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Maine: The Way Life Should … um …

dinosaurs | education | efficient organisims | Maine | O Ceallaigh's Observations | politics | teaching

For a number of years, the great American state of Maine sold itself with the slogan “The Way Life Should Be”. It’s changed now, the tourism board’s using “It Must Be Maine”. I wonder if they’ve replaced the signs at the state border crossings yet.

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Bad Engineering

Body | efficient organisims | Health

I hate my body.

Nothing superficial about it, I just hate that it's such a limited form.

First of all I'm confined to one shape, which is in and of itself ludicrous. If I were amorphic I'd be able to reconstitute myself into any shape or size. I think I would let my daily emotional state define my appearance in that case.

Second, all my senses are dull. Smell, touch, taste, sight and hearing. Whatever. Five fuckin senses like I picked up my bits and pieces at the bottom of a Value-Plus bargin bin. I'm sure that if I had an extra 5 senses I would be enjoying the shit outta life that much more.

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