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Quote of the Day
"The test of character is not 'hanging in' when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty, and persistence of example when you know no light is coming."
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Women from the Past, Part VII
This isn't about a specific woman, it's about me ... and the women in my life. I look back over the sweep of this blog and a few others, and sometimes it's just not a pretty picture. I realize I am often not as in the right as I feel; sometimes I have even been cruel. I think I fundamentally lack empathy sometimes. This shouldn't be a surprise, ( Read more... ) -
Funniness hits
More entries in the "spoof movie trailer" genre . . .
"Brokeback to the Future". Marty and Doc Brown finally discover the missing component: Love.
The Terminator in The Greatest Action Story Ever Told, wherein a Terminator is sent back in time to protect Jesus Christ, which makes the Crucifixion rather problematic ...
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Smart ass
This afternoon I stopped by the Wawa I always go to, and said something to the teen girl behind the counter, reading her name off her nametag.
"You don't know me," she said. "If I didn't have this nametag, would you have a clue what my name was?"
"You're catching on to the reality of being a retail employee," I said. "Time to finish college." -
What's with these women?
I caught some of this movie Fever Pitch, a romance about a fanatical Boston Red Sox fan and Drew Barrymore. Before these two even go out, Barrymore's character is sitting with all her girlfriends, analyzing everything they know about the guy, who is a schoolteacher.
"What's wrong with being a schoolteacher?" says one friend.
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Someone I can't recognize
What if insight into oneself is a dead end? I have lived much of my life pursuing the notion that great self-realization will lead to greater self-actualization. But it came to me today that I really don't know if there is a clear relationship between these two things. What if, by knowing myself better, I am merely made more aware of grievous flaws ( Read more... ) -
Food for Thought
Terror and Demons
By ROGER COHEN
Published: October 8, 2007, the New York Times
History happens, but only just. The lives of individuals, as of nations, may hinge on a millimeter’s difference in the trajectory of a bullet, a road not taken on a whim or the random spray of shrapnel. But there is no undoing what is done.
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Things "The Road Warrior" taught us . . .
. . . and what makes this ridiculous movie so awesome:
1 - Introduced the phrase "fat tank of gas" to the lexicon.
2 - Showed that shoulder pads--the kind worn in football--CAN look good on Australian women.
3 - It gave Mel Gibson something to do.
4 - Dog food: It's what's for dinner!
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How to De-bitchify your girlfriend
So I'm watching this cheesy new show called "ManSwers" on Spike, which addresses such momentous questions of presumed importance to men in particular. Examples would be "How many beers can a dude drink before he dies?" and "How can you make your girlfriend less bitchy?" (No, I'm NOT making this up)
The answer to the former is "about 18, for a blood ( Read more... )
