Comments on: On Being the First http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/18/on-being-the-first/ Bursts of Clarity, Illuminated. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: FlannelDoormat http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/18/on-being-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-16 FlannelDoormat Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:18:58 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/18/on-being-the-first/#comment-16 This doesn't really pertain to today's post, though I suppose not completely irrelevant, but rather your "About" paragraph on the right side of the general page. The last line of your paragraph reminds me of something near the end of Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451: "The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are...Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore. You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by." on a similar but not entirely related topic, why do you note Pi earlier in the same paragraph? This doesn’t really pertain to today’s post, though I suppose not completely irrelevant, but rather your “About” paragraph on the right side of the general page.

The last line of your paragraph reminds me of something near the end of Ray Bradbury’s Farenheit 451:

“The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are…Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.

You’re afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited by.”

on a similar but not entirely related topic, why do you note Pi earlier in the same paragraph?

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