What provokes one to look at all philosophers hald suspiciously, half mockingly, is not that one dicovers again and again how innocent they are-how often and how easily they make mistakes and go astray; in short, thier childishnesss and childlikeness- but that they are not honest enough in thier work, although they all make a lot of virtuous noise ( Read more... )

A French version of the doughnut, the beignet, was very popular in the 17th century, when a small round version acquired the unlikely name of pet de nonne (nun's fart). Beignets are now less popular in France than in the French quarters of New Orleans and parts of Africa and India ( Read more... )

From last Sunday's Oregonian:

"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest,
educate our children and, now, die, I think the Republicans have done a
fine job of getting government out of our personal lives."

ZING!!

Damn bitches. The Kinks Kick ASS!!! no, not that crappy "girl you really got me" kinks, but the kinks when they decided to stop fucking around and make music. I was seriously shocked at how much i LOVE the Village Green Preservation Society. It is probably the best concept album i have ever heard. The concept shines through without being ( Read more... )

i finally listened to all of Francis The Mute. And my life is complete. I have done it. I found the worst record ever made. THere shall be none crappier. Anyone heard A Ghost is Born? It is like the last 10 minutes of "Less Than You think" where it breaks down into static, except this great piece of work is like an hour long. I used to like the ( Read more... )

Sir Isaac Newton, easily one of the smartest people to ever walk the earth, was obsessed with alchemy. Not with the turning of lead into gold (although that is a neat trick), but instead he became enamored with the idea of finding the formula for the philosopher's stone i.e immortality. When he wasnt writing angry letters to a german Baron/ ( Read more... )

Jim, ever the ____ boy, ran to the library for his studies. Wishing to end his journey quickly, he took the least ____ route available. He generally did things this way, thus eliminating the _____ life of a politician from his occupational options ( Read more... )

Bob Dylan, the mysterious Minnesotan of the north. the man, the myth, the legend. I am through being polite. He is the greatest songwriter ever, and if you disagree, i dont like you. You may think it is a matter of taste, and you are right. I have it and you dont ( Read more... )

do me a favour and stop stealing my music. Some of it is open to some people, but some of it is in danger of becoming tainted by association. its true.

This could be the most repulsive human being on the planet...wait,no, the 20,00 morons who gave her money are 1000x worse.

http://www.savekaryn.com

how can you justify that? that makes me sick.