Balance is overrated.
Thomas Leonard
Saturday, April 30, 2011
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Conflicted?
Commercial break during The View: hair-dye, chocolate, Walmart, chocolate, anti-depressant, Nutella, & we're back.
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
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Culture
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Consider the alternative?
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
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Strange Phenomena
Thursday, April 21, 2011
No such thing as a recovered Catholic
She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.
Flannery O'Connor
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Beliefs
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Better left unread?
It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.
Isabel Colegate
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Advice
Monday, April 18, 2011
Double talk?
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
Samuel Johnson
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Communication
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Applied physics?
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.
Douglas Adams
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Communication
Thursday, April 14, 2011
What's new?
The New York Times editorial page is like a Ouija board that has only three answers, no matter what the question. The answers are: higher taxes, more restrictions on political speech and stricter gun control. Ann Coulter
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Public Policy
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Dressed down?
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
Neil Gaiman
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Institutions
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
True reflection?
A satirist is a wo/man who discovers unpleasant things about her/himself and then says them about other people.
Peter McArthur
Peter McArthur
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Vocations
Monday, April 11, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Wisdom of the ages?
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
Sir Arnold Bax
Sir Arnold Bax
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Advice
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Be careful what you wish for
The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.
Dorothy Parker
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Family
Monday, April 4, 2011
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
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