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Quotations

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"
--Jack Kerouac On the Road

Before he was many days old he was not only looking like a mouse but acting like one, too -- wearing a gray hat and carrying a small cane.
--E. B. White

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
--Frank Herbert, Dune
"Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear"

Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!
--J.R.R. Tolkien

Intial blog post

I started this blog early on the morning of June 13, 2004, with an eye toward a personal experiment: what would a net-accessible set of notes be like? What would it be worth to me? Can I use it as a repository, or does it just devolve into random rants, as do so many other blogs??

It's an experiment! Let's see.
- Dan -