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So graduation isn't exactly what I hoped it would be. I am so frustrated with everything

I don't even know why I'm creating this blog. I have a meeting with one of my professors who is actually my best professor in the sense of knowledge and wisdom and of course the worst in ethics. I'm supposed to meet him in about 2 hours and I don't even know why? Why did I even ask him for an appointment?

Everyone in my family is pressuring me to apply to grad schools. ...

So I finally found, the other day, Burton Watson's translation of Hsin Hsin Ming. I've searched for it off and on over the years. . it's my favorite translation, it's also in [I]Entering the Stream[/I].

I wanted to share it, because I've really been wanting to share it for years, and a couple of days ago it finally appeared. I'd wanted to share the poem but I never found the other translations as good..

[url]http://terebess.hu/english/hsin.html#5[/url]

Recently finished a collection of Jane Austen's Seven Novels and came away well pleased with her writing but not her plot solutions. In these more modern and sophisticated times much agony and heartbreak would have been avoided with simple statements or honest answers to questions--just saying--tongue firmly in cheek.

Lady Susan: "Lady Susan aren't there any other family members you could stay with?" (Asked by anyone she's living off of for months at a time.)

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...and that's through poetry. There's something hidden between the gaps, some combination of words that could make silence sing again.

This morning I saw this video about Utah saving money and housing homeless people by simply giving the homeless apartments. It certainly makes sense, and it would be effective and cost effective, but I doubt that we will see much more of this, because many people make lots of money off the homeless; although it may be different in different places.
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ln...rshare_fbshare

Here in Massachusetts most social services ...