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07
Jan
2009
8 degrees of Charity according to Moses Maimonides

13 hours ago by Logan Felonious

Bottom Level: Giving to a poor person unwillingly. It is better not to give at all. Seventh Level: Giving to a poor person with a glad heart and a smile. Sixth Level: Giving to a poor person after being asked. Fifth Level: Giving to a poor person before being asked. Fourth Level: Not knowing who you ...

Sojourning Boston - sojourningboston.blogspot.com · 1 reference

Thought

1 day ago by Volker The Fiddler

It is a fact commonly known, that one cannot have sexy-thoughts while one's brother is singing songs from Hello, Dolly!. Unfortunately, this statement isn't pithy enough to become an aphorism.

Chide, Chode, Chidden - volkerthefiddler.blogspot.com · Rank: 56,104 · 4 references

06
Jan
2009
The war begins and so does the blogging challenge

1 day ago by Jim

As the Pangandamans and the Dela Paz’s trade suit, Hamas and Israel trade rockets with increasing number of civilian casualties. This is the analogy that first came to my mind after being a part of Philippine blogging history. It is an off-tangent analogy but I was wondering what’s next after bloggi ...

Blogbastic! - jimcaro.wordpress.com · Rank: 196,468 · 18 references

05
Jan
2009
Monday Aphorism: Life, A Gift

2 days ago by Harvey

A couple of years ago, while driving to my place of work with my just grown-up daughter, we were hit from the side and behind by a large truck. Carried along for an interminable hundred feet or yards, she gained control of the small auto and we came to rest beside the freeway, plowing down [...]

HarveySarles.com - harveysarles.com · 1 reference

Why Twitter?: Philosophical, Artistic, and Practical Implications

3 days ago by Adam Tramantano

As a recent and—relatively speaking—moderate twitter user, I agree that there are many trivial tweets going around the twittersphere. I use twitter for two main reasons: 1. To practice brevity... My main purpose in blogging is to gain an audience for my writing. The 140 character limit offers me a w ...

New York Philosopher - nyphilosopher.com · 1 reference

04
Jan
2009
Aphorisms

3 days ago by Lew

Usually an aphorism is a concise statement containing a subjective truth or observation cleverly and pithily written… Try these out! • says a “Freudian Slip” is when you say one thing but mean your mother. • says madness takes its toll. Please have exact change ready. • says when cryptography is out ...

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books99

3 days ago by books99

Molti uomini avrebbero potuto raggiungere la sapienza se non avessero presunto di esservi già giunti. Lucio Anneo Seneca

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A year Down Under and away from the Pearl of the East

3 days ago by Jim

A full year Down Under and two years away from my native soil. I do miss the Philippines and this blog helped me connect with anything that’s from the Philippines and thereby relieve homesickness (I do have my family here but you miss some things that is uniquely Philippines!–balot, kwek-kwek, mami, ...

Blogbastic! - jimcaro.wordpress.com · Rank: 196,468 · 18 references

03
Jan
2009
Think Upon These Things!

4 days ago by Unabashed

A. Unabashed Pacifist: Peace came to me in a vision. “I am near,” she said. How will I know? I thought. “Have no fear,” she said. B. Unabashed Christian: Holy One, On the trip to your side, we can encounter obstacles of weather and terrain that send us on dangerous and costly detours. But now we are ...

An Open Mind - ronmartin-adkins.blogspot.com

02
Jan
2009
Fancy

5 days ago by pedrogadanho

The world out there doesn’t like fancy talk too much. But everybody seems to fancy a good idea.

shrapnel contemporary - shrapnelcontemporary.wordpress.com

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