6885 - The first eater is like the latter eater?

I was right, seasons do bring change. I can see color returning to the world, and I hope for more warmth, though the sun is retreating from the earth. I have a heart full of hope, reds, browns and ornj.

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Proverb in the Kaonde Language:

Baja bantu bajila, pakuba baja nwena, baseka.
Those who eat people, cry; those who eat a crocodile, laugh.
Explanation: We rejoice when our enemies are killed, but we cry when our friends are killed.

Lesotho/South Africa

Mpa-tsehla ha e bolaee.
Translation: A full belly does not kill.
Explanation: Food without clothing is better than clothing without food.

Mo-ja-pele o ts'oana le mo-ja-morao.
Translation: The first eater is like the latter eater.
Explanation: Waiting time is the time that pays best.

'Mele oa motho e mong ke chaba se hole.
Translation: Somebody else's body is a far-away nation.
Explanation: What is experienced by one cannot be experienced by others.

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Sadly Jumped the shark - Penn & Teller, George Carlin, Harlan Ellison. The pissed-off and snarky revealer of truth bit has worn thin, and made you guys look petty and mean.

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City of Heroes First update is *sharp*. Well-timed, too. I like Eastgate, and the newly revised martial arts.

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Am I weird for finding this robotoic pet blanket cute, rather than creepy?

"Nicholas Stedman’s Blanket is a robotic sculpture in the form of a blanket that crawls around a space, finds people there and crawl over to and on top of them, "like a pet." "

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1 year ago - regmon, 1911 pedia, giant squid eco, worst jobs in science (I get this quoted in scientific american!), micrographica, bodiless dancer, newtie pix, wwi gallery,

2 years ago - minipainting, break-in dream, palm monster pix, many, many newtie pix

3 years ago - nose art, monchichi, yahoo and bad linkies, wonderful chat with mi Moonflower.

4 years ago - vote rant, notepad, rocking faces on my magic couch.

6886 - nature

Direct Hit by Ivan Could Sink New Orleans

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/vulnerable_new_orleans

NEW ORLEANS - The worst-case scenario for New Orleans — a direct strike by a full-strength Hurricane Ivan — could submerge much of this historic city treetop-deep in a stew of sewage, industrial chemicals and fire ants, and the inundation could last for weeks, experts say.

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Severe flooding in area bayous also forces out wildlife, including poisonous snakes and stinging fire ants, which sometimes gather in floating balls carried by the current.

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I want to see a floating ball of snakes and ants. I don't wish destruction on anyone, but that critter-sphere sounds nifty... strange seeing it mentioned as such a casual happenstance.

6887 - florida road this morning

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