Comments on: headwinds http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/31/headwinds/ Tilting At Waves Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: DaveO http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/31/headwinds/comment-page-1/#comment-8558 DaveO Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:41:56 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3156#comment-8558 Skiing, cycling, kayaking, hell even walking, is a mentally debilitating chore with a headwind. And the metaphorical headwind that our brains encounter almost daily can be even worse. By the way sir, I tagged you for a bit of a photo review project. Hope you have some fun with it. Skiing, cycling, kayaking, hell even walking, is a mentally debilitating chore with a headwind. And the metaphorical headwind that our brains encounter almost daily can be even worse. By the way sir, I tagged you for a bit of a photo review project. Hope you have some fun with it.

]]> By: derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/31/headwinds/comment-page-1/#comment-8554 derrick Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:32:36 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3156#comment-8554 Why do we do it. . . well, now that I'm out of bed it just seems like I may as well brush my teeth. . . Oh. . quoting Lewis Carroll. . My personal favorite author! Why do we do it. . . well, now that I’m out of bed it just seems like I may as well brush my teeth. . .

Oh. . quoting Lewis Carroll. . My personal favorite author!

]]> By: MarcP http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/31/headwinds/comment-page-1/#comment-8549 MarcP Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:59:48 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3156#comment-8549 It is inevitable, Derrick, that you, we - we paddlers, will keep dipping paddles into water and pull and push on them, sometimes going places, often going nowhere. Spiraling. Still, there are fine journeys between those nowheres; sore muscles to prove that we weren't dreaming; smiles, laughs and fresh air too. ... <b>Smith</b>:Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why, why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something, for more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom, or truth, perhaps peace. Or could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify it's existence that is without any meaning or purpose! And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it Mr. Anderson, you must know it by now. You can't win, it's pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mr. Anderson, why? Why do you persist? <b>Neo</b>: Because I choose to. From <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Revolutions" rel="nofollow"> WikiQuote</a> Illusions maybe, but damn fine ones. I enjoy your semi-paddling explorations. Pomegranates, and all there is to discover too. MarcP It is inevitable, Derrick, that you, we – we paddlers, will keep dipping paddles into water and pull and push on them, sometimes going places, often going nowhere. Spiraling. Still, there are fine journeys between those nowheres; sore muscles to prove that we weren’t dreaming; smiles, laughs and fresh air too.

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Smith:Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why, why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you’re fighting for something, for more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom, or truth, perhaps peace. Or could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify it’s existence that is without any meaning or purpose! And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it Mr. Anderson, you must know it by now. You can’t win, it’s pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mr. Anderson, why? Why do you persist?
Neo: Because I choose to.

From WikiQuote

Illusions maybe, but damn fine ones.

I enjoy your semi-paddling explorations. Pomegranates, and all there is to discover too.

MarcP

]]> By: kimberleyturtle http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/31/headwinds/comment-page-1/#comment-8548 kimberleyturtle Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:36:25 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3156#comment-8548 from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (aka Alice in Wonderland)...The Red Queen said, "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass (aka Alice in Wonderland)…The Red Queen said, “It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.”

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