Exposing stupidity to the light of day and watching it scurry around like a cockroach before I squash it under my heel. Or at least make fun of it. Whichever provides more lulz.
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posted by CyberLizard
@ 4:21 PM
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I am a godless liberal who is dedicated to the forces of good and the destruction of wingnuttery!
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Who would have thought, a coder grow'n veggies. Good Job!
Let me know if you grow some chili peppers.
- john
Nice! As Jill Bolte Taylor says, we need to learn to step to the right (of our left brain that is). Gardening is a great way to get back into your body after hours of code, I'm sure.
I'm reading Paulo Coelho's latest fiction book Brida. He's one of my fave authors. I read this and thought of you and your gardening. In the beginning chapter, he writes:
"In life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they're doing. Then they find they're hemmed in by their own walls. Life loses its meaning when the building stops.
Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.
Gardeners always recognize one another, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole World."
tall penguin: That's a great description. And it rings true in my case. In my professional life, I've recently been forced into management and I don't get to code much anymore. The gardening definitely provides me endless opportunities for adventure the way that coding once did. Where I once got excited about some new technology or technique, I now celebrate each new flower; each new budding veggie is a joy. And I helped it along (I don't have the ego to think that "I" grew it; it grew itself, I just provided it a little assistance).
Thanks for the insight. I'll have to check out Paulo Coelho's stuff.
If you're going to check out Coelho I'd recommend starting with The Alchemist. Enjoy!
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