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other people's words
a post about nothing
"A man's life is always a failure in as much as he dies."
"Yes, when he dies too soon," exlaims Pierre.
"He always dies too soon -- or too late."
"Well, I didn't, I tell you. I didn't!"
The laughter and the mockery of the rest of the dead are redoubled at this. But Pierre standing in their midst defies them.
"I have organized the insurrection against that marionette. It will burst tomorrow. My life was not a failure. I am happy, I am gay and not like you. I don't want to be one of you..."
He starts toward the door, then changing his mind retraces his steps and, in the midst of the sneering dead adds:
"You are not only dead, but your morale is terrible."
Les Jeux Sont Faits.
East vs. West
"I waited for the tide, then embarking; heading east. East across the night seas! East borne on the bodies of murdered men. Hope can be a horrible thing."
--The Mariner's journey east to Davidstown begins
Tales of the Black Freighter
"But they danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"
--Sal, his affinity for Dean Moriarty, and his rationale for chasing him West.
On The Road
QOTD
"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
— Mark Twain
Henry Ferrell tells Sullivan to STFU
Not really, but I like catfights.
My original post here.
Moneyshot...err quote that doesn't really tell one anything...
"using individual-level data from a Hitwise sample of ten million anonymized U.S. Internet users, Tancer (2008), finds that adult escort sites are more popular in blue states that voted for Gore in 2004, while visitors from the red states that voted for Bush in 2004 are more likely to visit wife-swapping sites, adult webcams, and sites about voyeurism."
I love the internet.
joni's words
We move in measures
Through loves' changing faces
Needy and nonchalant
Greedy and gracious
Through petty dismissals
And grand embraces
Like it was only a dance!
We are survivors
Some get broken
Some get mended
Some can't surrender
They're too well defended
Some get lucky
Some are blessed
And some pretend
This is only a dance!
We're dancing fools
You and me
Tonight it's a dance of insecurity
It's my solo
While you're away
Shadows have the saddest thing to say
Love
We can't live without it
Why do we go out and get it
Just to turn around and doubt it
LIke we're scared to care
It's hard to talk about it
Aw-it's only a dance
Tonight the shadows had their say
There's a sucker born a day
I heard them say
Born to lose
Am I a sucker to love you?
You're such a sweet love
You're a proud man
You're a treasure
Time passes gracefully
Living can be such a pleasure
You make it easy to take it in measures
Like it was only a dance!
We're dancing fools
You and me
Tonight it's a dance of insecurity
It's my solo
Blue way
And shadows have the saddest things to say
We are survivors
Some get broken
Some get mended
Some can't surrender
They're too well defended
Some get lucky
Some are blessed
And some pretend
It's only a dance!
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it's that kind of day.
buckley
you like to dance to the rolling head of the adulteress,
you sing in praise of suicide.
we know you're useless,
like cops at the scene of the crime,
with your steroids and your feedbag and
your stable and your trainer,
i got a mail bomb for you Mr. Strong Arm.
White folks and bikes
And of course, it goes without saying that white people who ride bikes like to talk about how they are saving the earth. If you know a person who rides to work, you should take them aside and say “Hey, thanks. Sincerely, The Earth.” Then give a thumbs up. That white person will ride home on a cloud.
*In the interest of full disclosure I ride a bike to work*
A little bit of wisdom from the onion
"Have we learned nothing from the tragic events of 1998, when, under the watch of President Morgan Freeman, this nation was plunged into chaos, and hundreds of millions of people died at the hands of the deadly Wolf-Beiderman space rock? The mere fact that this country is even considering putting another black man, Barack Obama, in the Oval Office proves that we have not."
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Drifting upward
Gently lifting
Lazy on the wind
Rolling over
Turning slowly
Beginning and the end
Fire is bright
Fire is clean
Never so alive
Smoke is freedom
Flame is mercy
I am free tonight
And I burn
I burn
Stoke the embers
Cleanse the spirit
A prayer in every spark
Feel the lick of
Bad religion
The finish and the start
In the beginning
We were smarter
'n flame was heaven-sent
Through the ages
We got stupid
Now we must repent
And I burn
I burn
Save the ashes
For reminders
Stony things remain
Tooth and bone
unimpressive
I have left these things
Because fire is bright
Fire is clean
efficient and divine
Tooth and bone
Charms and dolls
I am free tonight
I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE
I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE
I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE
I burn
I burn
I burn