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Wednesday, 27 May 2009

  • I got a random pile of old fabric from my mother in law (she was going to take them to the thrift store before I snagged them.) Anyway, I put them all together, added some buttons and here is the end result.
    So it doesn't match... I think its cute in that bohemian / hippy sort of way. It was a lot of fun to make too. I think I might have to do more of these.

    I think it maybe needs a pocket...







Sunday, 24 May 2009

  • take it in
    listen well
    measure carefully what you see and hear
    hold it all up to the light
    and when you find it wanting, be careful
    you don't have to agree
    you may be right
    it may not be true
    but
    don't throw people out
    You have wisdom? Great.
    You know the truth? Awesome.
    who will be there to listen and learn from you
    if you toss out people as well as their flawed ideas?

    I'm not saying we should all just agree and compromise and get along. I'm saying, try to stand up for truth in a way that doesn't involve the unconcerned plowing over of people.


Wednesday, 20 May 2009

  • Sandwiches are so much more exciting on homemade bread.
    This is my very own sweet bread recipe.
    It's soooo good and it makes the whole house smell amazing.



Saturday, 16 May 2009

  • "Is there such a thing as Absolute Truth?"

    This is just a bad question - for two reasons. One, is that the only answer you can give is "yes". Even if you say, "no there is no absolute truth." You are making a statement in absolutes. So, essentially what you would be saying is that "there is only one truth and that is that there is no truth".
    The other reason it is a bad question is that if your answer is "no" you cannot possibly live like that. Maybe you can type out a decent sounding argument as to why you believe there is no absolute truth, but as soon as you walk away from your computer you will contradict yourself. Someone will cut you off while driving or interrupt you when you have something important to say, your waitress will be horrible to you at dinner or someone will hurt someone you love... and you will feel something. You will feel it in spite of the fact that you tell yourself you don't think there is any real truth. And what you feel and how you respond will betray what you really believe at the core of who you are. We all have an idea that there is a right and a wrong way to act and to treat other people. We get mad and defensive when we are "wronged" or when we see something we consider an "injustice" and that implies that we all believe, on some level or another, that life has value. Some people obviously believe that only certain lives have value, but they are still subscribing to an idea of truth and when we say that their thinking is distorted we are subscribing to another idea of truth. So many people walk without faltering from debates on the idea of "truth" to debates on human ethics... is this not a contradiction? If there is no truth, there cannot be a right or wrong way to treat people and therefore trying to be "ethical"is a waste of time. It is an illusion.
    Give me someone who has never felt wronged when something was taken from them or when they were hurt in some way, or give me someone who doesn't feel a sense of gratitude when they are given an unexpected gift; then we can have a real debate about the existence or non existence of truth. I propose, however, that there is no such person. The only person who cares about absolutely nothing is a dead person.

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