On the eve of the Sabbath I am tormented by a dense sadness of memories. On these evenings, long ago, the yellow beard of my grandfather would stroke from time to time the volumes of Ibn-Ezra. With her gnarled fingers my old grandmother in her lace head-dress told fortunes over the Sabbath candle, sobbing sweetly. The heart of a child was rocked to ( Read more... )

From an interview with They Might Be Giants in EW this week:
EW: How different is the vibe when you're performing for kids?John Flansburgh: Anytime you're completely eclipsed by a confetti machine, it's a little humbling ( Read more... )

( Yes, I would like some cheese with my whine )

I'm breathing in
I'm breathing out
So slip inside this funky house
Dishes in the sink
TV's in repair
Don't look at the floor
Don't go up the stairs
-DB

The resemblance is uncanny :

"If I ran the world, shit would make sense." -- Alissa

amo omni: ok. im washing my towels
amo omni: and ordering books online
Carl Mule: my god
Carl Mule: i thought u said bowels and hooks


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Four things that are funny:

My result for the Napoleon Dynamite quiz (shut up, fuck you):


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Meme from Rich--

Ten things I've done that you probably haven't::::::
1> Given a rose to Alan Cumming.
2> Experienced military equipment in a sexual context.
3> Performed Maureen's "Jump over the moon" number (from Rent) for an audience ( Read more... )

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -- Hunter S. Thompson

If you were a mayor, would you dare erect a statue of this man in your town ( Read more... )

I'm updating from my aunt's house.

She has berry kix!

Three events of the evening:
-After much internet research, I, Aunt Maria, and my grandma have determined that Josh Groban is not Italian, Jewish, Spanish, or Greek, but is in fact of no interesting ethnicity at all.
-My cousins' dog Sammy not only loves humping my leg, but cannot not hump my ( Read more... )

"I was blinded and somewhat "retarded" by rage, throwing on my boots and running downstairs to engage Mr. Drug Dealer. I confronted him in front of this group of low lifes and that's when I heard a term that has meant so much to me as a law enforcement instructor: "woofing." "Don't woof me man" was what Mr. Drug Dealer said. It took me a long time ( Read more... )