11/7/11

Disappointed in Reuters.  For any quotation at all from Netanyahu in response would have been delicious.

11/6/11

Don’t make too much light of it.  (Can’t stand the blinding sight.)

11/5/11

The plural of triceratops is hexaceratops.

11/3/11

Emotional extortion: skip the kneecap, go straight for the guilt and force it back until there's a crack.

11/2/11

A corresponding trope for archery away from being able to reimagine Robin Hood into current times.

11/1/11

Tie Tuesdays.

"Cool, where do you go?  There's a place on Waukeegan that's good."
I've just gathered mine from all over.  A couple leftovers my father didn't want, that kind of thing.
<mutual confusion>
We're not talking about the same thing, are we.
"Even watching you put on a tie, I assumed you were talking about Thai food."

10/31/11

Burning bright in dark places.  Next year will be better, if not worse.

10/30/11

Singled in the SI! And having been a while since undeservedly overlookeds:

"301 Dalmatians": What's black and white, and red all over.
"Titanic and Norah's Infinite Playlist": And the band played on.
"Cloverfield of Dreams": If you build it, he will come destroy the New York Yankees.
"Peter Pan's Labyrinth": How the Boys got Lost.
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Closer": Four self-destructive lovers blame all of their problems on 9/11.
"Thank You for Smoking Kong": The biggest lie ever told.
"Pink Floyd--The Wall-E": A cute robot breaks down humanity's drug-induced hallucinations.

10/29/11

How much of Dad yelling at the cable customer support do you think is because he thinks the phone rep is responsible, and how much do you think is because it makes Dad feel better to yell?
 
Beaten to the punch.

10/28/11

“Some will win, some will lose...”

There are 162 games in a baseball season. 5 in a division championship, 7 for the league. 9 innings in a game, 3 outs in an inning.   Among all of which the ultimate outcome is weighted.

“...It goes on and on and on and on...”

Resilience is a virtue, that ability to hold on until fortunes, as quickly as they might have succumbed, are righted.

“...People / Living just to find emotion / Hiding somewhere in the night...”

Game 7, 7:05p.
Go Cards.

“...Don't stop believing...”

10/27/11

Xenophobes of the world, unite.  You have nothing to lose but your hackles.

10/26/11

“She has poor taste in men.”
But a healthy appetite.


There's a reason the Law of Attraction isn't the Law of Revulsion.  What six things can one do without.

10/25/11

“Knock, knock...”

Call maintenance, hold the line, roger the SOS, round up the posse, coordinate assistance, return to home field, be a friendly face, take alternate routes, support a partner, wellwish the unknown birthday girl.

When locked in, open your own door.

“...I feel like I’m knocking on heaven’s door...”

10/24/11

Slight gnocchi incident aside, a successful exploration into variations on the host/guest narrative.  Inside and outside, a little warmer.

10/23/11

Our problem is not where, but when.

10/22/11

Pot calling the kettle, kettle not calling back.

10/21/11

Basic users only have read-only access. However, a basic user can edit their status to superuser, and then because they are a superuser, they can save that edit.

There’s more than one way to follow a moral compass.

Ethical dilemmas are much easier later in the week.

10/20/11

Chicago’s subfreezing temperatures are an evolutionary adaptation for the city to cope with dreary chilly windy rain. Snow provides a relief from the wet that umbrellas can’t.

10/19/11

Milo : Clodius :: Tea Party : Occupy Wall Street ::: German WWI generals : French WWI generals :: Republican Party : Democratic Party