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02/22/2006 = 06:46 PM

Quotation of the Week

"The happiest events in my life occurred when I followed my heart."
— Kidneygurl

Kidneygurl's husband, Richard, recently passed on. For her even to be able to express a memory of happiness at this difficult time must be so wrenching for her, considering that it brought tears to my own eyes, and I have never met her or her husband.

What a courageous lady. I hope I can be a fraction of the person she is, someday.

In other, less depressing, news:

It costs MONEY to join John Cleese's fan club.

Doesn't he realize I'm poor?

Wait. I did say "less" depressing, didn't I?

Sorry, I'll come in again.

Speaking of clubs ...

Dear Man of Mine ...

This Post Secret was not sent in by me, I swear.

Love ...

Golf "Which Means There's Another One Out There Like You" Widow

And now ...

Brain Confetti

Dick Cheney and the Holey Quail

Key quotation:

"It's just a flesh wound."
— Katharine Armstrong

Try not to lose your balance from the massive tectonic plate shift caused by the waves of my genius washing over your current-events-addled senses.

On my last entry, someone entered a comment beginning with claiming "First!"

This is the first time, to my memory, at least, that someone has ever cared about his or her firstiness on my comments. I feel very Dave Barry.

So thank you.

I have said this before, in a much longer and more lectur-y blog entry some years ago, but I will repeat it here.

I learned, and continue to learn, more from life and from the people I encounter than I ever took from any classroom, but the fact remains that People Who Sign Paychecks don't give a good fuck about what you know, they only care about documentation.

So if you don't have a degree, you need to look into getting one at your earliest convenience.

Although, a word to the wise might be not to get one from any spammer who spells the name of his or her wares "deplomas."

Ganked from hubbabub, who is locked, but she is such my pretend girlfriend.

What Would Be on Your Embarrassing Mix Tape?

You know. The songs that you listened to when you were in high school.

The songs you cried to during breakups.

The songs you wished someone would sing to you.

The songs you dubbed from your existing cassettes, or taped off the radio (or by holding the cassette recorder up to the television speaker while MTV was on).

You know. The songs you liked so much you taped them twice, because Only Pussies Use the Rewind Button to Listen to the Song Again.

(This really is quite embarrassing, because not only are all of these songs currently on my iPod, but they are there by my choice, and I still listen to them.)

1. Linda Ronstadt, Long Long Time. Shut up.
2. Chicago, If You Leave Me Now. Shut up.
3. Asia, The Smile Has Left Your Eyes. Shut up.
4. Depeche Mode, Enjoy the Silence. It's all right; I'll own that one.
5. Sheriff, When I'm With You. Shut up.
6. Rainbow, Street of Dreams. Okay, I don't think that one is too bad.
7. Sarah Brightman, Ship of Fools. Shut up.
8. Dio, Mystery. That one's bad, but in my defense, I also have The Last in Line, so, as you may have surmised, shut up.
9. April Wine, Just Between You and Me. Shut up.
10. The Eagles, Take It to the Limit. Okay, I don't think this one is as bad as it could be.
11. Boston, Can'tcha Say. Shut up.
12. The Bangles, Eternal Flame. Shut up.
13. Journey, Winds of March. Guess what? Right. Shut up.
14. Missing Persons, Destination Unknown. Shut up.
15. Bread, Diary. Shut up.
16. Flock of Seagulls, Space Age Love Song. Shut up.

Roy Orbison, Crying. I fucking dare you. I'm not at all ashamed of it. In fact, strike Roy Orbison off this list.

17. Nazareth, Love Hurts. Shut up, because they're totally on your mix too, and don't deny it.
18. Restless Heart, I'll Still Be Loving You. Shut up.
19. The Cure, Boys Don't Cry. Shut up.
20. J.D. Souther, When You're Only Lonely. Shut up.
21. R.E.M., Everybody Hurts, and you may completely shut the fuck up right now, because I've been listening to R.E.M. since Michael Stipe had hair.
22. Basia, Time and Tide. Shut up.
23. The Motels, Take the L. Shut up.
24. Don McLean, Vincent. Shut. UP.

When it comes to the happy, I make no guarantees. But, come on now. Really.

Bucky: This hat is magical. It allows me to see into the future.
Rob: Are you seeing a bunch of people making fun of your hat? 'Cause that doesn't take magic.

— from Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

I mean, what more do you want from me? I'm only one woman. (Whatever that means.)

drinking: diet cherry citrus fresca
listening to: Men At Work, Overkill
when rachael ray uses nutmeg: she will say, "it's what makes them go 'hmm, what is that?'"