so many flavors of delicious

Choices

"It's a book that says the same thing almost all the books in the world say. It describes people's inability to choose their own Personal Legends. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world's greatest lie."

"What's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked, completely surprised.

"It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie."

-excerpt from The Alchemist

Oh the Irony

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18 people were trampled to death at the Love Parade in Germany yesterday.

Understanding Surrender

The chief difference between me and others is that I have plenty of time — not only because I am without a multitude of responsibilities and without daily tasks, which demand attention: But also because I am basically without ambition. Neither the present nor the future has claims on me.

-E. Hoffer

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immunology is challenging, elusive, exciting, and strange, just as are the people who enjoy pursuit of its mystique.

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