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The Precise Behavior of Exceptions

by Seraphine Khorana on April 12th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
The Precise Behavior of Exceptions

Did life turn out the way you thought it would be when you were a kid? What you expected is probably what you got (unless you were unlucky); and if you didn’t expect much, that is also probably what you got. But no matter how well you planned (or didn’t plan), be honest– your life didn’t turn out exactly like you thought it would happen. For better or worse, one thing is certain: There were surprises and exceptions along the way.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.
Quotation from Dennis Wholey

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Quotation from Henry David Thoreau

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The Best Attributes Express a Value

by Seraphine Khorana on November 23rd, 2009
Posted In: Comics
The Best Attributes Express a Value

An attribute expresses a value and is associated with a person. Attributes provide a default value, but in most cases, individuals can revise an attribute’s default value. Custom attributes become personal extensions, often visible even if one doesn’t have intimate access to the user’s default.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose,
Loveliness extreme.
Extra gaiters,
Loveliness extreme.
Sweetest ice-cream.
Pages ages page ages page ages.
Poem by Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily

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Economists are calling it an Adverse Feedback Loop

by Seraphine Khorana on February 25th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Economists are calling it an Adverse Feedback Loop

There is no substitute for a healthy diet and regular exercise. There are no shortcuts. Pills don’t work. Fad diets don’t work. Even having your stomach stapled doesn’t work if you don’t take care of yourself. It’s like that with the economy too.

P.S. I have the flu.

Twin Crises Feed the Spiral (The Wall Street Journal)

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HTTP500 – Internal Server Error

by Seraphine Khorana on December 18th, 2008
Posted In: Comics
HTTP500 – Internal Server Error

This is my 500th comic.

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
Quotation from C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

I thank all who have loved me in their hearts,
With thanks and love from mine. Deep thanks to all
Who paused a little near the prison-wall
To hear my music in its louder parts
Ere they went onward, each one to the mart’s
Or temple’s occupation, beyond call.
But thou, who, in my voice’s sink and fall
When the sob took it, thy divinest Art’s
Own instrument didst drop down at thy foot
To hearken what I said between my tears,
Instruct me how to thank thee! Oh, to shoot
My soul’s full meaning into future years,
That they should lend it utterance, and salute
Love that endures, from Life that disappears!
Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese

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