One of my favorite quotes in this world is this one, by Emerson- "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and ( Read more... )

Tonight's lyrical installment isn't very deep. In fact, ol' Randy Newman ( Read more... )

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I was scribbling on a scratch piece of paper while waiting for my computer to do something (it feels like I have to wait for it to do anything). Without thinking, I wrote the words, "theme is a place..." What does that mean? Hell if I know.

"I don't know about anywhere else, but I reckon right here in the Delta, a man spends about 70 percent of his time just waiting. Waiting on somebody. Waiting on something. Yeah, there's something in our life that we've been working on... sweating for... Chasing that elusive dream. Most of us'll keep waiting until our time here is over. Why? Because ( Read more... )

"As much difficulty as I'm having getting excited about John Kerry, the alternative is a pretty grim thought. I think at this point I'd vote for Vladimir Putin over Bush, if for no other reason than 21st Century Tsar tyrant wanna-be or not, the man's got the funniest name since Buotros-Buotros Ghali." Rob Rummel-Hudson of Darn-Tootin'

"Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continunace." -- Frank Moore Colby (1865-1925), American editor, essayist

"We're not here for a long time.
We're here for a good time."
-Huey Lewis

ME: You've seen Bull Durham?

ALEX: I own it.

ME: So, you know that scene where Susan Sarandon sends the note down to Crash through the little bat boy or whatever? And Crash writes a note back and hands it to the kid and says, "this is personal, so don't read it." And the kid hands it to that girl -- What's her name? She's the one who fucks Nuke ( Read more... )

From High Fidelity:

Rob (John Cusack): I'm just sick of thinking about it all the time.

Laura (Iben Hjejle): About what?

Rob: This stuff -- Love and settling down and marriage and, you know... I just want to think about something else. That other girl or other women, whatever... I mean... I was thinking that they're just fantasies, you know. And ( Read more... )