Autumnilia: Arty-facts

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Arty-facts

The big stone head in the photo (no, the other one) is a Moai, a ceremonial stone figure from Easter Island that is currently on exhibit at the Marunouchi Building in central Tokyo, where I work. This Moai is one of 887 of the Rapu Nui statues and is on loan to mark the fifth anniversary of the building, ( http://www.marunouchi.com/festival/) which is a pretty neat place to eat, shop and work, by the way, and the 10th anniversary of whatever it is the Chilean-Japan friendship organization has been doing for the past decade. Now that I don't have such a high cost of living to deal with, I might spring for a related event, a Chile food and wine fair, at the Imperial Hotel. Cheers.
There's more about the history of Easter Island civilization and the big stone monuments on the PBS Web site:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/civilization/giants.html

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Great Thoughts of the Moment

"Arguing with a zealot is only slightly easier than tunneling through a mountain with your forehead."
"You can live for many causes, but you can only die for one. Pick that one very carefully."
"Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now."
"Hyenas laugh becasue they know what's coming next."
"When I was 5 years old my mom told me the key to life is happiness. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wrote down "Happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment and I told them they didnt understand life."
"Gun control is being able to hit your target."
"Going to church, temple, mosque or synagogue doesn't make you religious any more than standing in a garage makes you a car."
"Some people are alive today only because it's illegal to shoot them."
"The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes."
"Never take yourself too seriously, and mock those who do."
"Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling. "
"When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. "
``Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.''
"Sacred cows make the best hamburger. "
"I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers. "
"Procrastination gives you something to look forward to."
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices"
"It takes 46 muscles to frown but only four to flip 'em the bird."
"Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully."
"Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer. "
''Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
''The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.''
"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm."
"The fisherman knows that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.'' (Vincent Van Gogh)"
''People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.''
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. "

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Arty-facts

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The Road Not Taken