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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.

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If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

with a bamboo splinter

I get a daily haiku by Kobayashi Issa. Some are more memorable than others, of course, but I found this one almost unbearably poignant:

with a bamboo splinter
practicing calligraphy...
the stepchild

Get your own daily Issa!

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You cannot leave. You cannot drop the armor now. Why? Because you are needed, more than ever. You are mandatory to keep the energy flowing, the karmic vibrator buzzing, to keep the progressive and lucid half of the nation breathing and healthy and awake and ever reaching out to the half that's wallowing in fear and violence and homophobia and sexual dread, hoping to find harmony instead of cacophony, common ground instead of civil war, some sort of a shared love of a country so messy and internationally disrespected and openly confused its own president can't even speak the language.

After all, you don't hand over all your children the first time the flying monkeys bang on your door...

It's far from over. The tunnel is just a little darker -- and longer -- than we imagined.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

with a bamboo splinter

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