Love this song.Her voice is so earthy and lyrics so simple yet profound.Here are the lyrics and a link to her concert video. Lyrics- They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what […]
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Joni Mitchell-Big Yellow Taxi
Posted: 7th December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: bees, big, big yellow taxi, birds, ddt, farmer, gone, hotel, Joni, Joni Mitchell, know, Mitchell, paradise, parking lot, seem to, taxi, till, yellow, you don't
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Words to live by courtesy John Keats
Posted: 7th December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: beauty, before, existed, experienced, fine, grave, human nature, imagination, John Keats, keats, minds, original minds, real, scenery, senastions, think, thoughts, truth, water, writ
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections and the truth of imagination what the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth whether it existed before or not. O for a life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts! Many have original minds who do not think it they are led away […]
Douglas Adams on Newton in His book Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Posted: 7th December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: catflap, coin, discovery, door, douglas adams, gravity, invention, issac, issac newton, milled-edge, newton, richard
“(..) Sir Isaac Newton, renowned inventor of the milled-edge coin and the catflap!” “The what?” said Richard. “The catflap! A device of the utmost cunning, perspicuity and invention. It is a door within a door, you see, a …” “Yes,” said Richard, “there was also the small matter of gravity.” “Gravity,” said Dirk with a […]
Excerpts from the movie Waking Life
Posted: 7th December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: creation, dreams, eternity, existential, fear, imperfection, infinity, job, lack, laziness, life, minimum, real, reality, symbols, thousand, time, wage, Waking life, words, years
I love many lines from the movie.The concept of dream time and existential dilemma is discussed through intelligent conversation and the medium of Stop Motion Animation.Highly recommend it. ‘There are two types of sufferers in this world. Those that suffer from a lack of life and those that suffer from an overabundance of it.’ ‘They […]
Boss is always right syndrome
Posted: 4th December 2010 by Aditya Mahajan in ThoughtsTags: boss, bosses, do's, dont's, experience, learning, organization, tips
Some of my corporate experiences summarized(NOTE: This is based on my experience with my previous bosses till now and might not apply to you at all as you maybe from one of the lucky guys having great bosses) : Its an observation of mine that the higher a person climbs in the hierarchy, barring a […]
George Carlin’s Take on Nursery Rhymes
Posted: 4th December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: bashful, dopey, dwarfs, George Carlin, Hansel and Gretel, Nursery Rhymes, Seven Dwarfs, Sleepy, speed
The seven dwarfs were each on different little trips. Happy was into grass and grass alone … Happy, that’s all he did. Sleepy was into reds. Grumpy, too much speed. Sneezy was a full blown coke freak. Doc was a connection. Dopey was into everything. Any old orifice will do for Dopey. He’s always got […]
Debunking the Myth Of Astrology
Posted: 3rd December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: astrology, astrology myth, bad astronomy, Hubble, indian, NASA, Phil Plait, read, space, taurus
This is from a scientific dissection of the myth of the accuracy of astrology by Phil Plait who has a very popular blog named Bad Astronomy.He has worked extensively with the Hubble Space Telescope ;during his Master’s research and as a NASA contractor later on; for over ten years and his views are those of […]