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This far, and no further

This was originally posted on Facebook, seeing as it's a personal thing, but I'm going to post it here as well for the sake of completeness. There is a speech by Picard from Star Trek: First Contact that's stayed with me ever since I saw the movie, years ago, in the...

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The Power of Stories

The Power of Stories

In Ireland, we have an expression for when we meet someone: "What's the story?" I've always liked this. It's as if the Irish have always known that what we're told by other people about their lives is a story, which may or may not match up with reality. Reality has...

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