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Yep, I'm sick. I have a bad cold.

Yesterday I was thinking about "mottos/quotations to live by."

Several years ago, I had a conversation with my friend Cam about this. He said, "My mottos are kind of cheesy, but I'm a cheesy sort of guy. His mottos were- "To thine own self be true" and "Work hard, but play harder."

I don't know if I live by the following mottos/quotations, but they definitely influence me, and affect the way I choose to live my life.

My mottos are-

Make positive effort for the greater good.

This was said by Katagiri Roshi, a Zen priest. I think about it a lot, especially when I have to make decisions, or do something I don't want to do.

It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.

This was said by Confucius. I use this one to motivate myself to do things, and convince myself to continue forward with my writing career.

Treat others how you want to be treated.

This is self-explanatory. It comes from somewhere, but was also said to me quite frequently by my parents. My parents also told me to, "Take responsibility for your actions", which is another motto I try to live by.

What are your mottos?

Damn you FBI!!!!!

The FBI has hacked into the Indymedia.org system, and it's down all over the world.

This is from slashdot-
Today at about 18:00 CET FBI raided the indymedia servers hosted by Rackspace both in US and England. At present, the italian indymedia and numerous other local IMC websites are obscured, while the reasons why the hard drives were taken are still unknown."

I don't have to say why this pisses me off, now do I?

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] informs me that the FBI took the Rackspace server. So they didn't hack in, but the end result is the same.