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This isn’t just a jolly quest for “kicks” and beautiful girls and good times to be had at cheap prices. It’s a book about death and the search for something meaningful to hold on to—the famous search for “IT,” a truth larger than the self, which, of course, is never found. – Meghan O’Rourke Jack…
The artist—thin and beatific—sat cross-legged on the floor, spliff in hand. The artist—thin and beatific—sat cross-legged on the floor, spliff in hand. That’s how I like to think of myself. Pipe in paw. Although if you ever find me cross-legged on the floor, assume I have fallen. Futura was big early, then he disappeared, now…
I’ve proudly served as your governor once before. And, unlike the current governor, I represented every Floridian, regardless of what political party they belonged to or how much money was in their wallet, or even who they loved. – Charlie Crist, the next Governor of Florida So, anyway, I got a letter from Charlie Crist….
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. – Albert Einstein The greatest trick the Right ever pulled off was convincing so many everyday Americans that the people wanting to give them affordable healthcare, education & a…
Old age ought to be, and essentially, is a manifestation of what is hidden in the depths of man’s nature. It might be, it should be, not an exhibition of crackling impotence and gloomy decay, but the very crown and ripening of life — the symbol of maturity, not of dissolution. – E. H. Chapin,…
“True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome.” So, anyway, I saw a documentary on PBS, which left me minimally gobsmacked. I did some research. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, does an okay job but I found the work…
“There are people who are avaricious parasites. There are psychotic geniuses in control of this planet, and to them human beings are only a commodity to be bought and sold and traded.” – Alex Jones How bad was Alex Jones’s week in court? It was bad. He was caught lying under oath about his previous lies …
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. – Isaac Asimov When I…
“In 1837, a racist mob in Alton, Illinois broke into the offices of an abolitionist newspaper and killed its editor, Elijah Lovejoy. [President Abraham] Lincoln wrote a speech in which he said that no transatlantic military giant could ever crush us as a nation, even with all of the fortunes in the world. “But if…
“After 187 minutes wrestling with a 300-pound two-year-old, the White House staff was drained.” – Anonymous White House staffer Brain fog is no joking matter. So, anyway, imagine we squeeze into something slinky, climb aboard stiletto heels, wrap ourselves in a feather boa and don a bright wig like Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Here is a synopsis…