fortuna non grata

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@@ -32769,14 +32769,14 @@ Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.
 ~
 Those who get too big for their briches will be exposed in the end.  -- Anon.
 ~
-We're not talking about the same thing," he said.  "For you the world is weird
+"We're not talking about the same thing," he said.  "For you the world is weird
 because if you're not bored with it you're at odds with it.  For me the world
 is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my
 interest has been to convince you that you must accept responsibility for being
 here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous
 time.  I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count,
 since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for
-witnessing all the marvels of it.
+witnessing all the marvels of it."
   -- Don Juan, Yaqui Shaman
 ~
 Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
@@ -42640,4 +42640,29 @@ effort are in the heap of wisdom awareness;
 full liberation.
   -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation", published by Shambhala
      Publications
+~
+i try to think of 10,008 impossible things before breakfast,
+and i'm near ecstatic if any of those is worth writing down.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+businesses or products mashed up with despots:
+- fidelity castro
+- mao zeding-dong
+- pol potstickers
+- donald trump
+~
+Relaxing in the midst of chaos,
+learning not to panic--this is the spiritual path.
+  -- Pema Chödrön, "When Things Fall Apart"
+~
+Driving all blames into oneself applies whenever we complain about anything,
+even that our coffee is cold or the bathroom is dirty.  We may think that we
+are the voice of the world, that we are speaking on behalf of others, but we
+are simply speaking on behalf of ourselves.  According to this slogan,
+everything is due to our own ego fixation, which makes us very vulnerable.
+Consequently, we provide an ideal target.  We get hit, but nobody meant to hit
+us--we are actually inviting the bullets.
+  -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma: The
+     Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion", published by Shambhala
+     Publications