In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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- Andrew Judson Grice (1969-2012)
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Reality does not care
Sat, 2009/10/24 - 2:16pm — Benjamin MelançonReality does not care about your intuition.
We'll never make it; enjoy the ride
Thu, 2009/05/07 - 4:43pm — Benjamin MelançonWe'll never make it. Now that we know that, maybe we can enjoy the ride.
Act like you are what you want to be
Mon, 2009/02/16 - 3:07pm — Benjamin MelançonYou could spend your time wondering if what you say you are is really you. Or you could just act like that all the time.
Time defining you
Sun, 2009/02/15 - 3:39pm — Benjamin MelançonDear Lord, please do not allow how I spend my time to define me.
Shoot and tell
Wed, 2009/02/04 - 11:47am — Benjamin MelançonDon't shoot me in the head and tell me it's raining.
Barely achievable
Thu, 2009/01/22 - 2:13am — Benjamin Melançon"One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one's greatest efforts."
--quote to Walter Daellenbach, May 31, 1915.
Faith in people
Sun, 2009/01/18 - 8:03pm — Benjamin MelançonLosing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
When you move like that
Sun, 2008/12/14 - 10:34am — Benjamin MelançonEvery time you move like that I have to go to Sunday mass.
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