..., can I help you? Tiny the kitten was abandoned by his mom… http://bit.ly/4RhPPZ 18:26:55 : RT @alaindebotton: The impatience of the reader is the major and fascinating artistic challenge of the age. 18:27:30 : RT @alaindebotton: As calm is impossible, the trick seems to be to identify the most fruitful ways to worry. 18:27:57 :...
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... you when you came back to life." #shitmywifesays 20:10:13 : RT @iheartquotes: If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. - Epictetus | RT @BenNance 22:29:36 : RT @alaindebotton: A quick way to judge character: imagine how much you'd like to be a given person's child 22:42:48 : NYT: Viruses That Leave Victims Red in the Facebook - http://bit.ly/7qscO1 23:05:...
.... 22:10:23 : @ sushuma Speaking of such things, what do you use? 22:10:49 : RT @alaindebotton: Complete freedom problematic. Real freedom means being denied the opportunity to do most of what we desire. Being wil ... 22:11:23 : RT @alaindebotton: Only if we had believed that God once existed would the recognition of God's non-existence mean that ...
Alain takes on a tour of some of the causes of Status Anxiety , mainly focussing on our need for acceptance within our social group and how money has changed the way that acceptance is perceived, and on the ways to think about it such that you can control it rather than it controlling you. This is an interesting book providing a light read containing some food for thought about how we view ...
Old friend mL and I saw Alain de Botton in conversationlast night at the NY Public Library. He discussed his new book, the Pleasures and Sorrows of Work; http://www.alaindebotton.com/work/index.asp Mr. de Botton was so well spoken, it was frightening. But truly, it was a wonderful talk. We then went to a very good Chinese place and had a very good, albeit late dinner. ***** Speaking of work...
The begetter of Noel phantasies sat at his trestle table, his grot urchins were the followers of popular childrens ' literature. And Santa - aka Anthony Horowitz - took the problem to agitate firmly each immature paw after they holded passed 40 transactions queuing to hold their transcripts of Cemetery and Point Blanc personally subscribed. Most appeared to be white blazer-wearing...