Maria Chong

@mariachong

Writer / Ethics, Design, Asia, Tech, Lit, Faith, Poetry SOLA GRATIA / Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. Orwell

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    20 May 2014

    One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. --May Sarton

    6 replies 234 retweets 482 likes
  2. 36 minutes ago

    June 9th in . We broke the record—rainiest six months in 122 years (44.67" from Oct. to April)—so we're starving for sunshine.

    1 retweet 2 likes
  3. Retweeted
    Jun 8

    When you mute someone on Twitter but they dont know it yet.

    40 replies 2,208 retweets 4,880 likes
  4. 5 hours ago

    These figures don't sound quite right, but a sweep does equal less revenue.

    By my calculations, a Warriors sweep of the Cavaliers will cost the Warriors owners $22 million Here's the math:
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  5. 6 hours ago
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    Examples of Qing Dynasty (18th century) nobles on their white caparisoned horses:

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  6. 6 hours ago
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    Bao-yu (the heir) appears "on the splendidly caparisoned white horse riding at the head of the procession in front of his grandmother..."

    1 reply
  7. 6 hours ago
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    Rank is indicated by how many bearers per palaquin (eight for the dowager grandmother), how many in a carriage (only two for highest).

    1 reply
  8. 6 hours ago
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    I'm on book 2 of Qing Dynasty tale, "The Dream of the Red Chamber." The heir, his grandmother & all the ladies/ maids head out on a journey.

    1 reply
  9. 6 hours ago

    New word I learned today: "caparison: a cloth covering laid over a horse or other animal for protection and decoration."

    1 reply 3 retweets 14 likes
  10. Retweeted
    Jun 8

    HOURLY pay needed to afford just 1-bedroom rent SF or Oakland $46 San Jose $34 DC $29 Seattle $24 LA $23 Chicago $20

    29 replies 455 retweets 415 likes
  11. Jun 8

    To be Libertarian is to demand impossible heroism from the poor and sick, yet excuse extended infantilism from the rich and selfish.

    Paul Ryan says you can't blame Trump for any of this because he has no idea how to be President
    2 replies 21 retweets 24 likes
  12. Jun 8

    "In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    4 retweets 10 likes
  13. Jun 7
    Replying to

    (All the flowers are from my messy, weedy, overgrown, haphazard, glorious garden.)

    3 replies 8 likes
  14. Retweeted
    Jun 7

    The Warriors last lost on April 10 against Utah.

    19 replies 259 retweets 350 likes
  15. Jun 7
    Replying to

    Twitter is to politicians what the Tierra Del Fuego was to sailing ships. Many a campaign was wrecked on the reefs of Troll Island.

    2 retweets 7 likes
  16. Jun 7
    Replying to

    Sheesh....

    2 replies 1 like
  17. Jun 7
    Replying to

    Dude was spending $115,000 of his own money to get elected to the prime position as a Tacoma Port Commissioner.

    2 replies 3 likes
  18. Jun 7

    Dear Lord...one of the leading candidates for one of the largest West Coast ports had to shut down his campaign b/c of irresponsible tweets.

    1 reply 1 like
  19. Jun 7

    “Most probably we are in Eden still. It is only our eyes that have changed.” G.K. Chesterton

    2 replies 3 retweets 23 likes
  20. Jun 7
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    Appendix B: on D-Day, the NYT had an extra edition out by 6 am announcing the invasion.

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  21. Jun 7
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    Appendix A: June 6, 1939, "Cars are the future!!! Tear out the streetcars."

    2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes

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