January 2010
43 posts
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most...”
– ~Charles W. Eliot (via ilovereadingandwriting)
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Charity is Social (The Frontal Cortex) →
psychotherapy:
The real question, of course, is what this scanning experiment can teach us about the psychology of charity, apart from giving us a few new acronyms to reference. Here’s Hare, et. al.:
One basic hypothesis that has been proposed in behavioral economics is that the amount given to a charity depends solely on the giver’s preferences for that donation. The functional connectivity...
things i did today that could sound like they come...
indieuh:
-Walked through the Tuileries in a long black coat through the snow. -Took the Métro from Rue de la Pompe, transferred at FDR, then got off at Concorde -Sat on a bench. Looked to my right, Les Invalides. Looked to my left, the Eiffel Tower. -Ate a lunch of baguette with cheese and a coffee in a cafe on Rue de Rivoli. -Sketched some drawings of the Louvre while sitting in the Tuileries...
“oh-well-i-poked-it-when-i-was-sleeping-in-Tagaytay-Highlands-then-I-made-a-big-sn...”
– BO, 2009
(in response to the simple “hey, you have an ouwie on your nose.”)
Win a Free Boracay Vacation Package by WOW... →
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colors of the... erm. hills. →
i got home at around 7pm after watching sherlock holmes with nikki this afternoon and my facebook homepage greeted me with 6 personal messages and a variety of colors as my female friends’ stats. upon opening my inbox, i saw that i had more or less 4 versions of the following message…
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Some fun is going on…. just write the color of your bra in your status. Just the...
Write one leaf about your favorite poem
writeoneleaf:
If you don’t have a favorite poem, go get one.
Or write one.
Or write one leaf about why you don’t read poetry, but do not write one leaf about why you don’t read poetry without first reading some poetry, because if you do, you will likely be making assumptions about poetry that are untrue.
oh i have lots, but i’ll share just this one:
Sonnet LXXXI, Pablo Neruda
And now...
Write one leaf about Epiphany.
(via writeoneleaf)
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i see epiphanies as lightbursts amidst entropy, realizations that suddenly make sense of crappy situations. from calculus seatworks to career paths, epiphanies arrive like the much-awaited-for hero protagonist, saving the day. phew.
my favorite kind? that what you’ve known all along, and finally gathered the courage to accept. nothing is more liberating than...
To all pinoy photographers!
ajalikes:
haoson:
invaderxim:
A petition for freedom of public photography
Today, there are existing restrictions limiting public photography in several parts of Metro Manila. Some places may require permits that take forever to process, while others simply won’t allow it. There have even been several reported instances of harassment by police or security personnel on photographers,...
