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Kate, I was not going to take the time to answer because I didn't want to get distracted. But did appreciate reading you thoughts because I, too, get distracted. My first thought to your question.... More »
Is : Anyway, I thought I wrote this in my post, encompassing all that ranting in a much shorter sentence: “Generally speaking, western post-modernism refutes thing-ness basically because it's a fun intellectual game [usual outcome:... More »
Christophe: Well I should add that this Clown was the Nemesis for that specific episode; he stole the colors of everyone. Thank you, Christophe. I had kind of gathered he had done something bad because... More »
Hi Ed, "You make it sound like I had a religious conversion, shaved my head, donned saffron robes, rejected rational argument and now run around city streets chanting and dancing while clinging mini-cymbals between my... More »
I like the layers & layers here ... let's give Tharlam a nudge Jenny! The young man was terrified. Standing on the streets of Times Square for the first time, he vividly recalled horror stories... More »
Today makes 16 years since I last saw my mother alive. Yet, as I sit here and think about it, I remember the days before and after as if it were yesterday. I had... More »
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Glad you liked the crystal, Hillora. Lol, my house is full of them. They're tucked away in windowsills, sitting on bookshelfs, hanging on the wall, sitting on the floors, neatly organized in boxes, and tumbled... More »
Could you show a ny discussion of thisor explain it yourself?How do you differentiate between “truth as a pathless land” and postmodern flatland/ “nobody tells me what to do”? Truth is a pathless land. Simply... More »
Flatland is a subtle reductionism, if I remember correctly, collapsing the UL to the UR for instance. So it is not a denial of hierarchy but a denial of interiors. Instead of interiors you get... More »
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‘Jorge Rafael De Posada was born on August 17,1971 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. From a very young age, Jorge Posada showed a tremendous aptitude for sports and particularly for baseball. He attended the Alejandrino High... More »
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Last night i had a wosodm tooth pulled. I bight some ibuprofen, which seemed less drug-liek than whatever it is that they wrote aprescription for. Sice i cannot read Korean, i went witht he ibuprofen. ... More »
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This is a fictional assignment for the Diving Deeper Pod. The assignment was to download a random plot from a plot generator and write for thirty minutes based on this random plot. This is the... More »
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This Is the Buddha’s Love Melvin McLeod interviews Thich Nhat Hanh The great Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh talks about non-self, interdependence, and the love that expands until it has no limit. "If the foot... More »
TextMage
My sloth. On February 15th 2009, I abandoned my sloth. I loved that sloth like a basketball, but he had to go. I will miss him. Maybe he has an attractive sister that I can... More »
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I live to create art. It is the most important thing in my life. I find it everywhere I look. I can hear it in daily sounds and music. I see it through movement and... More »
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Drive to Medlock Place . Look for a parking spot not in front of a house so you don't find key impression on your car or a frying egg on the blazing hot hood: it's... More »
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Tips On Shifting To A Career With Soul How To Discover and Incorporate What You Are Passionate About This is a topic close to my heart because I’m actually in the process of trying to... More »
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We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless. . . . We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models.
These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.
Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.
One day in the middle of an important examination in high school, the point of my lead pencil broke. In those days we used pocket knives to sharpen our pencils. I had forgotten my penknife and turned to ask a neighbor for his. The teacher saw this; he accused me of cheating. When I tried to explain, he gave me a tongue-lashing for lying; worse, he forbade me to play on the basketball team in the upcoming game. I could see that the more I protested the angrier he seemed to become. But again and again I stubbornly told what had happened. Even when the coach pleaded my cause, the teacher refused to budge. The disgrace was almost more than I could bear. Then, just minutes before the game, he had a change of heart and I was permitted to play. But there was no joy in it. We lost the game; and though that hurt, by far the deeper pain was being branded a cheat and a liar. Looking back. I know that lesson was God-sent. Character is shaped in just such crucibles. My parents believed me: they were understanding and encouraging. Supported by them and a clear conscience, I began to realize that when you are at peace with your Maker you can, if not ignore human criticism, at least rise above it. And I learned something else - the importance of avoiding even the appearance of evil. Though I was innocent, circumstance made me look guilty. Since this could so easily be true in many of life's situations, I made a resolution to keep even the appearance of my actions above question, as far as possible. And it struck me, too, that if this injustice happened to me, it could happen to others, and I must not judge their actions simply on appearances.
Nothing worthwhile or long-lasting can be achieved without hard work. Former basketball great Sen. Bill Bradley once said that during his Princeton days, his father would tell him, "Son, when you're not out practicing, someone else is. And when you meet that person, he's going to beat you."
Possession of the ball is the key to winning in football, basketball, and the game of life.
I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.
Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game--and life--will take care of itself.
In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way. Of course, it's no accident that things are more likely to go your way when you stop worrying about whether you're going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what's happening right this moment.
When told by James Naismith, the sport's inventor, that basketball couldn't be coached: Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves.
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