Grade Inflation...The Kids are Alright with That

Toothpaste for Dinner, via TDW

Animated Language

As a person who loved language (not wisely, but too well) to ever pay much attention to grammar, I quite enjoyed this. Ah, Stephen Fry, is there anything you can't do?



Watching the above reminded me of an animation of a Dadaist poem (by Kurt Schwitters) I saw years ago. This makes me happy.



Talk about defying the constraints of grammar. Dude.

Long bumper sticker. Need a wider car.

This was timely, today:

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.

I continue to believe that being present, remaining mindful in a world of stupefying complexity, is our greatest challenge as humans. Achieving it resolves many of our innner conflicts about judgment, purpose, meaning, and allow us to find the persistence of joy that living should be.

I suspect almost all claims of attribution on the web (burden of proof goes to the poster), but I am inclined to let this stand, because it wouldn't be less true if this was purportedly said by Thurgood Marshall, Alexander Pope, or Inspector Fuddlebutt. (I made one of those up. Extra credit opportunity to guess which.)

Reciprocity Failure: Moral- Take Photos...