Apr 03, 2008 15:00
On a good day, I get to pick up Time magazine and read an article or two. On a very good day, I get to pick up Time magazine, read an article or two, and JOT DOWN some of the funny little quotes/anecdotes I find in there. I'll leave you clever people, to draw your own conclusions about what sort of day I had today.
Bono: the stage is like a giant platform shoe.
The Edge: From experience, I’m guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band.
Lev Grossman, book reviewer for Time magazine: Blogging is a knock-about sport, and as a writer I’m fair game.
Al Gore, Time Magazine, 4 Dec: I’ve had a powerful ally in reality.
Al Gore’s character in Futurama: I have ridden the mighty moon worm.
And, ladies and chentlemenn, the clincher!~
“Very low food security.”
US dept of agriculture annual report, replacing hunger with this phrase to describe the experience of 4.4 million Americans; a sociologist for the dept said hunger is not a scientifically quantifiable term.