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Cake day: October 8th, 2023

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  • Brings to mind the bene gesserit litany against fear:

    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

    I often pair with:

    It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

    Which is a nice allegory for most any chemical stimulant (coffee).


    Everything is true, nothing is permitted.

    Nothing is true, everything is permitted.













  • Grew up in a community that was whiter than yours was black.

    4th grade was exciting: we had a new, native American student in my class! Everyone else was white. There were two adopted kids in my neighborhood that were brownish, raised quite white (islander and South American). The only black people in the city played for the university football team.

    Moved away from there, did most of my work in music. Many black, Hispanic & Asian coworkers, some friends.

    
    
    I'm back in my birth city now. Black & Hispanic people are now established portions of the population of the city.