Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Entries for week of March 16-22
Entry 1
Excerpt from Reluctance by Robert Frost
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
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Entry 2
"Beware the ides of March."
Julius Caesar – Act I, Scene II, Line 17
William Shakespeare
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Entry 3
God's Wheel by Shel Silverstein
GOD says to me with a kind
of smile, "Hey how would you like
to be God awhile And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"
"Gimme back that wheel," says GOD.
"I don't think you're quite ready YET."
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Entry 4
Lucretius (c.99-c.55 BCE) "The way things are"
Never suppose the atoms had a plan,
Not with wise intelligence imposed
An order on themselves, nor in some pact
Agreed what movements each should generate.
No, it was all fortuitous...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Weekly Winner: March 1, 2009
Entry 2 -- Passage from Les Miserables
Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
Victor Hugo
Poll Results
Entry 1 -- 2 (15%)
Entry 2 -- 5 (38%)
Entry 3 -- 3 (23%)
Entry 4 -- 3 (23%)
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