HMS Defiant: THE PASSING STILLNESS OF TIME

Sunday, March 23, 2014

THE PASSING STILLNESS OF TIME

I was tunneling under the grotto of Demeter the other day when I came across a really fascinating thought piece that I hadn't thought of in quite some time. It was from this place.

8. Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.

Think of it! Two thousand five hundred years passed between the construction of the Great Pyramid of Cheops and the reign of Cleopatra III.

It was once a fascinating place filled with artists, scientists, rulers and slaves.

4 comments:

Buck said...: Two thousand five hundred years passed between the construction of the Great Pyramid of Cheops and the reign of Cleopatra III.

I don't think we... the USA... are gonna rival the ancient Egyptian dynasties in the longevity sweepstakes. Nice links; I especially liked the 77 facts one.; March 23, 2014 at 2:08 PM
virgil xenophon said...: Amazing factoid about Cleopatra--puts it all in perspective..; March 23, 2014 at 2:38 PM
HMS Defiant said...: Yep, I don't see anything that will survive another 1000 years of this.
I also liked the one about the two dinosaurs. Who knew?; March 23, 2014 at 7:53 PM
HMS Defiant said...: Things seemed to move so much faster in the West during and after the Renaissance. Egypt appears timeless and ageless.; March 23, 2014 at 8:37 PM

Truth: Clear and Simple

“Equity” means “ruining everything but pretending it’s for fairness.”

I seek no better warrant than my own conscience.

Nothing is achieved before it is thoroughly attempted.

Nemo me impune lacessit

I stick to wholly natural foods like croissants and cream puffs, and chocolate eclairs, and french toast with slathers of butter and maple syrup. Natural. That’s how I am.

What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

I knew from elementary school that I would live to see the first man land on the moon. I did not expect to see the last one.

In the wake of Mueller investigation: “Democrats lost an election they rigged, and now Democrats have lost an investigation they rigged.”

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." - H.L. Mencken

A Great Victory

“You may triumph on the fields of Pelennor for a day, but against the Power that has now arisen there is no victory!“

When you think about it, the Wise in conclave, decided that the thing to do after this great but meaningless victory was to advance deep into enemy territory and fight a battle that they knew they could not win.

Using a 1955 World Atlas they found in a ruin, islamic terrorists selected the leading industrial city in America on which to target their wrath and their first atomic weapon. They picked Detroit.

“118 years from the first flight of fixed wing aircraft to flying helicopters on another world. Very impressive achievement of the West. Recall that Egypt's hydraulic civilization lasted virtually unchanged for over 4000 years and they were the leading light of civilization for most of that time.

“I shall not undeceive future generations. I could not tell the truth without giving great offense. Let the world admire our patriots and heroes.” —- Charles Thomson

An exclusive group I belong to: people for malicious decency.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

THE PASSING STILLNESS OF TIME

4 comments:

NO GARDENING, NOT EVER