Destiny rules
I look forward to earning a Master’s degree in education just so I can work my way up to the position of Dean, hand out diplomas at graduation, and give one kid a ribboned burrito.
January 2009
29 posts
Like Bubb Rubb and Lil Sis would say "Tha's it, and tha's all...WooWOO"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccgXjA2BLEY
thx to Paolo & TJ
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
—someone who called himself “Buddha”
“We must use what has been called smart power, the full range of tools at our disposal—diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural—picking the right tool, or combination of tools, for each situation. With smart power, diplomacy will be the vanguard of our foreign policy. This is not a radical idea. The ancient Roman poet Terence declared that ‘in every endeavor, the seemly course for wise men is to try persuasion first.’ The same truth binds wise women as well.”
—Hillary Clinton at her confirmation hearing
“…’none of us lives comfortably with uncertainty,’ he observed. ‘Once they know and understand the facts, even if unpleasant, most people have the ability to make their peace with reality.’”
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Phrase Of The Day
“…Even by the standards of other big cities, New York has a prolific capacity to produce dead bodies….”
—(New Yorker 9/15/08)
I love San Francisco #613
Saw The Raveonettes at Bimbo’s last night. Met my favorite KUSF dj, DJ Toby! yay.
First-person singular allergy
Not to be a hippo, but the pronoun “I” is probably the most dangerous unit in the English language. The only time I consciously pay attention to grammar is in the avoidance of this pronoun. A perfectly good piece is easily spoiled by too many “I’s”.
It’s the linguistic equivalent of a Red Savina habanero pepper: a little bit goes a long way, and if not carefully deployed it ruins everything in its proximity.
[this is bitchin!]
I Love San Francisco #217
Castro Theater last night, new movie by Wim Wenders (so good. SO GOOD.) AND? Wim Wenders in attendance talking about his movie.
“…Whitney blinked at him for a while and then a computer motherboard fell out of her face and God yelled ‘cut!’”
—Richard. Gawker. recap of MTV’s The City
bennies of working at an established company:
In honor of INAUGURATION DAY, we will be celebrating with live TV coverage of the DC festivities in the 4th Floor Kitchen and on LL2 beginning @ 8:00 am, Tuesday January 20th.
Breakfast food will include donuts, fruit, yogurt and of course, bagels…on the 4th floor.
“Still, Madison Avenue needs to be sensitive, he said, adding, ‘I don’t think it would be good to make jokes about people losing their jobs or not having enough money to purchase something.’”
—Jeff Goodby
“Of his wife, Joyce, whom he met at a record party for Ringo Starr, Mr. Lewis said: ‘I keep thinking the rug is going to be pulled out from under me. I still think this is a practical joke and she has a million affairs and is married to someone in Italy. She keeps saying no, but I haven’t seen her in a few days.’”
—Richard Lewis in the NYT
this is so cute:
“The 11 girls — ranging in age from 7 to 18 — …
…When the show was in rehearsal, the girls sat down and talked among themselves about the background of each of their characters — which was from a rich family and which was poor; which of their fathers were part of the coal miners’ strike (which is central to the plot) and which were scabs. And they tried to come up with a back story for each of their characters, even though the script does not give them a chance to tell the personal histories of the ballet girls.”
