A quotation from Douglas Adams
“You,” said Sally Mills, “are very strange.”
“Only,” said Dirk, “as strange as I need to be.”
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Dirk Gently, No. 2, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, ch. 10 (1988)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/74183/
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A quotation from Ursula K. Le Guin
Strange roads have strange guides.
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) American writer
The Farthest Shore, “Lorbanery” [Sparrowhawk] (1972)
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A quotation from Nicolas Chamfort
The most absurd customs and the most ridiculous ceremonies are everywhere excused by an appeal to the phrase, but that’s the tradition. This is exactly what the Hottentots say when Europeans ask them why they eat grasshoppers and devour their body lice. That’s the tradition, they explain.
[Les coutumes les plus absurdes, les étiquettes les plus ridicules, sont en France et ailleurs sous la protection de ce mot: c’est l’usage. C’est précisément ce même mot que répondent les Hottentots, quand les Européens leur demandent pourquoi ils mangent des sauterelles, pourquoi ils dévorent la vermine dont ils sont couverts. Ils disent aussi: c’est l’usage.]
Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)
Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],” ch. 3, ¶ 249 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)]
Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/377…
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A quotation from Adams, Douglas:
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“You,” said Sally Mills, “are very strange.”
“Only,” said Dirk, “as strange as I need to be.”
»
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https://wist.info/adams-douglas/74183/
Saw this weird optical effect this morning. The lantern is an illusion, though the bracket it’s hanging on is real.
Completely unedited image.
New issue of Kzoo Star dropped :)
Enjoy some #weirdness, #strangeness, and odd #humor? Like it in a semi-flyer-newsletter format? Like it #free because the first 10 of anything on #Vella is free?
You might like my nonsense!
A quotation from Byron, George Gordon, Lord:
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‘T is strange — but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction; if it could be told,
How much would novels gain by the exchange!
How differently the world would men behold!
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/byron/71562/
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Dear Friends of #swearing at ones #computer,
I hear #Cantonese is best for this. However as an #imaginary #aquatic and C #critter, I tend to blow bubbles in my human form. 😇
e.g.
1. "Bless my #footsies, the #computerverse is doing #strangeness"
2. "Oh damn, jam and sugar"
3. "Excuse me #computerperson, I need to ice #scream into a pillow... for an hour"
Sadly my #expletives are more #colourful :ablobcatcoffee: and may #frighten the #cosmos :blobangery:
#47023 #vampire #hunter #energy #experimental #photography #comiccons #karmic #strangeness #generativeart #hashtag #signal #current #messages
On being better, not great
A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:
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#Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with; as if, observes our author himself, any originality but our own could be expected to content us! In fact all strange thing are apt, without fault of theirs, to estrange us at first view, and unhappily scarcely anything is perfectly plain, but what is…
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https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/63672/
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Once reductionist entanglements are sufficiently disentangled through experimental measurements or observations, science finds the summated, bigger picture of everyday reality it started from as the curiosity to look.
- Chris Handrahan
https://www.iflscience.com/highest-energy-detection-of-quantum-entanglement-achieved-yet-70918
#StitchedInkMedia #Science #Nature #Entanglement #Reality #Environment #QuantumWorld #Quantum #Observations #Energy #Strangeness #Spooky
You know perhaps it's just me, but lately many people in my entourage seem to have lost patience. They are quick to judge, make rash decisions and generally have become rather unpleasant. #friendship #strangeness #intolerance #impatience
Hmmmmm… Cat is showing a lot of interest in brand-new sets of #TommyJohn underwear set out for laundering! Sniffing, rolling, pawing? Maybe she’ll become a lap cat after this. Maybe that’s not a good thing! #cat #feline #underwear #strangeness
Part two of the divine apparitions blogpost I felt that this account deserved a post of its own with commentary as it touched me while reading it.
https://memorablehistories.blogspot.com/2023/07/divine-apparitions-part-2.html
#folklore #blog #treatises #16thcentury #strangeness #Deathfolklore #HighStrangeness #histodon #history #religioushistory #religion
Continuation on yesterday's post about demonic apparitions. Today we continue with a two part post on 16th century divine apparitions.
https://memorablehistories.blogspot.com/2023/07/divine-apparitions.html
#folklore #blog #treatises #16thcentury #strangeness #Deathfolklore #HighStrangeness #histodon #history #religioushistory #religion
A rather long blog post today about several accounts of demonic possessions and various actions attributed to the devil. Everything from meowing nuns to lost knives.
https://memorablehistories.blogspot.com/2023/07/satanical-apparitions.html
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