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daily wisdom

• Dates
  today is -- Sat, 4 Jul 2009 05:49:02 -0700 (2455017.03405093) ddate -- Today is Setting Orange, the 39th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3175 emacs dates -- Astronomical (Julian) day number (at noon UTC): 2455017.0 Computing Chinese date... Chinese date: Cycle 78, year 26 (Ji-Chou), second month 5, day 12 (Geng-Xu) Coptic date: Baunah 27, 1725 Day 185 of 20 […]
• Greta's Vocabulary Words
  iconoclastic […]
• Devil's Dictionary
  NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient. […]
• La palabra del dia en espanol
  Dicho de hoy A cada cien años los reyes son villanos, y al cabo de ciento diez, los villanos son reyes. Cita de ayer Amor y deseo son dos cosas diferentes; que no todo lo que se ama se desea, ni todo lo que se desea se ama. (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) Translation Love and desire are two different things. Not everything that is loved is desired, and […]
• Cooking Tip
  Extralong-Lasting Chopped Parsley Chopped parsley is an easy, attractive garnish for many dishes, but it’s a nuisance to chop at the very last minute, when you’ve got steaming-hot plates of food to serve to hungry guests waiting at the table. Ausma Balinkin, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has a secret for chopping parsley well ahead of time that keeps it looking b […]
• Oblique Strategies
  Imagine the piece as a set of disconnected events […]
• Zen Saying
  A monk is walking around outside and suddenly stubs his toe. A violent pain shoots up his leg. Hopping around in agony he thinks, "I've read that pain is a void. What the hell is this?" Then suddenly he gets it. When his teacher asks him to explain, the monk said, "I cannot be deceived by others." ZEN STORY […]