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I want to know everything, weigh nothing and live forever

Posted on Jun 5th, 2009 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

It's a little daunting to want to know everything, but I don't let that cause me to have some kind of seizure of common sense.  Currently I'm reading  Mirrors by Eduardo Galeano , a kind... More »

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What would you most like to know about someone close to you?

Posted on Apr 18th, 2009 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

When you're a kid you can't know that your mom is the weirdest person ever. She's just your mom, the authority on all things that matter. I was way into adulthood before I figured out... More »

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What have you learned from the world?

Posted on Mar 24th, 2009 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

Everything I know, right? I mean, people are part of the world, and animals, and everything that grows and rocks and rivers and all of our relationships - it's all the world. It's the only... More »

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What do you think you're supposed to learn in this lifetime?

Posted on Feb 10th, 2009 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

There's a "supposed to"? I mean, besides just everything interesting...oh dear, there was an assignment and I was probably looking out the window again or thinking about how if I hold the sound of the... More »

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Do you believe there is value in suffering?

Posted on Jan 11th, 2009 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

I've read a couple of responses to this question of the suffering-is-optional school of thought, and I do completely agree that it's optional, but not being as completely enlightened as I would like, it still... More »

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questions I didn't know to ask

Posted on Dec 11th, 2008 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

A couple of weeks ago I had the television on while doing about 27 other things and not really paying attention, which I realize is a blatant sign of my lack of consciousness in general... More »

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What's easy for you?

Posted on May 14th, 2008 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

I really just wanted to second Bridget's answer , but then I thought about it for awhile while I made tea and then a green smoothie which was delicious, by the way, and I think... More »

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Happy Mother's Day!

Posted on May 12th, 2008 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

"What have you learned from your mother? If you could share something with your mum, wherever she is, what would you say? How has your mother inspired you?" I didn't learn very much that she... More »

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How do you feel about being paid for your work?

Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

I love jobs, I love learning new things and I love getting paid. I love those three things independently and even better when they're intertwined. I'm incessantly curious and what I've learned from my bazillions... More »

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What did you learn yesterday?

Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher tinkonthebrink

I learned about doves yesterday. They have double egg clutches which take 14 days to hatch. And I was right, mom and dad do take turns incubating the eggs. Yesterday I learned that Robert Louis... More »

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