February 2012
9 posts
The Most Terrible Polar Exploration Ever: Douglas... →
Even today, with advanced foods, and radios, and insulated clothing, a journey on foot across Antarctica is one of the harshest tests a human being can be asked to endure. A hundred years ago, it was worse. Then, wool clothing absorbed snow and damp. High-energy food came in an unappetizing mix of rendered fats called pemmican. Worst of all, extremes of cold pervaded everything; Apsley...
“You piss off a bard, and forget about putting a curse on you, he might put a...”
– Alan Moore
“Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to...”
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January 2012
474 posts
“The riddle of his existence would then be revealed to him at once in all its...”
– Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf (via hermannhesse)
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“I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...”
– E.M. Forster
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““When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least...”
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It's been a while since I've teared up while...
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But Kenny’s reaction to our 2nd goal…
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SUPERDIRK!!!
#lfc #ynwa
I’ve had enough trees, cats, nudes, self pity and self loathing on Tumblr
And all the trite platitudes and shallow musings about love
Tumblr is wearing me thin
edit:
(I’m staying; just going on a massive culling spree!) :-)
Turn on, tune in, drop out
“Turn on, tune in, drop out” is a counterculture phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1967.
Leary later explained in his 1983 autobiography Flashbacks:
“Turn on” meant go within to activate your neural and genetic equipment. Become sensitive to the many and various levels of consciousness and the specific triggers that engage them. Drugs were one way to accomplish...
Not feeling very inspired today
Preparing for a trip, and too excited :-)