September 25, 2007
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In lieu of a real weblog entry…
Today is Pungenday, the 49th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3173
The public demands certainties; it must be told definitely and a bit
raucously that this is true and that is false. But there are no certainties.
– H.L. Mencken, “Prejudice”“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.”
– Paul Valéry, 1895“All reality is a myth. Myth becomes ever nearer to reality.”
— the Buddha
Comments (2)
All reality is a myth.
I keep dreaming about eating acid… but I wake up before it kicks in. I quit the stuff in real life… but it sure would be fun to trip in my dream
Is that cheating?
Love the quote from the Buddha. Tripping on acid-whoa, that was years ago!