Time

"What Sells in a Recession: Canned Goods and Condoms"

Conan O'Brien

"I would rather fail doing this than succeed doing something else."

Dr. Baldasty

"I do not want you to accept these stereotypes [of race, gender, and sexuality]; rather, I want you to be as outraged about them as I am. By identifying them, we learn the nature of the problem we confront in changing the media. By identifying them, we can sensitize others to the problem as well."

Ty Wenger for Redbook

A good marriage is a bit like a pet boa constrictor: either you feed it every day or bad things happen.

Mitch Hedberg

"Jamaican Air: Every flight is the red eye."

Barack and Maya

"She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances. She was proud of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and left this world with the knowledge that her impact on all of us was meaningful and enduring. Our debt to her is beyond measure."

~regarding their Grandmother. What a bitter-sweet time for them.

Bollucks

A Must Read

I have a great fondness for Thematically Fickle for many reasons:
1) Her writing inspires me to try and formulate my thoughts in an equally jaw-dropping fashion.
2) She has the cojones to speak her mind, uncensored, at all times.
3) I feel smarter for having read her posts.
4) A lot of other stuff...

Today's is no exception. In fact, it is an example of the 4 reasons I gave. Please take the time to read her post "The party of the white…er…I mean “the right”".

(The fact that Obama is taking the high road and handling this criticism (among much, much more) in such a dignified way says a lot about his character, don't you think?)

Weezer

When I was younger
I used to go and tip cows for fun, yeah
Actually I didn't do that
'Cos I didn't want the cow to be sad
But some of my friends did
They were all just a little bit wicked

Coldplay

Those who are dead
are not dead
they're just living in my head

"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday,

... we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that".
That pretty much sums up my weekend.




~courtesy of Old School

Common

"Why white folks focus on dogs and yoga
While people on the low end tryin to ball and get over"

Melissa Etheridge

"Each day I spent in hell, I chose to stay."

Fark For Today

"Vatican says child sexual abuse isn't just a Catholic problem. In related news, other companies make facial tissue but we still call it all Kleenex".

~tag issued for this article.

Don't Leave Your Handprint Intentionally

~photo courtesy of shenghung lin

Funny Headline of the Day

"First rule of Fight Club, you don't invite newspaper reporters"

~actual article found here.

Maya Angelou

“Each of us has that right, that possibility, to
invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent
herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious
enough to invent ourselves is wise.”

Bob Moawad

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”

Lolo to Barack

"Sometimes you can't worry about hurt. Sometimes you worry only about getting where you have to go."

~page 59 of "Dreams from My Father"

Michael Lebowitz

"I have discovered that I run now because running enables me to fight my limitations, to endure the pain, to fight the evil desire in me to hide; it teaches me every day not to give in, to keep on keepin' on, to believe."