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Month: August 2010

The Stranger Inside

Posted on August 29, 2010October 11, 2022 by KZ

One of my favorite stand-up comedians, Emo Philips, tells a relatively benign joke that kind of creeps me out whenever I think about it: “I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.” The connection between the brain, consciousness, and human…

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Someday Soon

Posted on August 15, 2010October 11, 2022 by KZ

I can’t wait. One day far or near into the future, my words will be re-spoken, awakening a memory of significance in motion, salvation through a Creator of my choice, and followers will find meaning through my ludicrous insistence, instances of miracles and revelations which awaken old passions and which dull the inner cries, independent…

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It was a long time before anyone spoke. Out of the corner of his eye Phouchg could see the sea of tense expectant faces down in the square outside. "We're going to get lynched, aren't we?" he whispered. "It was a tough assignment," said Deep Thought mildly. "Forty-two!" yellwed Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?" "I checked it very thoroughly, said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."~Douglas AdamsSource: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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