Journal silent_rock's Journal: pearls, pool 1
Here's the official site.
Rat is pretty cool.
From Bartleby.com:
Cast not your pearls before swine.
An adaptation of a saying of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. The entire passage
reads, Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
(Yeah, rend you!!)
The meaning of the passage is disputed, but seems generally to be that the
followers of Jesus should pass his message on to those most likely to accept it. [Whoa, anyone looking for something to reply to the ABSK recruiters?
Generally, to cast pearls before swine is to share something of value with those who will not appreciate it.
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Yesterday morning K asked if I wanted to play pool that night with his friends. Paralysis ensued. List of things that normal people do for fun and I avoid like the plague, (probably because I am in the lower 10th skill percentile): pool, cards, frisbee. You could throw bowling, golf, video games, singing, and drinking beer in there too. Man. Well, I'm pretty good at sitting in the corner quietly and judging people. I said yes, for a dose of humility. It's funny because my bro really likes pool (has a table in his basement), cards (plays poker with his buddies), and frisbee (used to play ultimate every week). Once he noted this, (along with my disgust with fantasy and science fiction) and asked "How can you be my sister??!!"
We went for a few games, and I saw Alexi the eps russian mafia guy there.
Yesterday was a pretty cool day at work despite wanting to kill global mapping tools and all map projections.
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