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A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow processes of nature, of men in whom every vital impulse slowly withers, as though they were cut flowers in a vase. -Bertrand Russell

A study with graphite

Reactions to playing in public not good

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What is anxiety? A sense of disquiet, of disease, of the sands constantly shifting menacingly beneath your feet-where constant vigilance is the only hope of effectively protecting yourself. -Robert Sapolsky (excerpt from Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers)

You never really know if a marriage or relationship will last a lifetime. You can want that. You can work hard to make a relationship work and have the best of intentions and still, things might not work out but that doesn’t mean you have wasted your time or failed. --Roxane Gay

Late Night Study Places?

Buddies

Here We Go Again

‘Extreme episode of fire weather’ predicted for L.A. area with 100-mph gusts and ‘bone dry’ air

Pause is the necessary condition of the development of all those higher purposes which make up the rational being. -Robert Ranulph Marett

Anyone else find the Andromeda ending unsatisfying?

Whoever lit these fireworks last night seriously needs to get a life (1st street bridge)

From Burbank over the hill..

These puzzles make me feel like a moron. I've had to look up solutions online for most of them. Is there some "simple" consistent approach to all of them that I am completely missing or am I just this bad at puzzles of this sort?

Southern California fire Megathread.

Any Evacuation Notices?

Acrylic portrait I painted in an hour today

What’s the most mediocre game of all time?

Are you aware of any books that analyze anxiety from a neurscientific perspective? I.e., they approach the topic from a neuroscience angle and delve into discussions about how the brain assesses threat and when/how that can go wrong.

RIP No Stupid Questions 😢

There is a form of being together that feels as easy and spacious as being alone, when your experience is not crowded out or eclipsed by the presence of the other but deepened and magnified. Such companionship is extremely rare and extremely precious. -Maria Popova

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A study with ballpoint pen