Minibun's tail was bittin off in a fight with something... WTF?!
Month: September 2012
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Something Poetic
On Vengeance:
The Illiad by Homer
Translation by Richmond Lattimore
Song 21; Page 442, Lines 260-273"Then looking darkly upon Hector, swift-footed Achilles answered: 'Hector, argue me no arguments. I cannot forgive you. As there are no trustworthy oaths between men and lions, nor wolves and lambs have spirit that can be brought to agreement, but forever hold feelings of hate for each other, so there can b
e no love between you and I. Nor shall there be oaths between us, one or the other must fall before then to glut with his blood Ares, the god who fights under the shield's guard. Remember every valour of yours, for now the need comes hardest upon you to be a spearman and a bold warrior. There shall be no more escape for you, for Pallas Athena will kill you soon by my spear. You will pay in a lump for all those sorrows of my companions you killed in your spear's fury."On Growing Old, Loves Lost:
"When You Are Old" by William Butler Yeats:
"When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love, false or true?
But one man loved the pilgrim's soul inyou,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars."On a final sort of Devotion:
"Five billion years from now, maybe to the day,
the sun burns ninety percent of its hydrogen. A balance is destroyed.
More energy is created than released. Quickly, in a few million years,
the sun radiates all of its potential power. The star swells. Mercury, Venus,
the Earth... disappear. Swallowed. The sun truly, finally, touches the
sky. Life vanisheseons ago."Eventually, the sun shrinks, decreasing to the size of the Earth,
which reappears from the Red Dwarf's grasp. With no gravity to hold
it, the Earth slowly floats away."Elsewhere, stars are born. Other star systems - older, larger -
continue to breathe. The solar system dies of crib death. If that's
what it takes, then okay. If I must wait that long, then all right.
Because when I think of this, nothing is more desirable than the
hope of watching that last day when the sun flickers out, with you
beside me. We'll sit alone on a dark chunk of ice at the top of the
world, and the stars above, beyond and between us will never shine
brighter as we drift away into space."I am more than the sum of my experiences and knowledge, but far less than I wish I could be.
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Pholicious
Gonna try to make some Pho noodle soup this weekend. All are welcome to come by and sample some.
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Smarter than the average bun
Black rabbit was chillin in her old cage, so I simple slammed the door shut and locked it. But now that she's incarcerated she gets free food and water... I wonder who's the smarter one?
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Circle of Life
Working in the yard cleaning up after remaining little rabbits, when one of the loose ones (Sleepy, the black one) blitzes past me in a panic. I walk out to see what spooked her and I see one of the local stray cats run away. Well, you bitches wanted out, that's what you get.
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