Over seven months without sharing an awesome quote? What was I thinking? I just finished reading Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist last night, so here is, quite a long quote, courtesy of, I believe David Levithan since he wrote Nick's chapters. It's all about The Beatles. And love. And other mushy things. With a little bit of vulgarity thrown in ( Read more... )

You might not know this about me, but I love the Wizard of Oz stories. I mean, the originals as well as the film, and Wicked (the musical more so than the book), and other books I've read that have adapted the story, and SyFy's Tin Man miniseries. It's kind of like Alice in Wonderland. I just find the stories fascinating. Plus, when we're ( Read more... )

I had this weekend where I basically binged on books for the last two and a half days. I just could not stop reading. All five of the books I managed to finish were fantastic. Yes, five. I really don't know what came over me. I've been doing a book or two every couple of days, but like I said, I couldn't stop reading. I guess I needed to escape for ( Read more... )

A fortune cookie once told me: the best prophet of the future is the past ( Read more... )

"Do what you are afraid to do."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sound advice, RWE, but much easier said then done. If you're afraid to do it, obviously it's not easy, right?

"I own it. I know I'm going to hell. I have my handbasket all decorated."
-Kathy Griffin

I waver between finding her offensive and finding her hilarious when I watch her stand up. But I really like this quote. She doesn't hide behind anything. Very nice.

A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.
-Mark Twain

Since I love cats, I had to throw this one out here. I knew I liked that Samuel Clemens character and all his social commentary back in his day.

So, I'm reading Chelsea Handler's Book Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea and there is this hilarious chapter with her babysitting at the age of 12, but everyone thinks she's 16. When she gets to the house, the mom is very controlling and gives her this long list of instructions. One of them is not to let her son have sugar. Here's the exchange:

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I finished reading Jimmy Buffett's "A Pirate Looks at Fifty" the other day. It was pretty interesting. And while his obsession with flying does not really interest me all that much, I liked what he said about story telling. One example ( Read more... )

I meant to post this before, but it somehow slipped my mind. My mom said this a week or so ago when we were driving somewhere. This was, of course, before the torential rain we've been gettin in Florida lately. We were stopped at a red light, and it took forever for the light to change. At a gas station across the street, there was a carwash going ( Read more... )