I don’t tweet, but if I did, here are some of the things I might have tweeted over the past year or so. Actually, most of these are taken from FacdBook Status posts over the past year, in roughly reverse order. Read and laugh…or ponder or yawn, as the case may be.
If you've run out of things to worry about, worry about the people who make and design those novelty glasses they sell for New Year’s Eve. You see then telecast from Times Square. All through the 80s and 90s and through last year, each year had two nice circular numbers for the eye-holes. 2000 thru 2009 were perfect 0s in the center. Where will the other eye-hold be in 2011?
I don't often watch Larry King Live. Usually watching something else, such as The Rachel Maddow Show, or not watching anything. But I will catch his last show in about five minutes. CNN won't be the same without those suspenders.
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." —John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I am disappointed that the Hillsborough County Transit Initiative was voted down. Most of these have taken two or three tries, so may two years from now. In other election news: Most of the results are in. Wow, what a bloodbath! I am so unhappy about most of the results. We will have a Tea Party Senator, woo-pee! We keep our wonderful congresswoman, but Orlando loses a truely great congressman. So it goes.
I am amazed and appalled and a little embarrassed that Florida allowed Rick Scott to buy the governorship of this sate. We know he's a crook. I thin it would serve us right if he were indicted for other crimes that are still in question, and had to run the state from a jail cell. This clown is enough to give kids nightmares, and their parents too. He looks like a reject from a factory making Bobble-Head Skellitors!
Just finished watching the Rally to Restory Sanity (and / or Fear) on Comedy Central. Jon Stewart's closing speech was the high point of the event. We almost went to see it live —even booked a hotel room — but changed our minds several days ago. Too busy. But it would have been fun!
I am happy to post one of my wife's favorite quotes: "If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." —Ray Bradbury
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." —Will Rogers
The Beatles were pioneers. They took many ground-breaking steps that introduced innovations, both artistic and technical, that we now consider quite common. Beatles Firsts: First use of intentionally included acoustic feedback: "I Feel Fine." First Grunge Songs: "Helter Skelter" and "I Want You / She's so Heavy." First modern Progressive Rock Song: "A Day in the Life." I am sure there are others. Discuss.
I read "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook; a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal" by Ben Mezrich (Doubleday, 2009). The film The Social Network is based on this book. Athough parts of the book are told in a rather cinematic style, I still can't imagine they were able to make much of a movie from it. I'll see the movie eventually, and maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Your mouth should be boarded up.Talking all day with nothing to say.Your shallow proclamations, all this information..."—Porcupine Tree, “Fear of a Blank Planet"
"He not busy being born is busy dying." — Bob Dylan
Last night I dreamed a ridiculous, but fairly complicated, attack ad for and against people who aren’t even running. Is any more proof needed to support the conclusion that the political ads on TV are driving me insane? Oh well, happy Friday, everyone!
I like all types of rock and roll. Hard rock and heavy metal bands have some of the greatest guitar work, best percussion, and most meaningful lyrics in the Solar System. What I don’t understand is why some of the metal singers seem to by trying to imitate the Cookie Monster, sometimes damaging or ruining what might otherwise be awesome songs. What’s up with that?
Apparently NPR listeners voted, and here are the Top 100 Killer Thrillers of all time. There are some gread reads here, and some I would have omitted. If they had to include a John Grisham book, I am glad it was “A Time to Kill.” I would have added other books and sorted this list differently, but I guess that's probably true for all of us.
Why is there no rhyming moniker for a film for guys -- like "click-flick" or "kid-vid" for women or children, respectively. I know the word rhyming with "flick" that could refer to a guy, but it woud be insulting and crude and would sound too much like porn, and that is NOT what I am referring to.
“The tragedy of life is not that the beautiful things die young. It is that they grow old and mean.” — Raymond Chandler
"How's That Hopey Changey Thing Workin' Out For Ya?" — Sarah Palin.Much better than that crazy, wacko thing you and John McCain had in store for us," respnd I. No matter how much or how little Obama & Co. are able to accomplish while in power, we will all be so much better off that we would have been had you and your band of psychos... gotten yourselves elected. Whew! Talk about dodging a bullet!
Rock and roll was once considered the devil's music. Then they came out with Christian Rock and Contemporary Christian music, and even Christian metal. I guess their motto was, If you can't beat it, ruin it.
"To be a student and not a revolutionary is a contradiction."— Salvador Allende
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." Attributed to Frank Sinatra
Unless life also hands you some water and some sugar, your lemonaide is going to suck. — This quote shamelessly stolen from my friend Steve's Facebook status of a couple of weeks ago.
Vuvuzelas! Get your vuvuzelas here — only half price. Great for weddings, christenings,, funerals, and other special occasions. Ideal for cocktail parties, public transportation, and meetings at work. Come on, guys, don't you want to impress the ladies?
I sometimes see doors bearing signs saying "This Door Mist Be Kept Closed At All Times." It seems like a waste of a door, doesn't it? Maybe they should have used a wall in stead?
We have turned off the "Fasten Seatbelts" sign. You are now free to move about your homes.
Who is your real best friend? Try this experiment. It really works. Put your dog and your spouse in the trunk of your car for an hour. When you open the trunk, which one is really happy to see you? (You know, I’m just kidding, right?)
"If you want to go fast, go alone. But, if you want to go far, go together." — African Proverb
If you divide 355 by 113 you will get3.1415929203539823008849557522124... which is very close to π (pi):3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445... an irrational number which has been computer to the billions of digits, but has never been seen to end or to repeat a series of digits. Oh yeah — you're welcome!
“Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.” —Philip K. Dick
I think a great name for a restaurant would be "What Health Code?" You would either go out of business within two weeks, or, word would get around, people would appreciate the unusual and daring name, you would get a lot of free publicity, and you would clean up, so to speak — perhaps without having to actually clean up.
I want to ask Sarah Palin, How's that off-shore drilling thing working out for ya? I guess the tea-baggers' motto should have been "Spill baby spill!"
"One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny." —Bertrand Russell
I hear that Sarah Palin is not really impressed with her new iPad. She says, "it's not nearly as absorbent as I thought it would be."
A couple of years ago, I decided getting older wasn't all that un-cool, when I found out Ozfest had an AARP discount. Rock on fellow geezers! Or is it geez on fellow rockers?
I, like so many others, am suffering from record amounts of oak pollen in the air. Why can't oak trees find a better way to have sex? Maybe they could do it lke the animals do. That would be interesting to watch — but you wouldn't want want to get too close to two oak trees mating.
"You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please disregard this notice." — Sem Levenson
Demetri Martin talked about the appropriateness of certain actions in "Good, Bad, Interesting," a segment of his clever and funny Comedy Centeral show. An example: Proposing a Toast: Good — at a wedding. Bad — When you are the bartender at the wedding. Interesting — when you are handing the doctor a urine sample.
Music is like candy. so much better after the (w)rappers are gone.
A sign on the ice machine in my office breakroom reads in part: "Our new ice machine is 'touch free.' You only need to hold your cup in front of the sensors and the ice or water will dispense." I remarked out loud, "I don't think I've ever seen 'dispense' used as an intransitive verb." A lady who heard me said, "Oh no, you're a grammar geek." Yep, I guess guilty as charged.
If they want the Discovery Channel to live up to its name, the cable companies should move it around. Maybe they could put it on a different channel every day.
Thanks for reading. See you next year!
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