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- Thamus is a 90 year old guy from Ireland.
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- Member since Dec 30, 2005
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. [Romeo & Juliet, II,3]
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Apr 24, 1:24pm
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•http://kamir.stumbleupon.com/
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Building wings on the way down
"Satisfied by life's simple pleasures she." Kamir, a woman of Long Island, is my 14,000th visitor and so gets my traditional 1,000-visitor free bonus review.
(Someone asked me what would I do about bonus-reviewing some Stumbler I hate. Would I thumbs-down it and tear 'em apart? Easy - I do nothing, and have ignored a couple of 1,000-milestone visitors for different reasons. One, for example, was a pea-brained right-wing redneck, another an innocent teenage new member with only two lines posted).
Kamir, an established mutual friend, I really do like, and thoroughly recommend her site. Her lovely quote from Siddharta himself could describe her own blog:
"All this fleeting world; A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream; A flash of lightning in a summer cloud, A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream."
An astute and pleasurable blend of words and images, her site is relaxing and informative. "As a kid I would find these strange green orbs strewn alongside a stream in the woods not far from my home. I never knew what they were or from what tree they grew. I'll wonder no more... Osage Orange." And now, at last, I know too.
More seriously, Kamir introduced me to the "tinted and vintage - beautiful" photography of Irene Suchocki, and delightedly reminded me of a place I know, Gribun Rocks harbour on the Isle of Mull, with a lovely evocative photograph.
You want a laugh? How about some of Kamir's "interesting" cross-breeds of dogs:
- Collie + Lhasa Apso produces the Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy transport.
- Pointer + Setter = Poinsetter, a traditional Christmas pet.
- Pekingese + Lhasa Apso = Peekasso, an abstract dog.
- Newfoundland + Basset Hound = Newfound Asset Hound, a dog for financial advisors.
- Bull Terrier + Shih Tzu = Bull Shih Tzu, a gregarious but unreliable breed.
As Kamir observes with a Ray Bradbury quote, "First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down." Now that is the spirit of our very best Stumblers. She is one of them. Go visit.
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