November 2009
“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”
—Tom Robbins (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Anyone can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way—that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy.”
—Aristotle (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”
—Marcel Pagnol (via julie911) (via quote-book)
“The success of love is in the loving—it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.”
—Mother Teresa (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
“It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.”
—G. H. Hardy (via quote-book)
Texas Accidentally Bans Straight Marriage →
newser.com
The geniuses who wrote Texas’ gay marriage ban may have accidentally banned all marriage in the state, according to one Houston lawyer. Subsection B of the ban, a constitutional amendment ratified in 2005, states, “This state…may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.” The intent was to prevent even civil unions for gay couples—but it doesn’t actually specify the “gay” part…
“a Marine reservist in Florida mistook a visiting Greek Orthodox priest for a “terrorist” and beat him with a tire iron. The reservist (who was indeed white) made all sorts of wild claims — that the priest yelled “Allahu Akbar,” that he made a lewd hand gesture… claims that have been widely refuted. What really happened is this: The Greek priest, Father Alexios Marakis, was visiting Florida for the purpose of blessing another priest. He got lost while driving, and pulled over to ask for help. He was dressed in a robe and did not speak English very well, so the Marine, Jasen Bruce (who is sticking to his story and refuses to apologize) got freaked out and beat the crap out of him.”
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stuff white people do: mistake greeks for arabs, arabs for muslims, and muslims for terrorists
to be alive is to be PISSED OFF.
