Her Way Sucks, I Prefer His: I discovered accidentally, about 10 years ago, that men feel entitled to wear comfortable underwear that covers their entire ass. The whole thing. Can
Category: Quotes
Very sensible advice.
Quotation of the Day for October 7, 2007 “Fix what you can. Call the rest authentic.” – Sarah Graves, offering home renovation hints in her novel Trap Door.
Pedestrians notice this too
Quotation of the Day for October 5, 2007 “This is the basis of car culture, the idea that the world and all of the world’s people are merely in its
I am tired of talking to MPP candidates
Quotation of the Day for September 9, 2007 “I believe I have an unfair edge over most of my colleagues right now — my mind works faster than my mouth
If you say so…
Quotation of the Day for September 3, 2007 “We are slightly normal. We have a normal side to us.” – Prince Harry, Henry Charles Albert David Wales, in his recent
Ouch. Morning.
Neil Gaiman sez: I’m home, and a bit exhausted. It was a beautiful day, and I took enormous pleasure in wandering around the garden in my dressing gown this morning
Indeed.
Quotation of the Day for June 4, 2007 “It is not really an exaggeration to say that peace and happiness begin, geographically, where garlic is used in cooking.” – X.
Woe and sandwiches
Quotation of the Day for April 25, 2007: “I now know why my own childhood packed lunches were such joyless, dispirited affairs. It was vengeance. And despair. Somehow it is
Meetings
QOTD for March 12: “When he was younger Mr Phillips had hated meetings. Or at least he had once he had got over the grown-up feeling, the warm glow of
Penance
Quotation of the Day for January 5, 2007: “I’ve been waist-deep in a dead hippopotamus, and I’d rather do that than change diapers.” – Eric Humphries, production manager at Skulls
Green
Elizabeth May, current leader of the Green Party of Canada, is running in the London North Centre by-election today in an attempt to be the first Green Party parliamentarian in
Again with the bacon
Pitchfork interviews Tom Waits Pitchfork: Do you have a favorite sound Tom Waits: Bacon. In a frying pan. If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and
Slow day for the government
The new(ish) federal government is certainly keeping my media scan calm and uninteresting with its endless list of ribbon-cutting announcements: Canada Revenue Agency: The Honourable Gerald Keddy, Member of Parliament
In tooth and claw
(QOTD for August 27) “The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and passive.” – William Ralph Inge
Sucks
(QOTD for August 15) “Sucks is the most concise, emphatic way we have to say something is no good. As a one-syllable intransitive verb, it offers superb economy. Granted, some
Mysteries of the universe
And another QOTD: The real world is a complicated place. In order to provide illustrations in a physics lesson that emphasize only a single concept, such as Newton’s Second Law
Quotation of the day for June 17, 2006
“I would also like to understand women.” – Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist, from a list of his ambitions, as told to the moderator at a recent lecture at Hong Kong University
R.I.P. John Kenneth Galbraith
QOTD for May 2: “The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” – John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, author, professor at Harvard and Princeton, who died April
Quote of the day for October 17
“Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill.” – Flann O’Brien, writer (1911-1966). (QOTD)
Quote of the day for April 29, 2005
“The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.” – Jacques Barzun (QOTD)