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Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is.

My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…

Perfectly timed perspective. Really needed to read this tonight. Thanks, John Green. 

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  April 13, 2013 at 03:38pm

Endless winter please end.

I actually mean this literally. Seriously, it’s the middle of April.

  April 13, 2013 at 03:37pm

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I am always saying “Glad to’ve met you” to somebody I’m not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.

J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via itsfromabook)

 

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Yves Klein

Leap into the Void, 1960

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I’d like a little escape from my mind please. Meta-thoughts weighing particularly heavy these days. Too bad I neither make time nor find lasting relief in yoga, exercise or recreational substance use. Bahhhh humbug. Someone is on her surgery clerkship…

  April 13, 2013 at 03:33pm