Blackmoor Vituperative

Something I overheard in a chat room recently:

Harrigan: Hmmm… I need to find out how to go through airport security these days. The last time I flew, I got stopped and was asked what was in the small pouch on my belt. The security guard waved me on when I said it was a Swiss army knife and told me he just wanted to make sure it wasn’t Mace. I think things have changed since then.
Berrianna: Yeah, knives are right out.
Berrianna: As are liquids and gels over five ounces, firearms, jackhammers, hacksaws, dental implants, transplanted kidneys, a sense of personal privacy, any bag over 10 pounds, jackets, underwear with natural fibers, broken glass, scarves, dental floss, dignity, the first and fourth Amendments, and dogs over fifteen pounds.

Heh. Heh heh.

Life is too short to obsess over pennies.
Life is too short to hold grudges.
Life is too short to pay to store things that you don’t use.
Life is too short to anguish over things you can’t change.
Life is too short to demand repayment for ancient debts.

Life is too short to spend it focused on that which is not important.

P.S. While looking for an image of an hourglass, I found this…

Caretake this Moment

Caretake this moment.
Immerse yourself in its particulars.
Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed.

Quit the evasions.
Stop giving yourself needless trouble.
It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.
You are not some disinterested bystander.
Exert yourself.

Respect your partnership with providence.
Ask yourself often, How may I perform this particular deed
such that it would be consistent with and acceptable to the divine will?
Heed the answer and get to work.

When your doors are shut and your room is dark you are not alone.
The will of nature is within you as your natural genius is within.
Listen to its importunings.
Follow its directives.

As concerns the art of living, the material is your own life.
No great thing is created suddenly.
There must be time.

Give your best and always be kind.

~ Epictetus

When I heard about the newest X-Men movie, my expectations were really low. Roger Corman low. However, although there are a few things I don’t like (I still think giving Emma Frost the ability to turn into diamond, which was done in 2003, is stupid and unnecessary), over all, the trailer looks pretty good. You can definitely see the influence of Watchmen on it.