Musings of an Idle Brain

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Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller.

George Orwell, 1984.

Go ahead '♥' this

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ohfuckyeahmemes:

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Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

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The Brethren - John Grisham

Finished reading "The Brethren". Lame predictable plot, I figured it out in approx. 50 pages of the book.

Very simple language and not thought provoking but I don't think it is meant to be. It feels like the book was written to be made into a movie.

The only good thing is that it is very easy to read, you can just keep on reading and reading, stop anywhere and pick it up later. Very few characters and even fewer details to remember.  Would be excellent for a train journey or something like that.

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idontgetitdoyou:

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Brilliant comics :)

 It is so pathetically sad that I get this. omg.

She is dating a sentry which 'hallucinated' an appropriate zealot to meet with her parents :)) 

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Brilliant comics :)

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Amen!

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I am bored. Seriously seriously bored. So I copied an old Tag post from IV to pass time. Bought everyone in the bar a drink – No Swam in the actual sea – Tried as best I could Climbed a mountain –...

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whosvincent:

Black Bandit

I must have it!

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Dueling Cellists Play "Smooth Criminal"

Soo good

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biancavirina:

CLICK THE SQUARES.

THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

THIS THIS THIS THIS!

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Citizen Cope ft. Carlos Santana - Sideways

Awesome coding song

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I love books and technology but this comic explains why having a book in your hand is so much better than iCrap.

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Swimming Day 13: Finale

( Written well after the events transpired )  

The last day of training. Nothing was taught. We just swam around, having fun.

All the things I failed at yesterday seemed easy. I realized that I had too much air in my lungs when I was underwater and I wasn't exhaling all of it out. This was the reason of all the problems. Because there was already so much air, any more that I tired to inhale went in the stomach and that doesn't help at all.

Once this was fixed, all was good.

I even learned butterfly stroke by observing more experienced people in the pool. It was surprisingly easy, easy on the motion of the arms and legs, sufficient time to breathe; but incredibly tiring.

I had a lot of fun, even tried to lap the length of the pool but could only get a little over half way. Then did a couple of laps of the breadth.

Now I need to find a pool that I can visit regularly.