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Saidi

"In fact, various portions of our brains can be used to perform the same functions, as we observe when some children grow up with parts of their brain missing and yet learn how to relate, communicate, and think."



-Building Healthy Minds: The six experiences that create intelligence and emotional growth in babies and young children, by Stanley Greenspan, M.D. with Nancy Breslau Lewis
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. --Victor Borge

Help me revive my muse?

yobo

Infanteridivisjonen på Kanaløyene hadde begynt å leve som de innfødte ved å blande seg med den hovedsaklige engelske befolkningen.

D-Dagen: Slage om Normandie by Anthony Beevor.

Lilias

'Saladin was supposed to pay up for the prisoners by this morning.'
--Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore, The Lost Diary of Robin Hood's Money Man
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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GingerOne

Momentum:  momentum=mv,   where the momentum (kilogram=meter per second) of an object is equal to its mass m (kilograms) times its velocity v (meters per second).
Sweet as can be, but I bite.
Getting the hang of things again for now. No promises.

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Lilias

'From the first, she'd pegged her younger son, Jacob, for priesthood.'
--Vicki Leon, Uppity Women of Medieval Times
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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Incubus Dreams

'Eat This, Not That' only has two sentences on page 56.

*Makes a rainbow shape in the air with his hands*

The more you know.

Valerian

Nicholas Kirfoote gave more evidence about this drink, saying that it came in a 'double vial glass' and that 'either the colour of the glass or the water was green'.

~ The Bewitching of Anne Gunter, James Sharpe

It's an excellent study of one of the best documented witchcraft cases in England, in the early 1600's.
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

GingerOne

"So, how do you feel about it, Nick?"
Sweet as can be, but I bite.
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Lilias

'A horrible sort of rotten smell.'
--Sally Nicholls, All Fall Down
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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Valerian

This substitution of metal for stone cannot be mere coincidence, but must be the result of a process of technological progress that is an indication (and a direct result) of the genuine symbiosis between the two regions.

~The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Ian Shaw, ed.
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Lilias

'The result was that she seemed artlessly charming without appearing to invite more than good-natured banter in return for her own.'
--Charles de Lint, Wolf Moon
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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Avis habilis

It is extremely fast and is the best choice for NT clients local to the server machine (under Win 9x, the Shared Memory NetLib is the best option).

--Robert Vieira, Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming

Lilias

'A beloved home made over to others; all the precious rooms and furniture, groves, and prospects, beginning to own other eyes and other limbs!'
--Jane Austen, Persuasion
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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Valerian

Some eccentric pains-in-the-ass.

::)

Deadlocked, by Joel Goldman
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Lilias

'They tied her to a post in the yard and scourged her, then shoved her out the gate naked and bloody.'
--George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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bubby

'Why ask questions if there's nothing to be done?'
--Mark Lawrence King of Thorns

Lilias

'To come right out and speak of it would feel like breaking a promise.'
--Charles de Lint, The Wild Wood
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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Blythe

I feel nerdy, but the book nearest me was:

Pokémon Black and Pokémon White Versions: Official National Pokedex.
"Compared to Politoed, Poliwrath has higher Attack and Defense."

Valerian

"Yes," he said, "that's the danger moment."

Agatha Christie, Destination Unknown
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Lilias

'He seems pleased.'
--Sally Nicholls, Season of Secrets
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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Dovel

'She knew for sure then that the magic was real, and that she could use it on anyone she wished.'

- Terry Brooks, Running with the Demon
Now we live, tomorrow not
Enjoy your pleasures, lest they rot
Let not them pass this very day
For on the morrow regret may with you stay



SilverSun

"Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created the mess you got yourself into in the first place."

Illusions by Richard Bach :)
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Lilias

'If the name ends in an 'iz' sound, an exception is made:'
--Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

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HannibalBarca

"And some of them fell ill.  Mentally.  Permanently.  Not violently insane, but--divorced from reality.  Some have improved with time, but none, as far as I know, have recovered completely.  It is, apparently, not contagious, and they are taken care of on Rotor--quietly."

--Nemesis, Isaac Asimov
“Those who lack drama in their
lives strive to invent it.”   ― Terry Masters
"It is only when we place hurdles too high to jump
before our characters, that they learn how to fly."  --  Me
Owed/current posts
Sigs by Ritsu

Lilias

'It's a good idea, but there's no time and no sticky tape either.'
--Liz Pichon, Tom Gates: Best Book Day Ever (So Far)
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

Double Os <> Double As (updated Feb 20) <> The Hoard <> 50 Tales 2024 <> The Lab <> ELLUIKI