the day is “pure kamikaze lust”. You crack me up. … more →
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
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cheryl wrote 1 year ago: I wanted to write a post about my thoughts on the Randy Pausch video but it will take a while to str … more →
Not that we are inadequate
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: A very lovely poem that David sent me on my birthday. I’m all for shining. Not in terms of mat … more →
The Peace of Wild Things
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least … more →
Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its … more →
No guts, no glory
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cheryl wrote 1 year ago: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or w … more →
Word of the day: Kerfuffle
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cheryl wrote 1 year ago: A kerfuffle is a disorderly outburst or tumult. Does anyone else think that kerfuffle is just a funn … more →
May you always be covered by the dust of your rabbi
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: “If God is always with us, why is he so hard to find?” I am reading a book called “God i … more →
The Man Watching
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: I’m at the Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego and we’re about 1 day in. There w … more →
Who am I?
cheryl wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a poem entitled “Who Am I?” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian who … more →
The Abilene paradox
cheryl wrote 2 years ago: From our friends at wikpedia - “The Abilene paradox is a paradox in which a group of people co … more →
Word of the day: Confuzzled
cheryl wrote 2 years ago: “Confuzzled” refers to a heightened state of bewilderment and puzzlement, usually caused … more →
The 'winners' of the Wired News Saddest-Cubicle Contest
cheryl wrote 2 years ago: From Wired Magazine: “The winner — if you can call it winning — of the Wired News … more →
