January 2009
16 posts
friends, until I delete you →
this is just good journalism
cy⋅no⋅sure
–noun
1. something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.: the cynosure of all eyes.
2. something serving for guidance or direction.
Origin: 1590–1600; from L Cynosura from Gk Kynosoura the constellation Ursa Minor, equiv. to kynos dog’s (gen. of kyon) + oura tail.
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john updike, protean writer, dead at 76 →
“I see the living beings in the six paths,
how poor and distressed they are,...”
– Lotus Sutra, book II
can't help it. this is hilare →
barack obama: defender of the foia →
my new foggy bottom neighbor →
