If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole new world of questions.
--Susanne K. Langer, Philosophy in a New Key, 1957

Finally, a candidate who can explain the Bush administration's positions on civil liberties in the original German.

-- Bill Maher, on CA Governor-wannabee Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Death is God's way of asking you out..."
-- Gilda Radner, old SNL episode...

Moving sucks... but I am blessed with an abundance of dear friends, some of which even live locally AND love me enough to lug furniture and book boxes. *smirk* And funny things happen whilst bonding from exhaustion, Gatorade overdose, lactic acid poisoning and sunstroke... Some of my favorite moments ( Read more... )

We had a ferocious, delightful thunderstorm this morning... however, it is still 90-something degrees and the humidity has skyrocketed (hours later it's still at 42%. Ugh ( Read more... )

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
-- Carl W. Buechner

"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."
-- Crowfoot, Native American, Blackfoot

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste ( Read more... )