November 2009
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Public Service
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Who the hell gives out Easter eggs for Halloween?
“Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word...”
– Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, 1872
October 2009
Survey Time: what is your all-time favorite...
No Quarter
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Let Them Eat This Cake
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“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the...”
– Douglas Adams
“Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe...”
The Master
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It Is Halloween, After All...
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I'm Busy
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Reading the (actual) newspaper I came across a lecture for gardeners entitled “Value of Natives, Threat of Invasives”, which would fit so well in another context.
“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your...”
– Douglas Adams
It is, of course, the season for plastic toy spiders to be left around the house by the children in an attempt to frighten their parents. One comes to expect it, and sees every spider or centipede as a gag. This, however, was no plastic spider. Upon sitting up in bed I noticed a fine specimen commonly referred to as a “wolf” spider just there on the bedclothes, if you please. One...
“I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t...”
– Nick Hornby
The Big Sleep
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3:15 From Paddington
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What They Are Watching
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“I remembered what it is I like about sex: what I like about sex is that I can...”
– Nick Hornby
No Matter What You Look Like
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With some therapy and effort I have been able to...
“Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual...”
– Ambrose Bierce
Surely there can be no better example of citizens coming to the aid of others than to alert oncoming drivers that the local constable is hiding just down the road with a radar gun.
“A cat’s got her own opinion of human beings. She don’t say much,...”
– Jerome K. Jerome
“I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over...”
– Roald Dahl (via simko)
“Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.”
– Ambrose Bierce
“One of the chief duties of the baseball fan is to engage in arguments with the...”
