Thursday, December 20, 2007

"Jean Rhys said in an interview in Paris Review, 'Listen to me. All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. And there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys. All that matters is feeding the lake. I don't matter. The lake matters. You must keep feeding the lake.'" -- Madeleine L'Engle

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

"Slippery slopes have been the topic of a spate of recent literature. In this Article, the authors provide a general theory for understanding and evaluating slippery slope arguments and their associated slippery slope events."

The Camel's Nose Is in the Tent: Rules, Theories, and Slippery Slopes

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

"We're a pro-leisure and anti-wage-slavery group of people dedicated to exploring the question: why work?

We actively promote alternatives to the wage slavery mindset and what we call "The Cult of the Job" which automatically equates having a job with making a living..."

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