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	<title>Beautiful Cynicism III</title>
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	<description>Someday, emerging at last from the violent insight</description>
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		<title>Beauty in truth</title>
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On ne connaît jamais mieux une chose que par son manque.
-Christian Bobin
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		<link>http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/beauty-in-truth-2650/</link>
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		<title>Inner voice</title>
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If we could know each other&#8217;s deepest, most innermost thoughts, feelings, and fleeting desires, we would all run screaming from one another. Sometimes, we need not know everything; sometimes we need our human ignorance. Sometimes the darkness is a needed friend, even &#8211; or especially &#8211; when what we don&#8217;t know would hurt us. Sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La drame de la vie</title>
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		<title>Monstrous little beasties</title>
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The day began with litchi liqueur.
I mean, what better way to jump-start one&#8217;s morning than with some slushy alcohol straight from the freezer? When I stumbled down the hall I was bombarded by white light coming from every direction &#8211; the daylight bouncing off of tiny ice particles and rolling snowdrifts in the back and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V-day</title>
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Happiness is only possible as an ongoing project. The pursuit of the thing, it turns out, is the thing itself.
Amanda Marcotte
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		<link>http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/v-day-2634/</link>
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		<title>The Driveway</title>
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.  ~George Bernard Shaw
And yet, recollections there are: and many, at that. And yes, looking towards and preparing for the future are important &#8211; but so is remembering the past, which is what shapes us, from one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reality TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Law Requires Women To Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortion
A spot-on send-up of the  current state of a) American roundtable-style &#8220;news&#8221; talk shows, and b) the American anti-choice lobby, from The Onion. Pitch perfect. &#8220;America&#8217;s Finest News Source&#8221; indeed!
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		<title>The source of everything</title>
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Photo: Photo Monkey @ Flickr
Why am I not surprised?
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		<title>Camping in</title>
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A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read. (The Talmud)
Sun streaming in through the slats in the blinds; snow and ice lightly caked on the windows; a rush of warm air pushed through the ancient iron grating on the floor, mere steps away; his chest rising and falling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaleidoscope</title>
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To many, I am an acquaintance.
To some, I am a friend.
To few, I am a confidant.
To one, I am a lover.
As are you,
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;as is your neighbour
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;as is your cousin
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;as is your best friend
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;as is your avowed enemy.
Are we not all quilts,
our personas a patchwork of
different colours, patterns, and textures?
To some I am intelligent,
exuding quiet confidence.
To [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/kaleidoscope-2587/</link>
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		<title>Blog for Choice Day</title>
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Photo: garrisonphoto.org/sxc
Whilst every day is a day for pro-choice activists to speak out, today has a special significance. Blog for Choice Day occurs on this anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade case in the US &#8211; the moment that finally allowed women to legally have abortions.
This year, Blog for Choice Day is held in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/blog-for-choice-day-2601/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Unbearable&#8221;</title>
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Photo: AP/Ramon Espinosa, via CTV News.
Il y a sur terre de telles immensités de misère, de détresse, de gêne et d&#8217;horreur, que l&#8217;homme heureux n&#8217;y peut songer sans prendre honte de son bonheur.
André Gide
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		<link>http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/unbearable-2598/</link>
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		<title>Doubtful</title>
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Discord
between light and dark
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;sun and wind
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;word and deed
like hoarfrost on a winter&#8217;s morning
like a heart hardened one time too many
firm, yet so delicate
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;suspended in time
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;and cold to the touch
It never happens in one fell swoop.
Goodness slowly chipped away
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;one molecule at a time.
Units of trust and respect, expressed in
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;smiles
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;laughs
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;sighs
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;and gentle moans.
Can we ever be aware, truly?
Can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/doubtful-2590/</link>
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		<title>Better late than never (I)</title>
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		<link>http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/better-late-than-never-i-2583/</link>
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		<title>Resignation</title>
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Calm, above all.
Operant conditioning of the soul
Am I so used to the shock
as to have rendered it no longer shocking?
I wade knee-deep into memories
the scent of cilantro
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;warmed by afternoon sun
the song of the wind in treetops
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;dancing in Mount Arrowsmith&#8217;s shadow
A sign of strength, or a sign of
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;weakness?
And what if I cannot tell the two apart?
And [...]]]></description>
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