As someone who’s never lived further south than Chicago I can say, with some authority, that the outdoor backgrounds in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” are on the nose.
December 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As someone who’s never lived further south than Chicago I can say, with some authority, that the outdoor backgrounds in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” are on the nose.
“We begin to understand the goal of life is to die young — as late as possible!”
— Ashley Montagu
— Ashley Montagu
January 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“We begin to understand the goal of life is to die young — as late as possible!”
— Ashley Montagu
— Ashley Montagu
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
--Arthur C. Clarke
#quotes
--Arthur C. Clarke
#quotes
January 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
--Arthur C. Clarke
#quotes
--Arthur C. Clarke
#quotes
Today remember:
“The result of a…total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie is accepted truth and truth defamed as lie, but the sense by which we take our bearings in the world—and truth versus falsehood is among the means to this end—is destroyed."
--H. Arendt
#quotes
“The result of a…total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie is accepted truth and truth defamed as lie, but the sense by which we take our bearings in the world—and truth versus falsehood is among the means to this end—is destroyed."
--H. Arendt
#quotes
January 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today remember:
“The result of a…total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie is accepted truth and truth defamed as lie, but the sense by which we take our bearings in the world—and truth versus falsehood is among the means to this end—is destroyed."
--H. Arendt
#quotes
“The result of a…total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie is accepted truth and truth defamed as lie, but the sense by which we take our bearings in the world—and truth versus falsehood is among the means to this end—is destroyed."
--H. Arendt
#quotes
“To get straight to the worst, what I’m about to offer isn’t really a short story at all but a sort of prose home movie, and those who have seen the footage have strongly advised me against nurturing any elaborate distribution plans for it.”
—J.D Salinger writing in “Zooey”
—J.D Salinger writing in “Zooey”
January 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“To get straight to the worst, what I’m about to offer isn’t really a short story at all but a sort of prose home movie, and those who have seen the footage have strongly advised me against nurturing any elaborate distribution plans for it.”
—J.D Salinger writing in “Zooey”
—J.D Salinger writing in “Zooey”
“Things have harmonics, and if you’re true to an idea as much as you can be, then the harmonics will be there and they’ll be truthful even though they may be abstract.”
—David Lynch
#davidlynch. #quotes
—David Lynch
#davidlynch. #quotes
January 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Things have harmonics, and if you’re true to an idea as much as you can be, then the harmonics will be there and they’ll be truthful even though they may be abstract.”
—David Lynch
#davidlynch. #quotes
—David Lynch
#davidlynch. #quotes
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see, and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
--Joan Didion
#quotes
--Joan Didion
#quotes
January 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see, and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
--Joan Didion
#quotes
--Joan Didion
#quotes
“Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
—Kate Marvel
—Kate Marvel
January 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
—Kate Marvel
—Kate Marvel
"I do think we make moral progress in part by challenging our intuitions"
--Jeff McMahan
--Jeff McMahan
January 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"I do think we make moral progress in part by challenging our intuitions"
--Jeff McMahan
--Jeff McMahan
"It's a fine line between stupid and clever."
--Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins in "Spinal Tap"
--Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins in "Spinal Tap"
January 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"It's a fine line between stupid and clever."
--Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins in "Spinal Tap"
--Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins in "Spinal Tap"
"You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life."
--Mary Oliver
--Mary Oliver
January 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life."
--Mary Oliver
--Mary Oliver
"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence."
--David Byrne
--David Byrne
January 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence."
--David Byrne
--David Byrne
“Power doesn't always corrupt. What power always does is reveal."
--Robert Caro
--Robert Caro
January 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Power doesn't always corrupt. What power always does is reveal."
--Robert Caro
--Robert Caro
“The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.”
— Haruki Murakami
— Haruki Murakami
January 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.”
— Haruki Murakami
— Haruki Murakami
"It's said that "power corrupts," but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
--David Brin
--David Brin
January 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"It's said that "power corrupts," but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
--David Brin
--David Brin
"A man’s peace of mind does not depend upon Fortune; for, even when angry, she grants enough for our needs."
--Seneca
--Seneca
January 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"A man’s peace of mind does not depend upon Fortune; for, even when angry, she grants enough for our needs."
--Seneca
--Seneca
"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later."
—Mitch Hedberg
—Mitch Hedberg
January 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later."
—Mitch Hedberg
—Mitch Hedberg
For a long time, it had seemed that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always an obstacle, something to be gotten through, some unfinished business, time to be served, or a debt to pay. Then life would begin. At last, it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
--Alfred Souza
--Alfred Souza
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
For a long time, it had seemed that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always an obstacle, something to be gotten through, some unfinished business, time to be served, or a debt to pay. Then life would begin. At last, it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
--Alfred Souza
--Alfred Souza
“If there is anybody known to you who might benefit from a letter or a visit, do not on any account postpone the writing or the making of it. The difference made will almost certainly be more than you have calculated.”
~Christopher Hitchens
~Christopher Hitchens
December 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
“If there is anybody known to you who might benefit from a letter or a visit, do not on any account postpone the writing or the making of it. The difference made will almost certainly be more than you have calculated.”
~Christopher Hitchens
~Christopher Hitchens
"I may not be as unambiguously hostile to capitalism as many people are, but what I don't like about it is the commodification of personal experiences; it turns everyone into actors."
--John Gray
--John Gray
December 25, 2024 at 1:42 PM
"I may not be as unambiguously hostile to capitalism as many people are, but what I don't like about it is the commodification of personal experiences; it turns everyone into actors."
--John Gray
--John Gray
"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
--Albert Einstein
--Albert Einstein
December 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
--Albert Einstein
--Albert Einstein
Can we have an entire album of Bowie covers from his last touring bassist, @gailanndorsey.bsky.social please?
youtu.be/bspAwTq0VfE?...
youtu.be/bspAwTq0VfE?...
-M- / GAIL ANN DORSEY - LIFE ON MARS @ Vieilles Charrues 2022
YouTube video by Vieilles Charrues Officiel
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December 24, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Can we have an entire album of Bowie covers from his last touring bassist, @gailanndorsey.bsky.social please?
youtu.be/bspAwTq0VfE?...
youtu.be/bspAwTq0VfE?...