Sweetness.
July 8, 2008
A domain, host, wordpress & this classy ShinRa House theme – took all of 40 minutes, and here we are, I am now a blogizen.
I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes:
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” – Oscar Wilde.
And a picture of Baffin Island, a place that appears to offer some incredible views & isolation, the sort that makes one inspired:
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I offer a view from the other end of the spectrum:
“When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if earth could say in a voice floating up, perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, it is done, people did not like it here.”
Kurt Vonnegut
Along those lines:
http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
I reckon you’d be better off rising from the Mariana Trench, since that’s closer to the core.
Cheers,
Zubin.
Allow me sir to say that it is rather late in the evening and hence while I did glance over rather briefly at the URL you provided, I do not have the patience to read it in it’s entirety. I dont think Kurt was concerned about the core, after all the trench is rather organic. On the other hand, the canyon is in many ways lifeless and hence resembles a carrion. However, this is a conversation given the fact that we have different approaches to the human model, might stem to be a rather interesting one. I bid thee good night!!
There is honor in knowing where one stands, so I can respect that aspect
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It just felt logical to have Earth exhale from closer to its heart (the core) and thus I chose the deepest point known to man.
Have a good evening. The Asimov story is an excellent one… and worth a full post’s worth of analysis. Read it when you get a moment!
Asimov is truly a great author and I have enjoyed his work. Nice story, I like the way he framed it.
“It just felt logical to have Earth exhale from closer to its heart (the core) and thus I chose the deepest point known to man.”
Fair enough.
Have you read “Man without a Country”. It is an excellent read and Kurt’s final book. He is considered to be the modern Mark Twain and his books truly are amazing. He was a humanist and I sort of agree with his view that as a species we are nothing but a plague on the planet and the earth would be better off without our presence. But then again, I am cynical while you seem to be more of an optimist!!
True, I have not read that one – but I think I will. Mark Twain is pretty rarefied territory
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We’re all optimists, you’re just optimistic about humanity ending
Indeed. It is all about framing!!
good site mwajoz