Saturday, 10 December 2011
Friday, 9 December 2011
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Sage Advice
Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
— Hesiod
— Hesiod
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Hesiod
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
No Matter What
You know Tom Paine wrote the first best-seller at a dark time in the Revolution when we were losing and all the soldiers were deserting. Giving up. And the book was called Common Sense and it was really just a long list of questions. And one of the questions was: Does it make common sense for an island to rule a continent? And everybody kind of went hmmm and they signed back up.
And today you could ask: Does it make common sense for a country to rule the world? But no matter what your answer, no matter what you think, no matter what you vote for–
We just keep calling em up, calling em, calling em up. No matter what.
We just keep calling em up, calling em, calling em up. No matter what.
— Laurie Anderson 'Dark Time In The Revolution'
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Laurie Anderson,
Lyrics
Monday, 5 December 2011
Consumerism
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
— HL Mencken
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H. L. Mencken
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Brave, Brave James Hardie
Brave, Brave James Hardie
When lawsuits raised their ugly head,
they bravely changed their name and fled
Brave, Brave, Brave, Brave James Hardie

Labels:
Homo defæcans,
Monty Python
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Mysterious Ways
God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence.
You simply turn your mind off and say God did it.
— Carl Sagan
You simply turn your mind off and say God did it.
— Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan,
Mythology
Monday, 28 November 2011
Clairvoyants
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
— Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, in 1943
640K ought to be enough for anybody.
— Bill Gates, in 1981
— Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, in 1943
640K ought to be enough for anybody.
— Bill Gates, in 1981
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Faithless
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Definitions,
Friedrich Nietzsche
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Friday, 25 November 2011
Corporate Intelligence
There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
— Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
— Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
Thursday, 24 November 2011
The Way Out
We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.
— Decca Recording Company, rejecting the Beatles, in 1962
— Decca Recording Company, rejecting the Beatles, in 1962
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
The Evolution Of Error
Science is the record of dead religions.
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
Labels:
Mythology,
Oscar Wilde,
Science
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Slight
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Monday, 21 November 2011
Variation And Selection
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
— HL Mencken
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H. L. Mencken
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
We Care A Lot
We Care A Lot About Disasters, Fires, Floods And Killer Bees
We Care A Lot About The NASA Shuttle Falling In The Sea
We Care A Lot About Starvation And The Food That Live Aid Bought
We Care A Lot About Disease, Baby Rock, Hudson, Rock, Yeah!
We Care A Lot About The Gamblers And The Pushers And The Geeks
We Care A Lot About The Crack And Smack And Whack That Hits The Street
We Care A Lot About The Welfare Of All The Boys And Girls
We Care A Lot About You People Cause We're Out To Save The World
YEAH!
And It's A Dirty Job But Someone's Gotta Do It
We Care A Lot About The Army Navy Air Force And Marines
We Care A Lot About The SF, NY And LAPD
We Care A Lot About You People, About Your Guns
About The Wars You're Fighting Gee That Looks Like Fun
We Care A Lot About The Garbage Pail Kids, They Never Lie
We Care A Lot About Transformers Cause There's More Than Meets The Eye
We Care A Lot About The Little Things, The Bigger Things We Top
We Care A Lot About You People Yeah You Bet We Care A Lot,
YEAH!
Well, Its A Dirty Job But Someone's Gotta Do It
And It's A Dirty Song But Someone's Gotta Sing It
We Care A Lot About The NASA Shuttle Falling In The Sea
We Care A Lot About Starvation And The Food That Live Aid Bought
We Care A Lot About Disease, Baby Rock, Hudson, Rock, Yeah!
We Care A Lot About The Gamblers And The Pushers And The Geeks
We Care A Lot About The Crack And Smack And Whack That Hits The Street
We Care A Lot About The Welfare Of All The Boys And Girls
We Care A Lot About You People Cause We're Out To Save The World
YEAH!
And It's A Dirty Job But Someone's Gotta Do It
We Care A Lot About The Army Navy Air Force And Marines
We Care A Lot About The SF, NY And LAPD
We Care A Lot About You People, About Your Guns
About The Wars You're Fighting Gee That Looks Like Fun
We Care A Lot About The Garbage Pail Kids, They Never Lie
We Care A Lot About Transformers Cause There's More Than Meets The Eye
We Care A Lot About The Little Things, The Bigger Things We Top
We Care A Lot About You People Yeah You Bet We Care A Lot,
YEAH!
Well, Its A Dirty Job But Someone's Gotta Do It
And It's A Dirty Song But Someone's Gotta Sing It
— Faith No More
Labels:
Lyrics
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Monday, 14 November 2011
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Friday, 11 November 2011
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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