December 2007
23 posts
“The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions.
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– Maurice Chapelain
David Byrne Interviews Thom Yorke →
go. read it. now.
Hello and Welcome to Winter
Here are some objective ways you can tell it is really fucking cold: All children outdoors are dressed up like a day skiing. Seriously, one piece suits, comical bear-inspired headgear, the works. All of the local dept stores have a women’s boots section about 40 yards long. If you can’t find exactly the pair of boots you’d like here, then you just don’t like boots. Even...
No need for a wake up call, then
Actual text from a note left in my (otherwise nice) hotel room this am:Excavation work (explotions) (sic) near the hotel from 7 am to 9 pm. We aplogise for the disturbance! I’m in Finland, which explains the unusual spelling, if the not the noises. (Only heard one so far…)
down with seriousness
SH: Do you think humor’s a very important element of art? DH: It would be if anybody could take a joke! Alec Waugh proposes “seriousness” as a form of infectious stupidity. I agree. Actually, Bruce Nauman is pretty funny. Everybody pretends that he’s not, but clown torture is pretty funny! You know? And, uh, I think Peter Saul is funny, he’s very witty, and I think Ellsworth Kelly is not funny but...
We Regret The Error…
“In an article in Monday’s newspaper, there may have been a misperception about why a Woodstock man is going to Afghanistan on a voluntary mission. Kevin DeClark is going to Afghanistan to gain life experience to become a police officer when he returns, not to shoot guns and blow things up. The Sentinel-Review apologizes for any embarrassment this may have caused.” The Year in Media Errors and...
Words I’m Trying To Use More…
Monkey, Robot, Corduroy, and the phrase “sublimating desire”. Also: Fish, Swim, Wiggle and “Nilla”.
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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– Margaret Mead
Facts About Iceland
Did you know that 87% of Icelandic houses are heated geothermally, and 17% of Iceland’s electricity comes from Geothermal Power? Of course you did. How else would elves heat their homes and power their mind control devices.
Did you know that 1 in 4 Icelanders is actually a woodland creature and not an elf? Many of the woodland creatures are able to shape shift and or turn into a fog. This, of...
“A taco salad is a salad, and a bag of chips.”
– I don’t know about you, but after I eat a salad, I’m in the mood for a bag of chips. Me, today at 12:20.
tautology [taw-TALL-uh-jee]
noun ( pl. -gies) the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style It is especially important for new beginners to avoid repetitious tautology. • a phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words. • Logic a statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via late Latin...
