Comments on: Desires http://theideasmithy.com/desires/ ~ Workshop of a chronic thinker ~ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:09:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ideasmith http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 ideasmith Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:58:48 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1749 @ Wiseling: I don't know. Caferati once ran a segment where contributors were asked to write about an issue but taking the opposite point of view (if you were pro-reservation, write as if you were against). It was an exercise to test precisely how you could handle this. @ Wiseling: I don’t know. Caferati once ran a segment where contributors were asked to write about an issue but taking the opposite point of view (if you were pro-reservation, write as if you were against). It was an exercise to test precisely how you could handle this.

]]> By: wiseling http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1751 wiseling Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:23:08 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1751 But doesn't one's essence often get surreptitiously interlaced? Even a teensy little bit? But doesn’t one’s essence often get surreptitiously interlaced? Even a teensy little bit?

]]> By: ideasmith http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1752 ideasmith Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:48:30 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1752 @ Wiseling: Hmm, a blogger is often making only an observation or a re-telling, not a personal expression. But people don't usually get that. @ Infinity: Isn't it? @ Pensive Lawyer: No, its conventional wisdom. @ Wiseling: Hmm, a blogger is often making only an observation or a re-telling, not a personal expression. But people don’t usually get that.

@ Infinity: Isn’t it?

@ Pensive Lawyer: No, its conventional wisdom.

]]> By: Pensivelawyer http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Pensivelawyer Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:26:52 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1750 Simple lesson - Its not about getting what you want but about wanting what you got! Was it Shania Twain?....lol Simple lesson -

Its not about getting what you want but about wanting what you got!

Was it Shania Twain?….lol

]]> By: infinity http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 infinity Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:54:55 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1741 oh so true... oh so true…

]]> By: wiseling http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 wiseling Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:30:14 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1744 Hmmmm.... I vaguely remember reading the line somewhere and I looked it up.. It appears that I am so fond of quotes that they insidiously ensconce themselves into my psyche. Oh well... "There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." ~Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) So anyway, the whole point of this comment is to point out that he was the melancholy one, not moi. (though I suppose I do tend to get rather lachrymose at times..) Hmmmm…. I vaguely remember reading the line somewhere and I looked it up.. It appears that I am so fond of quotes that they insidiously ensconce themselves into my psyche. Oh well…

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
~Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

So anyway, the whole point of this comment is to point out that he was the melancholy one, not moi. (though I suppose I do tend to get rather lachrymose at times..)

]]> By: wiseling http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 wiseling Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:24:38 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1743 I suppose it is more an undeniable truth than a tragedy... I was just in a rather sombre mood and my writing mirrors my emotions. I suppose it is more an undeniable truth than a tragedy… I was just in a rather sombre mood and my writing mirrors my emotions.

]]> By: ideasmith http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 ideasmith Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:36:42 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1745 @ Apoo: Yes, original hai. Thank you! :-) @ Wiseling: Not a tragedy perhaps? I love the second comment! @ Shreyasi: I've commented on your blog on this. @ Apoo: Yes, original hai. Thank you! :-)

@ Wiseling: Not a tragedy perhaps? I love the second comment!

@ Shreyasi: I’ve commented on your blog on this.

]]> By: Shreyasi http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Shreyasi Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:06:09 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1748 Wiseling, I agree. IS here has inspired me to write some more on my page as I stayed with the thought... Wiseling,
I agree. IS here has inspired me to write some more on my page as I stayed with the thought…

]]> By: wiseling http://theideasmithy.com/desires/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 wiseling Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:39:33 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/?p=383#comment-1747 @Shreyasi You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you might find, You get what you need. ~Rolling Stones @Shreyasi
You can’t always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes you might find,
You get what you need.
~Rolling Stones

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