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Archive for the 'philosophical' category
September 4, 2005 10:47 am
September 2, 2005 5:24 pm
Awesome. As in, something that is awe-inspiring.
This is awesome. A photograph of sunset from another planet. Let me repeat that. Another. Planet. I read about that as a kid. I saw it, too. It was an “artist’s conception.” No longer fiction, but reality.
This is also awesome. A disaster that was only dreamed of before, something of nightmarish proportions, made entirely real. The situation in NO is…unspeakable. From the scene:
Looting and lawlessness IS the problem. The National Guard choppers are BEING SHOT AT. The NOPD are BEING SHOT AT. You want to focus on the levee? So do they, but check this out: THEY CAN’T UNTIL THE MOB STOPS ATTACKING THE RESCUE OPERATION.
It’s also awesome that the same humanity that takes photographs of sunset on another planet can be driven to that type of desperation.
God help us all.
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TUFTONBORO, N.H. — A bicyclist was killed when he was hit by a car in Tuftonboro Thursday night.
Police said that Nathaniel Williams, 23, of Tuftonboro, was hit on Route 109 just after 7:30 p.m.
My heart goes out to his family.
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Hope and the Shawshank Redemption
…just bits of mutterings about hope in my favorite movie.
That there are things in this world not carved out of gray stone. That there’s a small place inside of us they can never lock away, and that place is called hope.
-Andy
Hope is a dangerous thing. Drive a man insane. It’s got no place here. Better get used to the idea.
-Red, replying to Andy
…later, when Red has found Andy’s letter in the field:
Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well. Your friend. Andy.
-Andy, in Voice Over
…Red’s commentary as he journeys to find the escaped Andy in a beach in Mexico:
I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams.
(beat)
I hope.
–Red, in Voice Over
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Someone on Hatrack said something very poignant about death and I wanted to remember it. No, I’m not being morbid or anything. It’s just something that speaks.
Death is only tragic when it comes before you’ve had a chance to complete your work in this world. Otherwise, as an inevitable part of life, it is no more tragic and unfair than being born. They are both parentheses framing life.
–Tante Shevester
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